The Essential

Tracklist

• 1
  Today
  3:28
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Talk Talk
  3:17
  3.0 ★
• 3
  My Foolish Friend
  3:19
• 4
  Such a Shame
  5:43
  4.3 ★
• 5
  Dum Dum Girl
  3:50
  3.0 ★
• 6
  It’s My Life
  3:54
  3.8 ★
• 7
  Give It Up
  5:17
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Living in Another World
  6:55
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Life’s What You Make It
  4:28
  3.8 ★
• 10
  Happiness Is Easy
  6:32
  3.0 ★
• 11
  I Believe in You
  6:01
• 12
  Desire
  7:01

More by Talk Talk

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock 1991

Spirit of Eden

Spirit of Eden 1988

The Collection

The Collection 2000

Asides Besides

Asides Besides 1998

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk 1990

Living in Another World

Living in Another World 1986

Release credits

• Alan Gorrie
  electric bass guitar [10]
• Colin Thurston
  producer [1-2], recording [1-2]
• Danny Thompson
  acoustic bass guitar [10]
• David Rhodes
  guitar [7-8]
• David Roach
  soprano saxophone [8]
• Ian Curnow
  additional [7], keyboard [6]
• Lee Harris
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 7-10]
• Lee Harris
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Mark Feltham
  harmonica [8]
• Mark Hollis
  acoustic guitar [6], additional [10], background vocals [6], lead vocals [1-2], mellotron [7], piano [7-9], vocal [6-10]
• Martin Ditcham
  percussion [8-10]
• Mike Robinson
  mix [1-2]
• Morris Pert
  percussion [6, 8, 10]
• Paul Webb
  background vocals [8-9], bass [7-8], bass guitar [1-2], fretless bass [6]
• Paul Webb
  background vocals [6]
• Phil Ramocon
  piano [6]
• Phil Reis
  percussion [10]
• Phill Brown
  engineer [11-12]
• Rhett Davies
  producer [3]
• Robbie McIntosh
  guitar [6, 8, 10], resonator guitar [7]
• Simon Brenner
  keyboard [1-2]
• Steve Winwood
  organ [8, 10]
• The Children From The Barbara Speake School
  choir vocals [10]
• Tim Friese‐Greene
  drum machine [6], drums (drum set) [6], mellotron [9], organ [7, 9-10], piano [6], producer [4-12], programming [6], synthesizer [6, 10]
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Issues

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  T
  (Combined release view)
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  T
  The Essential

  Copy Control CD
  2003
• 

  E
  Essential

  Digital Media
  9 September 2011
• E
  Essential

  CD