The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)

The Party's Over
Standard edition
Studio album by Talk Talk
Released	July 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Genre	Synthpop
Length	36:47
Label	EMI
Producer	Colin Thurston
Talk Talk chronology
The Party's Over (1982) It's My Life (1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Q	[2]

The Party's Over is the debut album by Talk Talk. It was released in 1982 and produced by Colin Thurston, who was a former engineer for David Bowie but was better known for producing Duran Duran's first two albums.

Release

The Party's Over was released in July 1982 by record label EMI.

In the United Kingdom, the album's single "Today" was a top-twenty hit. The remixed version of the single "Talk Talk" reached number 1 in South Africa in 1983 and number 23 in the UK. In the United States the album entered the Billboard Top 200, reaching number 132, while the single "Talk Talk" peaked at number 75.

In New Zealand, the album was a hit, peaking at number 8 due to the success of "Today", which reached number 10 in 1983.^[3]

Track listing

Standard track listing (side one)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Talk Talk"	Ed Hollis, Mark Hollis	3:23
2.	"It's So Serious"	Simon Brenner, Lee Harris, M. Hollis, Paul Webb	3:21
3.	"Today" (Track 5 in U.S. vinyl)	Brenner, Harris, M. Hollis, Webb	3:30
4.	"The Party's Over"	Brenner, Harris, M. Hollis, Webb	6:12

Standard track listing (side two)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Hate" (Track 3 in U.S. vinyl)	Brenner, Harris, M. Hollis, Webb	3:58
6.	"Have You Heard the News?"	M. Hollis	5:07
7.	"Mirror Man"	M. Hollis	3:21
8.	"Another Word"	Webb	3:14
9.	"Candy"	M. Hollis	4:41

U.S. cassette edition (Program 1)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Talk Talk"	3:23
2.	"Hate"	3:58
3.	"The Party's Over"	6:12
4.	"Candy"	4:41

U.S. cassette edition (Program 2)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Today"	3:30
2.	"Have You Heard the News?"	5:07
3.	"Mirror Man"	3:21
4.	"Another Word"	3:14
5.	"It's So Serious"	3:21

Personnel

• Mark Hollis – vocals
• Simon Brenner – keyboards
• Lee Harris – drums
• Paul Webb – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Mike Robinson – mixing
• James Marsh – cover art

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1982	UK Album Chart	21
1982	Billboard Pop Albums	132[4]

References

1. The Party’s Over: Overview
2. "[The Party's Over review]". Q. September 1997.
3. "Talk Talk - The Party's Over (Album)". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien / eMedia Jungden. 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
4. The Party’s Over: Awards