Album
Laughing Stock
1991 · Rock
42 collectors on Gatefold own this
Laughing Stock is an Alt/Indie album by Talk Talk, originally released in 1991. On Gatefold: 65 pressings tracked, owned by 42 collectors.
About
Laughing Stock is the fifth and final album by the English band Talk Talk. It was released on November 19, 1991 on Verve and Polydor, Widely recognized as a leading post-rock record, Laughing Stock marked the pinnacle of the band's transformation from their previous new wave pop rock music into first wave post-rock. The album continues the musical style and "humanitarian" quasi-Christian themes of Spirit of Eden, emphasizing rougher textures and moodier atmospheres while still drawing from sophisti-pop. This style would go on to significantly influence post-rock acts, especially Bark Psychosis and their album Hex. Originally Mark Hollis' self-titled album,.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Myrrhman
- A2Ascension Day
- A3After The Flood
Side B
- B1Taphead
- B2New Grass
- B3Runeii
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Rock
- dense
- yearning
- cerebral
Talk Talk's fifth and final album, released 16 September 1991.
Entered UK albums chart 28 September 1991. Highest position: 26
US / UK Master variations: Most pressings of this album on CD have tracks 3 & 4 overlapping for about 30 seconds. The US Polydor version has no overlap, offering the full versions of both songs. "New Grass" is about 6 seconds shorter on the US CD though.
On both CD and vinyl, the US master begins with approximately 17 seconds of ambient studio sound before the first strum of "Myrrhman," not present on the UK master. Additionally, the introduction to "Taphead" features a faint 4-second instrumental fragment at the beginning, likewise not found on the UK master.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dave WhiteCONTRABASS CLARINET
- David WhiteCONTRABASS CLARINET CONTRABASS, CLARINET
- Ernest MothleACOUSTIC BASS DOUBLE BASS
- Garfield JacksonVIOLA
- Gavyn WrightVIOLA
- George RobertsonVIOLA
- Henry LowtherTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Jack GlickmanVIOLA
- Lee HarrisDRUMS
- Levine AndradeVIOLA
- Mark FelthamHARMONICA
- Mark HollisCOMPOSED BY, VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO, ORGAN ORGAN, PIANO PIANO, ORGAN, WRITTEN-BY
- Martin DitchamPERCUSSION
- Paul KeggCELLO
- Roger SmithCELLO
- Simon EdwardsACOUSTIC BASS DOUBLE BASS
- Stephen TeesVIOLA
- Tim Friese-GreeneORGAN, PIANO ORGAN, PIANO, HARMONIUM ORGAN, PIANO, HARMONIUM, WRITTEN-BY
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