Talk Talk - I BELIEVE IN YOU - 1988

[HendrikVonDresden]

What my world needs now is more music from Mark Hollis. Does anyone know where he is or what he's up to in 2012? Or 2011? Or 2010? I hope he has found the peace and joy he deserves.

[patbirder]

Man, that is one hell of a good song! I enjoyed earlier Talk Talk but just never got the chance to listen to this stuff until now (yes, quite the time warp there). Great music.

[TheSorrow1O1]

Always used to think he was singing "Spin around" instead of "Spirit".

[AsmodelSoljah]

Mark Hollis = Perfect.

[ReturnFire121]

@AsmodelSoljah ya rite perfectly shit!

[Romerosays]

Haven't heard this in years, and it still gives me goose bumps!....... bloody timeless, now I know were Radiohead got their influence from.

[AsmodelSoljah]

First Shoegazers?

[geobruf123]

If i play someone this record and they dont like it, my respect for their musical taste goes out the window pretty much instantly ;-)

[xtstevie]

Intense & totally stunning :~))

[Happysundaze]

Magnificent and heart-warming.

[Planettelex99]

when this finishes i don't know what else to listen to..

[tkshots]

@Planettelex99 listen to laughing stock...

[HendrikVonDresden]

@Planettelex99

The air. Then this song again. Then the air.

[thomdrock]

One of their best, totally awesome,

Lstening to it for days on a row now

[jeanmaurice1]

Beautiful!

[doctorwintercold]

...gezus KrRisT ..!!!...

[flauwegeit]

It's SUCH A SHAME there is no decent audio version of this song on you tube. I love this song

[overdork]

The chosen song for DMT trip.

the GODS were pleased.

[brian1976burke]

this band:

unappreciated

exceptionally talented

timeless

oh heart strings and what moves the spirit. this song may be their best. i'm 35 now and its been 20 years since i heard this stuff. this album (arguably) may be credited to my "turnaround" to the HEART of God...just sayin...its that pure. that make wonder about alot of stuff but i'm glad it fell into my hands.

[lingsbord]

my 30-year love of this band continues to this day. dumbed-down religious types can pretend to claim it all they want. all i know is these guys and their music mean a lot to me, and that's all that moves me. thanks guys. still loving it after all these years.

[MrTrecchina]

THIS MASTER PIECE TAKES ME BACK 27 YEARS BACK THEN THE WORDS AND THE MEAN OF THIS SONG WERE DIFFICOLT TO UNDESTAND EXPECIALLY FOR ME BEEN ITALIAN TODAY AFTER 27 YEARS AND MORE EXPERIENCE EVERYTIME I LISTEN TO THIS SONG TEARS PORING FROM MY EYES THINKING OF MY MOTHER SOMEWERE UP THERE

[AngeloNiklis]

This song isn't nearly worth the headspace it can take you to, if you take my meaning.

[TalkTalk72]

I,am 10 and I Love Talk Talk

[callicolady]

those irritating ads on the left can piss off

[PositiveLastAction]

A song not simply written, but rather finely crafted. Simple and shear beauty.

[ZJProz]

Talk Talk...........

[rwh0001]

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's absolute genius created by an artist that has transcended earthly bounds. I'm happy to read that many music critics are now also coming to this conclusion. Just saw this recent review: "It is widely regarded as a masterpiece. Spirit of Eden has not dated; it's remarkable how contemporary it sounds, anticipating post-rock, The Verve and Radiohead. It's the sound of an artist being given the keys to the kingdom and returning with art."

[coolcat03240]

Beautiful!

[dshields0111]

What are you guys listening to? This is one of the only albums I ever purchased where I couldn't listen to the songs from start to finish, ITS THAT BAD! Look, there's some Talk Talk songs that are way ahead of their time and unbelievable, but " I believe in you" sounds like they decided as a joke to put out the worst possible crap they could mix in 5 minutes! and then see who among us would think its a masterpiece. I got the joke.....did you?

[dshields0111]

What are you guys listening to? This is one of the only albums I ever purchased where I could listen to the songs from start to finish, ITS THAT BAD! Look, there's some Talk Talk songs that are way ahead of their time and unbelievable, but " I believe in you" sounds like they decided as a joke to put out the worst possible crap they could mix in 5 minutes! and then see who among us would think its a masterpiece. I got the joke.....did you?

[redskydnb]

@dshields0111 I got your joke... did you?

[faunoram]

la diferencia entre alguien que le guste esta canción y alguien que no le guste es la diferencia entre alguien que ve algo hermoso y se detiene porque siente un llamado y alguien que ve algo hermoso y simplemente pasa de largo ...

asi de simple .

