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While Hollis from the start cited jazz musicians like MilesDavis, JohnColtrane and classical artists like Bartók and Debussy and influences, the band's financial situation in their early years forced them to rely on synths and brought about predictable comparisons to NewWave artists like DuranDuran. Snapped up by EMI, the lads released their first album in 1982, ''The Party's Over''. Produced by former DavidBowie and DuranDuran engineer Colin Thurston, the album showcased the SynthPop[=/=]NewWave sound that attracted accusations of [[FollowTheLeader derivativeness]] but scraped the UK Top 40 with "Talk Talk" and "Today". In the ensuing tour, the band opened for Music/{{Genesis}} at a concert, forcing Hollis to spend most of the set avoiding whatever fans threw on stage.

Brenner left in 1983, and his replacement with Tim Friese-Greene proved to be probably the most important development in Talk Talk's career considering the key role he played later on. The band then lurched back into the studio and came out in 1984 with the less synthesizer-heavy ''It's My Life'', which managed to spawn the titular hit single and climbed up charts... [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff everywhere except the UK]]. The next album, ''Colour of Spring'', followed two years later and showed the band completely abandoning NewWave, while still remaining accessibly "pop". It became their best-selling album.

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While Hollis from the start cited jazz musicians like MilesDavis, JohnColtrane and classical artists like Bartók and Debussy and influences, the band's financial situation in their early years forced them to rely on synths and brought about predictable comparisons to Music/NewWave artists like DuranDuran. Snapped up by EMI, the lads released their first album in 1982, ''The Party's Over''. Produced by former DavidBowie and DuranDuran engineer Colin Thurston, the album showcased the SynthPop[=/=]Music/NewWave sound that attracted accusations of [[FollowTheLeader derivativeness]] but scraped the UK Top 40 with "Talk Talk" and "Today". In the ensuing tour, the band opened for Music/{{Genesis}} at a concert, forcing Hollis to spend most of the set avoiding whatever fans threw on stage.

Brenner left in 1983, and his replacement with Tim Friese-Greene proved to be probably the most important development in Talk Talk's career considering the key role he played later on. The band then lurched back into the studio and came out in 1984 with the less synthesizer-heavy ''It's My Life'', which managed to spawn the titular hit single and climbed up charts... [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff everywhere except the UK]]. The next album, ''Colour of Spring'', followed two years later and showed the band completely abandoning Music/NewWave, while still remaining accessibly "pop". It became their best-selling album.

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