Talk Show [Original recording remastered]

Go-Go's | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B00000JMIQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,297 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > New Wave

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Turn To The Go-Go's, December 14, 2000

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Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talk Show (Audio CD)

After the hit or miss affair that Vacation was, the Go-Go's finally took a break from their rigorous touring schedule. They returned back on the top of their game with Talk Show. The album combines their punkish attitudes with a slick pop production. The pounding piano on "Head Over Heels" practically begs you to get up and dance. "Forget That Day" shows Belinda Carlisle's ability to perfectly portray the girl with the wounded heart. "Yes Or No" & "Beneath The Blue Sky" or good pop songs as is "Capture The Light". The highlight of the album, and possibly their career, is "Turn To You". The song is a perfect synthesis of their early punk rocking days and their recorded pop sheen. The song has a frantic driving guitar and slamming drums, but it also has a stop and go sound with perfect harmonies. A true triumph. Unfortunately the band imploded after this release, but they did leave behind three great albums.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE GREATEST FEMALE ROCK BAND IN THE WORLD, May 15, 2001

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This review is from: Talk Show (Audio CD)

Without a doubt, this is the best Go-go's album. On this album, the music and the songwriting is more mature than the two previous albums "Beauty & the Beat" and "Vacation". For me the best cuts on this albums are "Head Over Heels", "Beneath the Blue Sky", "Forget that Day" and "Capture the Light". If you're looking to buy an album by a group of really hard working women, this is it, nothing comes better than the Go-Go's. Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine and Jane Wiedlin are indeed THE greatest female rock group in the world. Forget the Spice Girls and any other girl group like them, THE GO-GO's are the real deal.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's talk; "Talk Show" is a 5-star album!, March 17, 2006

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James W. Tinder (Stockton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talk Show (Audio CD)

Following the disappointing reviews of their second album, "Vacation," the Go-Go's took some deserved time off - but not by their own choice. Guitarist Charlotte Caffey developed a hand problem (now known as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) and the Go-Go's as a group encoutered problems with their manager and record label.

At the end of 1983, they got back together to work on a new album ("Talk Show") with a new producer (Martin Rushent). The happy result was a stronger and more vibrant album than "Vacation," showing the Go-Go's as a band that could withstand tough times.

The hit "Head Over Heels" starts the album off, providing a piano hook by Caffey and one of the Go-Go's most memorable songs.

The follow-up hit, "Turn to You," shows off the guitar chops of Caffey and Jane Wiedlin and the new, assertive production style of Rushent.

"You Thought" is a pleasant surprise, penned by drummer Gina Schock and bassist Kathy Valentine. The result is one of "Talk Show"'s most memorable album tracks, demonstrating Belinda Carlisle's emerging, confident vocals.

"Beneath the Blue Sky" reminds us of the Cold War and its insanity; one may have to read the lyrics to fully understand the concept of this fine Valentine/Wiedlin effort.

"Forget that Day" is perhaps the finest album track, and the source of irritation among band members. Author Wiedlin wanted to sing lead, but the rest of the group nixed that notion. This was probably the final straw for Wiedlin, who left the group after finishing their concert tour in October 1984. This does not, however, detract from the song's quality.

"I'm the Only One" is a rollicking effort, the only detriment possibly being a heavy guitar mix over the vocals.

"Yes or No" was written by Wiedlin with the Mael brothers from Sparks. This was the last charted single for the Go-Go's in their 80s incarnation.

If there is a weak song on the album, "Capture the Light" might be it. Perhaps it only seems weak in the wake of so many fine songs that came before it on the album.

"I'm With You" is a fine love song by Schock and Wiedlin, with emotion fully captured in Carlisle's vocal.

"Mercenary" is a finely written tune, and somewhat sad, considering it was the last track on the last Go-Go's album in the 1980s.

It's too bad that personal problems and infighting destroyed the group within a year of this album's release. "Talk Show," however, stands as testimony to the Go-Go's fine songwriting and proves that they could cut a rock album as good as anyone else at the time.