[NATI1468]

@faunoram buen comentario carnal! si te gusta mucho esta banda, supongo conoces a los alemanes CAN. sus papacitos. saludos

[znj111]

@dshields0111 FOOL

[dshields0111]

OK people, let's keep it real here, this is the only song on the album that's any good. The rest of the album marked the speeding downhill trajectory of the great music by Talk Talk. After I bought this album I couldn't listen to any tune till the end accept this one. The rest of the songs had no direction.

[maxsocial]

@dshields0111 Eden is very good as well. But it all depends on your taste. I personally don't like the early Talk Talk albums. I started becoming a Talk Talk fan after listening to their last three albums.

[DJMimzy]

@maxsocial i actually like their entire catalog pretty much ... i dont know if they made a BAD song in the whole 10 years that they existed actually

[BruisedEyeSockets]

@maxsocial Haha neither did they.

[maxsocial]

@BruisedEyeSockets True!! lol.

[sxmadrid]

@dshields0111 Ah, Pray tell what is and what is not Real, Reality Meister. What is the Direction, lest we should become lost in the misty seas of musical possibility. Guide us over the bridge and to the middle eight. But hey, courageous words in the Temple of Talk. Props to you (whatever the fuck that means).

[aladdinsaneprojects]

@dshields0111 fuck you, asshole, the rainbow has a goddamn direction, and the direction is PURE FUCKING AWESOMENESS.

(please, don’t be offended, sir – but that had to be said.)

[maxsocial]

I love the beginning of this song. It's so catchy. Makes me always come back and listen to this song over and over again.

[MrGravito]

Spirit of Eden, 1988.Le Chef d'Oeuvre de Talk Talk.Vraiment trés particulier cet album..

[redshaftedflicker]

To quote a not so famous line, "So ahead of their time that they are standing behind you." TT OWNS.

[eliasbwick]

3:07 ----> end just amazing

[skateNappreciate]

for all you PT fans, i heard (i heard) that this album influenced the living shit out of Steven Wilson

[populvuh02]

@skateNappreciate it is true, i always thought the beginning of porcupine tree's 'stop swimming' sounded very similar to this tune. somewhere he did mention that the song was a tribute to talk talk

[lemonkooler]

I can't describe how this song makes me feel, but it makes me feel this way every time I hear it. Although maybe it's the same way it makes all of you feel too.

[CANDOKNOWHOW]

I've seen a hero in myself..

[jackalalpha]

@CANDOKNOWHOW It's "I've seen heroin for myself"

This is a song about Mark's brother who killed himself over a heroin addiction.

[CANDOKNOWHOW]

@jackalalpha I knew that was the lyric, I just liked that it sounded different when I first heard it years ago. I never knew the story behind it though.. thanx for the info!!!

[CANDOKNOWHOW]

@venusfly9108 Don't give up too quick, I know where you're coming from here, but I meet more and more young musicians who are obsessed with a healthy variety of tastes. People will get bored of their own predictability, and be inspired to explore their possibilities more. Stuff like this is usually born out of a lot of personal pain and tough times, and the singers who've never experienced much in life never really have as much to sing about. Just sayin', don't give up too quick.

[CANDOKNOWHOW]

@venusfly9108 My apologies for implying you were giving up. I pretty much have (at least as far as pop music is concerned), but as far as the experimentation goes, I totally agree.

[vivaldi01]

@mikhkos aaaaargh. Sountrack For The Blind is all over the place.

I thought I was walking along the reherasal corridor in a 6th form music school.

I meant masterpieces on par with the Blue Nile's "Hats" ...for example. :oD

[vivaldi01]

@mikhkos Thanks. Will try that one out.

[vivaldi01]

The album is 22 years old ; I heard it for the first time yesterday .

I'm now worried about other masterpieces I've missed over the decades.

[paranoidandroid192]

Yes, thank god someone put up the full version rather then the short, ruined version created by EMI to gain money. What an album this is, it really sounds like free-form jazz done in a completely new style. Mark Hollins created his own genre here.

[costellodan]

1 person put thumbs down. They must have had their soul removed.

[zane1961]

Mark David Hollis Enuff said

[ncbeach22]

This album is a brilliant masterpiece.

[cris24587]

mucho en el mundo no tenemos la mente o el oido para escuchar esta musica. somos un grupo pequeño en el mundo

[arcencielili]

I just wanna HUG you Mark hollis!!!Brilliant Spirit! So much Light into YOU

[emmarijn]

This does so much to me...gives me shiverz all over.

Wheres Mark Hollis & Co nowadays??

[paranoidandroid192]

@emmarijn He had a solo album in 1997 but since then, nothing. The solo album is fantastic as good as the Talk Talk work. IMO i prefer to have geniuses like him remain unknown & mysterious rather then being splattered on every magazine & hounded by the papparazzi.

