THE PARTY'S OVER

If I were to hear this album for the first time, I would consider this to be at most a mediocre synth-pop record. Knowing that better is coming, I started looking for signs of the future on this record but actually not find any. However, if you already like the new romance I would rather recommend Duran Duran's Rio album from about the same time as the compositions are better and some of the songs even have a bit of a progressive tone like "New Religion" and "The Chaffeur". But to return to this album, my favorites are the slightly slower songs like the title track "The Party's Over" and "Have You Heard the News?". Some consider the "Talk Talk" song to be the band's signature song but I think that honor could be given "it's my life" from the next album. As a whole, Talk Talk debut is a collection of synth-pop songs perhaps with a slightly romantic twist. The best part of the album is Mark Hollis' melancholic vocals and some atmospheric songs.