Reviewed by Eric on 08 May 2004
The early 80’s were a strange period for this listener. I was playing everything from
The Lemon Kittens and Flying Lizards to Def Leppard, Iron
Maiden and Duran Duran, while still seeking out as much ‘traditional’
progressive music as possible from whatever resource was available at the time. I picked
this album up in one of my many record buying binges at a major chain store and played
it a couple times only to file it away. In other words The Party’s Over didn’t
impress me in the least and was about as exciting as a Thompson Twins
‘flexi-disc’ or a funky Flock Of Seagulls haircut (pretty good debut album- terrible
image). It just didn’t do it for me.
Thankfully with the follow-up album It’s My Life, Talk Talk while still very much a
synth pop band, would begin to show signs of creativity although I don’t think anyone
would have guessed just how innovative they would become. You never know...
