It's My Life (album)

For the album by Sash!, see It's My Life – The Album.

It's My Life
Studio album by Talk Talk
Released	February 1984
Recorded	1983–1984
Genre	Synthpop, New Wave
Length	43:26
Label	EMI
Producer	Tim Friese-Greene
Talk Talk chronology
The Party's Over (1982) It's My Life (1984) The Colour of Spring (1986)

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It's My Life is the second studio album by Talk Talk, released in 1984.

It was a Top 5 hit album in several European countries^[1], thanks to the big international success of its singles (notably "Such a Shame"), but it only reached #35 in the UK Top 40 chart.^[2] In the US, the album just missed the Top 40, reaching #42.

It's My Life was particularly successful in the Netherlands, reaching n°3 and staying in the charts for 64 weeks between 1984 and 1986^[3].

Cover

The cover to the album was produced by James Marsh, incorporating elements of The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dum Dum Girl"	Friese-Greene/Hollis	3:51
2.	"Such a Shame"	Hollis	5:42
3.	"Renée"	Hollis	6:22
4.	"It's My Life"	Friese-Greene/Hollis	3:53
5.	"Tomorrow Started"	Hollis	5:57
6.	"The Last Time"	Curnow/Hollis	4:23
7.	"Call in the Night Boy"	Brenner/Harris/Hollis/Webb	3:47
8.	"Does Caroline Know?"	Friese-Greene/Hollis	4:40
9.	"It's You"	Hollis	4:41

Personnel

• Mark Hollis - vocals
• Lee Harris - drums
• Paul Webb - bass guitar
• Tim Friese-Greene - keyboards
• Ian Curnow - keyboards
• Phil Ramocon - piano
• Robbie McIntosh - guitar
• Morris Pert - percussion
• Henry Lowther - trumpet
• James Marsh - cover art

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1984	UK Album Chart	35

References

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