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Way back in 1982, Talk Talk established themselves as a 'boy band' but, unlike some of the others, they had an individual sound and artistic merit.
They weren't in-your-face and full of self-importance like many who fell neatly into the New Romantic category.
We loved them because they were innovative and experimental. People in the music industry continue to agree they never really got the success they deserved.
Although they started off in the mainstream with the singles Talk Talk and The Party's Over, the band later veered off in a different direction, taking fans with them into areas of musical incandescent brilliance.
Tracks such as It's Getting Late in the Evening and Happiness is Easy from 1986 never got the popular recognition they deserved but showed how their output was to become increasingly esoteric.
Their popularity grew quietly, though, and their Natural History album sold more than one million copies worldwide in 1990.
James Marsh,...