[scaff229]

i think with out any dought this is my bset song ever and album pure class for its time and never ever be dated come back mark hollis

[pablof59]

This song is a masterpiece and fits perfect to Hollis singing style.

[abbb282]

This is the best song ever made.

[shannibobs]

@abbb282 This and New Grass, in my opinion..

[marty9040]

its about time mark hollis/talk talk were in the music hall of fame.

[GeorgiaPatriot41]

Isn't it incredible how good these guys are, how many good songs they put out and yet so few people know of them!

[jfcc9086]

I spent high school listening to them. Still have all the vynils, theres a couple of masterpieces in their latter work for sure. And you know what? This comes out in 2010? 20 years ahead of its time.

[chuckyp64]

I have listened to this every month of my life since its release... and it never lost a slice of goodness or emotion. Simply the best modern music ever got.

[TheDoooooz]

I don't want to make music anymore because this record encompasses everything I'd ever want to create in music. Best record ever made in my opinion. Mark left us two gems from Talk Talk that will never be topped. Period.

[agentoranges]

agreed. when i think of perfection in music, no other album comes to mind.

[JohnoEAL]

2 gems? I can think of at least 3, but yes you are spot on. PERIOD!

[TheDoooooz]

Yeah... Colour of Spring is a masterpiece as well. I just don't listen to it as much. So, okay... 3! :~}

[flash1182]

This bnd is so often overlooked, this track like so many others is quite brilliant

[rezlerken]

hairs , eyes, every part of my body is alive listerning to pure beauty ! I HAVE FOUND IT ! once again. "spirit of eden " thks colour of spring! post of the decade

[copeyattamsworth]

The telltale marks of the genre—textured guitars, glacial tempos, an emphasis on dynamics, electronica, ambience and minimalism—were all in place, and paved the way for bands like Sigur Rós, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Low, and latter-period Radiohead

[Shakingman1]

Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are MH`s 12 (songs) steps to sobriety. End of story.

[strumtstrummer]

Great to see all positive comments for once. I have 400 cassette tapes and was wondering how to get rid of them. Then I found an old Sony player in a clean out and the first tape I stuck in was Spirit of Eden. Fkn WOW! WoW Wow!

I forgot how much this track touches my very Soul!

Shine on! :)

[1markerpen]

If you are in the UK and have SKY , then the SKY Arts channel has been showing them live in Montreaux from around 86. Keep an eye out

[dillz4ever]

I also have to add that as a Talk Talk fan I find that 95% of all his music is so difficult to tear away from. His [ M.H ] music is like a drug that is injected through your ears and it purifies and cleanses you mentally and emotionally [ and physically because when I hear it I just cannot move ] . His songs all serve a very important purpose because when I listen to it I learn a thing or two .

All I have to say is

MARK HOLLIS + YOU ROCK +

[JohnoEAL]

"and physically because when I hear it I just cannot move" Man, & I thought I was the only one! No other artist does that to me - nothing in the universe matters when listening to an incomparable TT track.... You feel as though you're communicating directly with the essence of existence. It's like those interviews with some celebrity who's recovered from cancer, & they say "it really puts things into perspective" - I always know how they feel because I feel it every time I listen to this song!

[dillz4ever]

Mark Hollis is a genius songwriter and singer . I doubt he will come out of silent mode and sing again but at least we can hear all his fantastic songs right here on you tube . Its a shame that when he was active he didn't get the appropriate credit he deserved because this man named Mark Hollis is one intelligent man .

I am 19 and I acknowledge superb music [ alot of 19 year old guys don't ] and Talk Talk is number one in my books!

[strumtstrummer]

The weirdest and strangest people I have ever met in my life just happen to be the most intelligent people I have ever met!

Talk Talk saved my world. x

[comfy1]

I owe you a massive apology i pressed thumbs down when i meant thumbs up. I'm so sorry

[strumtstrummer]

That's ok! :O)

[Solosolo]

I have heard and enjoyed all of the popular Talk Talk songs but just spent the last hour listening to all the tracks on this glorious album and can confirm that my soul is alive and well. How could I not know that this jewel existed.The whole world should be made to sit calmly and listen to this album. If the house of God were this moving I would attend religiously.

[JohnoEAL]

This album IS the house of GOD... This man has provided far more justification to worship than any religion out there. God's initials are M.H.

[Solosolo]

Astonished how a single song can touch places in your soul that you never knew existed. Each song stirs emotions that leave you feeling naked, vulnerable, cleansed and alive.

[U2FAN1992]

God's initials ARE M.H.. Spot on there John.

[cosmicrider287]

@JohnoEAL to quote a talk talk song title,i believe in you.

