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Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk is a 1990 greatest hits album by Talk Talk. It collects songs that the band released under EMI between 1982 and 1988.

Natural History
Greatest hits album by
Talk Talk
Released29 May 1990[1]
Recorded1982–1988
Genre
  • Synth-pop
  • new wave
  • post-rock
  • art rock
Length71:47
LabelParlophone/EMI
ProducerColin Thurston
Tim Friese-Greene
Rhett Davies
Talk Talk chronology
Spirit of Eden
(1988)		 Natural History
(1990)		 History Revisited: The Remixes
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
New Musical Express8/10[3]

Reception


The compilation spent 21 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #3,[4] and went on to sell over one million copies worldwide.[5] The North American version appended two live bonus tracks. A companion collection of the band's music videos was released in July 1990.


Production and re-releases


EMI released the compilation without the band's supervision. Talk Talk leader Mark Hollis said, "A compilation album is not my idea of an album. I don't like compilation albums and I didn't like that one. It certainly wasn't the selection of tracks I would have liked even if there had to be one. But, at the end of the day, they had every right to do it so . . ."[6] In light of Natural History's success, the remix album History Revisited was released in 1991. Talk Talk sued EMI for remixing their material without permission. Though the collection contains no new material, it does have the non-LP 1983 single, "My Foolish Friend", which had never appeared on a full-length release before. On 12 March 2007 the album was reissued with a bonus DVD of their music videos. Two bonus tracks were also included from the 1999 live release London 1986.


Track listing


  1. "Today" (Brenner, Harris, Hollis, Webb) – 3:30
  2. "Talk Talk" (Hollis, Hollis) – 3:18
  3. "My Foolish Friend" (Brenner, Hollis) – 3:21
  4. "Such a Shame" (Hollis) – 5:43
  5. "Dum Dum Girl" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 3:49
  6. "It's My Life" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 3:55
  7. "Give It Up" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 5:19
  8. "Living in Another World" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:57
  9. "Life's What You Make It" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:29
  10. "Happiness Is Easy" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:33
  11. "I Believe in You" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:04
  12. "Desire" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 7:00
Bonus tracks on the CD release
  1. "Life's What You Make It (Live @ the Hammersmith Odeon)" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) — 4:40
  2. "Tomorrow's Started (Live @ the Hammersmith Odeon)" (Hollis) — 7:45
Reissued 2007 reissue listing
  1. "Today" (Brenner, Harris, Hollis, Webb) – 3:30
  2. "Have You Heard the News" (Hollis) – 5:04
  3. "Talk Talk" (Hollis, Hollis) – 3:15
  4. "My Foolish Friend" (Brenner, Hollis) – 3:18
  5. "Such a Shame" (Hollis) – 5:22
  6. "Dum Dum Girl" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:02
  7. "It's My Life" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 3:51
  8. "Give It Up" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 5:19
  9. "Living in Another World" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 7:00
  10. "Life's What You Make It" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:25
  11. "Happiness Is Easy" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:29
  12. "I Believe in You" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 5:55
  13. "Desire" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:56
  14. "Life's What You Make It" [live from the Hammersmith Odeon] (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:40
  15. "Tomorrow Started" [live from the Hammersmith Odeon] (Hollis) – 7:45

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[7] Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[8] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[1] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


Credits



References


  1. "British album certifications – Talk Talk – natural History". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 August 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type natural History in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  2. Allmusic review[dead link]
  3. Page, Betty (9 June 1990). "Long Play". New Musical Express. p. 31.
  4. Tim Rice, Paul Gambaccini, and Jonathan Rice, The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 7th ed. (Guinness World Records Limited, 1996).
  5. James Neiss, "Talk Talk Archived 2000-03-03 at the Wayback Machine," Record Collector, December 1991.
  6. Steve Sutherland, "Talk Talk: Silencing the Scams Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine," Melody Maker, September 1991.
  7. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Talk Talk; 'Natural History')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  8. "Dutch album certifications – Talk Talk – Natural History" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 24 August 2019. Enter Natural History in the "Artiest of titel" box.

На других языках

- [en] Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

[es] Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk es un álbum recopilatorio del grupo británico Talk Talk editado en 1990. Fue el éxito de ventas del grupo por haber estado en los primeros lugares en las ventas de Inglaterra y Estados Unidos, fue el número 3.

[ru] Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk — сборник британской группы Talk Talk, изданный лейблами EMI и Parlophone в 1990 году. Он содержит песни, записанные в период с 1982 по 1988 годы на лейбле EMI. Композиции на альбоме представлены в жанрах синтипоп, арт-рок и пост-рок.


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