The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)

This article is about the album by Talk Talk. For other uses, see The Party's Over (disambiguation).

The Party's Over
Two blue lips posing as "eyes", left "eye" open", right "eye" closed. Has nose and closed red lips.
Studio album by
Talk Talk
Released12 July 1982[1]
Recorded1981–1982
Genre
Length36:47
LabelEMI
ProducerColin Thurston
Talk Talk chronology
The Party's Over
(1982) 		It's My Life
(1984)
Singles from The Party's Over
  1. "Mirror Man"
    Released: 5 February 1982
  2. "Talk Talk"
    Released: 5 April 1982
  3. "Today"
    Released: 21 June 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Q[5]
Mojo (re-issue review)[6]
Smash Hits[7]
Uncut[8]

The Party's Over is the debut album by Talk Talk. It was released on 12 July 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.

  1. ^ "Merchandising" (PDF). Record Business. 5 July 1982. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ Paste Staff (3 June 2024). "The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 3 June 2024. ...the New Romantic-aligned synth-pop of their 1982 debut The Party's Over...
  3. ^ "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". Classic Pop. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ "The Party's Over - Talk Talk - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "[The Party's Over review]". Q. September 1997.
  6. ^ Eccleston, Danny (May 2012). "Lost Horizon". Mojo. No. 222. London: Bauer. p. 100. ISSN 1351-0193.
  7. ^ Tennant, Neil. "Albums". Smash Hits 22 July - 4 August 1982. p. 23.
  8. ^ Stubbs, David (November 1997). "Talk Talk: The Party's Over / It's My Life / The Colour of Spring / Spirit of Eden". Uncut. No. 6. p. 89.