[dopeurwhatuuse]

@cosmicrider287 thanks henrey this is great stuff

[BENebuchadnezzar]

@JohnoEAL why vent your religious grievances here eh? You haven't experienced my God, so you have no frame of reference, this song is good, but not nearly that good.

[JohnoEAL]

"BENebuchadnezzar" - here we go.... the protests of the indoctrinated believer. Peace be with you my son.

[BENebuchadnezzar]

@JohnoEAL We're equally indoctrinated, I had to find what I believe mind, not easy I assure you. And don't for a second think I don't question everything I believe, and have natural conflicts also. Peace with you too.

[Dallasdeckard]

@JohnoEAL While Mark is a genius and deserving of serious praise, I think he would be quick to correct your estimation of him as Lord. Mark is a man of God, which (in my opinion) is a huge factor in why his music is so brilliant, lasting and soul-stirring. If you listen to the lyrics of - in particular - the last three albums, you will hear interwoven a very clear testimony of a man dedicated to God. While he may reject "religion", he most definitely embraces the living God.

[MsAppleeater]

@Solosolo ha I've bought it a years ago because I liked other songs on the radio and discover that unique thing, different from others, first surprised, than started to like a little, finally loved it

[tkshots]

@Solosolo if you haven't heard laughing stock,do...you will not be disappointed....

[fifiragdoll]

@Solosolo Wow, wait till you hear "Laughing Stock"...

[Dallasdeckard]

@Solosolo @Solosolo It's funny you say that because I have listened to this music often while reading the Bible, or praying. As I wrote to another poster, if you listen to the last three albums you will hear, very clearly, the words of a man dedicated to God. In the song, Happiness is Easy, he rebukes the dead church and praises Christ. The lyrics read: Happiness is easy (H.i.e.) Jesus came to Galilee H.i.e. sailing on the sea H.i.e. Jesus came to save our souls H.i.e. and be a friend to me

[MrLeagueOJustice]

@Solosolo

Nicely put, Solo

[TheBraybeatles]

@Solosolo. A moving review!! I've now bought the album .... hope you're right!

[agentoranges]

the choir and him just saying 'spirit', gives me chills every time..

[Dengatube]

The choir is angelic.

[maughmj]

is there anyplace i can buy this cd? what album are these songs on? i thought about just going to virgin but this music is hard to find. my friend introduced me the other day, i'm amazed that i've never heard of them before.

[JohnoEAL]

Ebay mate eBay, best place to get albums like this. The album is Spirit of Eden, a genre-defying masterpiece from 88 that remains unmatched to this day in its elegant & delicate blend of intense moody arrangements, forceful guitar, stunning lingering silences utilised brilliantly, and Hollis's inimitable austere fragile vocals. This album can be summed up in a few words: Honesty. Integrity. Purity. Soul. GENIUS.

[shannibobs]

You can still get it on Amazon, or on Amazon UK, certainly. If it's not available on the US site it's definitely worth a few dollars postage. Get Laughing Stock whilst you're at it, too; if anything that album's even better.

[romanyella]

excellent and timeless! how much of the shit available today can you honestly say that about

[JohnoEAL]

Very well said dreadmorayeel. Unbelievable that EMI took them to court because this overwhelmingly brilliant album simply wasn't "commercial" enough. Is it any wonder 20 years later the inevitable invasion of utter garbage dominating the music industry today, with attitudes like that...

Court cases with EMI ended up destroying the band, after they sued them back over that Remix album they put out without TT's go-ahead - a pure money-orientated abuse of their music by EMI.

[dreadmorayeel]

EMI-and all major record labels-have only themselves to blame for their current plight...if such as EMI couldn't "get" this album then they deserve the obsolescence they're rapidly heading towards.

Stunning music.

Fuck the acoountants and marketing droids.

[armadillo01]

I'm no fan of major labels but at least EMI released this spectacular album.

[divinedgar]

i used to work at emi. also known as Every Mistake Imaginable.

[shughume]

i've never known a song to be so addictive, the lyrics are just filled with an emotion only mark hollis could convey. a true masterpiece, just like the whole album and evreything else they've ever done! 5 stars.

[Thoukudides]

Added to favorites

5 stars

[lunaticocacho]

Talk Talk, all night long...

Forever as is possible

[drzen1]

So good. Unbelievable that their record company hated it.

[1967seven]

I love this album then in 88 and even more so now,an absolutely amazing piece of work from talk talk,still as fresh and relevant as it was back then.

[hmoney242]

My teacher told me about the whole spirit of eden album today, he was right, it is a very beautiful record! Its a shame for them it wasnt appreciated in their time. Such a great song!

[JT170]

Whatta good song.

[Linkslinker]

"Spirit of Eden" ist a real Masterpiece. Maybe the best Album of the 80's.

[gelincikkkk]

Good..