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Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden - National Album Day

Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden was the album Huey would play when he was adjusting to normal life after leaving the US Marines, today he'll be sharing it with you, in full.

Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden was the album Huey would play when he was adjusting to normal life after leaving the US Marines, today he'll be sharing it with you, in full.

It's an album that the band were not expected to make. Having been given free rein in the studio, their record label were expecting them to deliver a follow up to The Colour Of Spring, and more international hit singles. What the band gave them were 6 tracks of improvised performances that drew on a jazz, classical and ambient influences. It was a world away from the sophisticated pop album that the label had expected, and it lead to a bitter court case, with the result that the band were freed from their contract, and released the album on another imprint.

In the years since its release the album has gone on to gain fans from across the musical world, artists like Radiohead, Blur, Elbow, Doves, and Grandaddy, as well as having a huge influence on the post-rock genre.

Huey will be playing the album in full, interspersed with contributions from Phill Brown, who engineered the album, alongside superfans including Joan As Policewoman, Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and The Last Dinosaur.

This programme is part of BBC Music’s support for the first ever National Album Day, which takes place on Saturday 13th October with programming on Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, 5 Live, 6 Music, BBC One and BBC Four across the week or on the day itself.

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Sat 13 Oct 2018 10:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Ramones

    Blitzkrieg Bop

    • Sire.

  • Beastie Boys

    Brass Monkey

    • Licensed To Ill.
    • Def Jam Recordings.
    • 11.

  • She Drew the Gun

    Resister

    • Skeleton Key Records.

  • Baby Huey

    Listen To Me

    • Curtom.

  • Last Dinosaur

    The Body Collapse

    • Naim Records.

  • Traffic

    Dear Mr. Fantasy

  • Matthew Dear

    Bunny's Dream

    • Ghostly International.

  • IDLES

    Great

    • Partisan Records.

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    I Ain't No Joke

    • Paid In Full.
    • 4th And Broadway.
    • 1.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Jazz (We’ve Got)

    • The Low End Theory.
    • JIVE Records.
    • 11.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Everytime I Look At You

  • Joan As Police Woman

    Tell Me

    • Play It Again Sam.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Dreams

    • The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac.
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.
    • 2.

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Money Right (feat. Skepta)

    • Island Records.

  • Mattiel

    Whites Of Their Eyes

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Talking Heads

    Heaven

    • Sire.

  • Grandaddy

    He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot

    • V2.

  • Nina Simone

    Exactly Like You

  • Lamb

    Gorecki

  • Gabe Gurnsey

    You Can

    • Phantasy.

  • John Grant

    He's Got His Mother's Hips

    • Bella Union.

  • The Avalanches

    Frontier Psychiatrist

    • XL.

  • DJ Shadow

    Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt

    • Mo Wax.

  • Talk Talk

    The Rainbow

    • Parlophone.

  • Talk Talk

    Eden

    • Parlophone.

  • Talk Talk

    Desire

    • Parlophone.

  • Talk Talk

    Inheritance

    • Parlophone.

  • Talk Talk

    I Believe In You

    • Parlophone.

  • Talk Talk

    Wealth

    • Parlophone.

  • Explosions in the Sky

    The Only Moment We Were Alone

    • Bella Union.

  • Maribou State

    Nervous Tics (feat. Holly Walker)

    • Counter.

  • The Clash

    Remote Control

    • The Singles.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Purple Rain

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.

  • Chic

    Chic Cheer

    • The Best Of Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Tom Waits

    Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)

    • Asylum Records.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

    • Motown.

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Oct 2018 10:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

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