Talk Show (The Go-Go's album)

Infobox Album
Name = Talk Show
Type = album
Artist = Go-Go's


Released = 1984
Recorded = Genetic Sound, England
Genre = Pop rock
New wave
Length = 37:08 (40:02 with
"Good for Gone" B side)
Label = I.R.S.
Producer = Martin Rushent
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifqxqu5ldke link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegogos/albums/album/137169/review/5942777/talk_show link]
Last album = "Vacation" (1982)
This album = "Talk Show" (1984)
Next album = "Greatest" (1990)

"Talk Show" is the third studio album by the Go-Go's, released on the I.R.S. label, in 1984. Although many critics called it an inspired return to form Fact|date=December 2007 after the sophomoric "Vacation", other than the #11 hit single "Head over Heels," the album was a relative commercial disappointment, peaking at number 18, and selling less than 500,000 copies. This would be the last all original album by the group, until 2001's "God Bless the Go-Go's".

Many of the songs on this album are not performed regularly by the band in concert. It has been speculated that the songs bring back painful memories from this time. Only "Head over Heels" has been played live on a regular basis (also often in Belinda Carlisle's solo shows). Some songs haven't been played since the 1984 "Prime Time" tour. Overall song quality is far better than on the "Vacation" album and some fans credit Kathy Valentine's increased input, during these sessions, as a key factor.fact|date=July 2008

The music video for "Turn to You" (the second single, which peaked at #32 in the U.S. chart) featured a starring role for then up-and-coming actor Rob Lowe (the song, incidentally, was written about baseball pitcher B Welch, a one-time boyfriend of Charlotte Caffey's). The video's director, Mary Lambert, went on to work on several other videos, including hits by Madonna, and films, such as "Pet Sematary". The promo for the third track taken from the LP, "Yes or No," was released shortly before the breakup was announced, possibly hurting the sales of the single, which bombed at #84. A man looking like French actor Tcheky Karyo appeared in the video.

The first single, "Head over Heels," which was also the album opener, was later re-released on the Eighties compilation album "Chorus Girl" by Atomic Records, in 1997.

Track listing

#"Head over Heels" - 3:38 (Caffey, Valentine)
#"Turn to You" - 3:48 (Caffey, Wiedlin)
#"You Thought" - 4:12 (Schock, Valentine)
#"Beneath the Blue Sky" - 3:00 (Valentine, Wiedlin)
#"Forget That Day" - 4:25 (Wiedlin)
#"I'm the Only One" - 3:29 (Valentine, Harvey, Carter)
#"Yes or No" - 4:04 (Wiedlin, Mael, Mael)
#"Capture the Light" - 3:15 (Wiedlin)
#"I'm with You" - 3:37 (Schock, Wiedlin)
#"Mercenary" - 3:40 (Wiedlin, Valentine, Caffey) +
#"Good for Gone" - 2:54 (Schock, Valentine)

Credits

Band

*Charlotte Caffey: lead guitar, keyboards, background vocals
*Belinda Carlisle: lead vocals
*Gina Schock: drums and percussion
*Kathy Valentine: bass guitar, lead guitar, background vocals
*Jane Wiedlin: rhythm guitar, vocals

Production personnel

*Martin Rushent: producer and engineer
*Dave Allen, Philip Tennant, Jim Russell: assistant engineers
*Nathan Lam: vocal direction

taff

*Douglas Brian Martin: art direction
*Chris Craymer: photography
*Frontline: management

Chart positions

Album

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