- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Voiceprint
- ASIN: B00005OWHN
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As a teenager I could not appreciate it's delicacy, gripped as I was in the height of Industrial and Grunge. And thus like so many others, I was slightly disappointed when I first bought this over 10 years ago when I (re)discovered Talk Talk (who doesn't love "It's My Life", that being the original and not that supremely redundent No Doubt cover version) and grabbed all the albums.
However, there was something about it, even then, that niggled at me. What was it? Maybe it was some sneaking suspicion that this is possibly one of the best pieces of musical art ever released on a CD. Maybe I hadn't quite grown up enough to appreciate it, but knew that some day it would touch me in a way very little other music does.
Coupled with it's earlier sibling "Spirit Of Eden", they gainfully mix longing, hope and sorrow. The pair shake off everything insepid and bland, release all pop roots and go for something new - and not by the throat, it's an almost resigned sigh, but there is always some last glimmer of hope.
Nearly 15 years later, this album proves it's timeless nature. If you're looking for a listening experience for your soul, I can recommend very few other albums besides this.
And at the price the sellers on here are offering it at it's a crime not to take a risk.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The final Talk Talk album, 'Laughing Stock' shows the other side of their experimental coin. In this slightly more bluesy down to earth record, Hollis has crafted six minimal yet tuneful pieces that relax and uplift the listener. 'Laughing Stock' leaves behind the big budget sound of 'Spirit of Eden' in this fantastic farewell.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Laughing Stock is without doubt, Talk Talk's seminal piece; their finest hour. I know of no other piece of music so rich in texture. It's landscape.
Think of your favorite view, no matter how many times you look at it, you will always see new things. It changes, the seasons come and go.
It might appear disjointed and hard work at first. When I first bought it many years ago, I was truly dissapointed. But that's because I'd never heard anything like it; my brain couldn't file it in a comfertable box. But I stuck with it and it wasn't long before I realised this was something speacial.
From the futillity of the human condition to the joy of life - it'll take you there (and bring you back again)It's all there - check it out
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Beyond reviewing
This is utter, utter genius.
I can't put into words how good this but and sadly it won't suit everybody.
Take a punt.....what have you got to lose?
I can't put into words how good this but and sadly it won't suit everybody.
Take a punt.....what have you got to lose?
Published 24 days ago by Indian Joe
An extraordinary album
I missed this album first time around in the early 90's. It's an extraordinary work which has very quickly entered my top ten albums of all time and that's saying something as I'm... Read more
Published 3 months ago by TwoSheds57
simply bliss
For those who love the last period of Talk Talk this record is a must have. 180 grams Vinyl will reproduce with no doubt the atmosphere and intimacy of this recording like you have... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mark
Not just for 80's fans!
OK, 'Laughing Stock' was released in 91, but you know what I mean! If you like 'Spirit of Eden' you must get this - they make a real pair. Read more
Published 9 months ago by R. Harvey
Wow
Just finished listening to this album, not for the first time, and in the spirit of the albums' minimalism all I can say is -
Astonishing
The other 5 star... Read more
Astonishing
The other 5 star... Read more
Published 12 months ago by H. A. Davis
The perfection of brilliance... The brilliance of perfection
I've owned this CD since its original release in the early 90's (as well as the lovely 3-CD box set of different versions of each of the tracks, which were eventually re-released... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Paul
Deconstruction Time Again...
I can't add much to the excellent reviews already made about this record but it's a rare, rare thing for any band to develop and morph this much within a relatively short period of... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Christopher Hunter
Unclassifiably great
This was Talk Talk's last album, released in 1991. It continues in the neo-classical direction signposted by 1988's Spirit of Eden and takes it even further, possibly to the point... Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by klaher
Was an album never more fittingly described by its title?
Alas, in the world of Talk Talk, this 1991 album had not made much progress from their last album, `Spirit of Eden'. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2009 by Nicholas Casley
Laughing Stock
I gather that a some stage Talk-talk did become a Laughing Stock? the audience did not like the music they performed, and bood the ban of stage. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by Mr. I. D. Rhodes
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