Natural order : 1982-1991

"Fans may quibble with the exact nature of the inclusions and omissions, but as a career-spanning retrospective designed to summarise the band's status as post-rock pioneers it does the job. The fact is, however, that most of these intensely beautiful songs truly breathe only within the landscape of their original albums. They belong to a larger tapestry. Here, reframed and recontextualised, they often seem oddly ill at ease".

"The material on this Talk Talk compilation is in chronological order, but it's not exactly natural ... If one wants to go deeper than the well-known singles, this is a fine way to do it; the selections, made by the band's Mark Hollis, are smart, while the Spirit of Eden-era B-side "John Cope" is essential. However, Talk Talk's phenomenal last three albums (...) deserve uninterrupted, front-to-back play, and any reconfiguring of their contents seems peculiar".

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