Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk

Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk is a 1990 greatest hits album by Talk Talk. It collects songs that the band released under EMI between 1982 and 1988.

Natural History
Greatest hits album by
Talk Talk
ReleasedMay 1990
Recorded1982–1988
Genre
Length71:47
LabelParlophone/EMI
ProducerColin Thurston
Tim Friese-Greene
Rhett Davies
Talk Talk chronology
Spirit of Eden
(1988)		 Natural History
(1990)		 History Revisited: The Remixes
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Reception

The compilation spent 21 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at #3,[2] and went on to sell over one million copies worldwide.[3] The North American version appended two live bonus tracks. A companion collection of the band's music videos was released in July 1990.

Production and re-releases

EMI released the compilation without the band's supervision. Talk Talk leader Mark Hollis said, "A compilation album is not my idea of an album. I don't like compilation albums and I didn't like that one. It certainly wasn't the selection of tracks I would have liked even if there had to be one. But, at the end of the day, they had every right to do it so . . ."[4] In light of Natural History's success, the remix album History Revisited was released in 1991. Talk Talk sued EMI for remixing their material without permission. Though the collection contains no new material, it does have the non-LP 1983 single, "My Foolish Friend", which had never appeared on a full-length release before. On 12 March 2007 the album was reissued with a bonus DVD of their music videos. Two bonus tracks were also included from the 1999 live release London 1986.

Track listing
  1. "Today" (Brenner, Harris, Hollis, Webb) – 3:30
  2. "Talk Talk" (Hollis, Hollis) – 3:18
  3. "My Foolish Friend" (Brenner, Hollis) – 3:21
  4. "Such a Shame" (Hollis) – 5:43
  5. "Dum Dum Girl" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 3:49
  6. "It's My Life" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 3:55
  7. "Give It Up" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 5:19
  8. "Living in Another World" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:57
  9. "Life's What You Make It" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:29
  10. "Happiness Is Easy" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:33
  11. "I Believe in You" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:04
  12. "Desire" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 7:00
Bonus tracks on the CD release
  1. "Life's What You Make It (Live @ the Hammersmith Odeon)" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) — 4:40
  2. "Tomorrow's Started (Live @ the Hammersmith Odeon)" (Hollis) — 7:45
Reissued 2007 reissue listing
  1. "Today" (Brenner, Harris, Hollis, Webb) – 3:30
  2. "Have You Heard the News" (Hollis) – 5:04
  3. "Talk Talk" (Hollis, Hollis) – 3:15
  4. "My Foolish Friend" (Brenner, Hollis) – 3:18
  5. "Such a Shame" Hollis) – 5:22
  6. "Dum Dum Girl" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:02
  7. "It's My Life" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 3:51
  8. "Give It Up" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 5:19
  9. "Living in Another World" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 7:00
  10. "Life's What You Make It" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:25
  11. "Happiness Is Easy" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:29
  12. "I Believe in You" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 5:55
  13. "Desire" (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 6:56
  14. "Life's What You Make It" [live from the Hammersmith Odeon] (Friese-Greene, Hollis) – 4:40
  15. "Tomorrow Started" [live from the Hammersmith Odeon] (Hollis) – 7:45

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[5] Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[6] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Gold 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Credits

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Tim Rice, Paul Gambaccini, and Jonathan Rice, The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 7th ed. (Guinness World Records Limited, 1996).
  3. James Neiss, "Talk Talk Archived 2000-03-03 at the Wayback Machine," Record Collector, December 1991.
  4. Steve Sutherland, "Talk Talk: Silencing the Scams Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine," Melody Maker, September 1991.
  5. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Talk Talk; 'Natural History')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. "Dutch album certifications – Talk Talk – Natural History" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 24 August 2019. Enter Natural History in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  7. "British album certifications – Talk Talk – natural History". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 August 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type natural History in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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