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April 15, 2005
Guilty Pleasures
Ok, I admit it, I have a soft spot for 80's synth-pop. Bands like Depeche Mode and Soft Cell occupy more than their fare share of shelf space in my CD collection (and disk space in my online archive).
But aside from their two "hits," I'd basically missed Talk Talk. (Those two hits, of course, being their self-titled single, Talk Talk, and It's My Life, recently covered by No Doubt.)
I recently picked up a copy of their greatest hits collection and was pleasantly surprised at the quality and diversity of the tracks I discovered. I would have been satisfied with a bunch of thematic repeats of either of the singles, but what I found was more than that.
A gem that got lost in the 80's.
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If you're a Rhapsody subscriber, check them out - a good set of songs are in the catalog. If you're not a Rhapsody subscriber, sign up for a trial. (Yea, I work for them, but it's cool product anyway - though it would be way cooler if it worked on Linux and/or the Mac.)
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Posted by dberger at April 15, 2005 1:06 PM