Missing Pieces is a 2001 compilation album by Talk Talk. The first six tracks are the A- and B-Sides of the three CD singles released in 1991 for their final album Laughing Stock. Four of these are versions of album tracks, with the addition of the otherwise uncollected B-Sides "Stump" and "5:09". The final track, "Piano", was recorded pseudonymously by Mark Hollis (as "John Cope", the title of the B-Side of their 1988 single "I Believe in You" from the album Spirit of Eden) for the 1998 album "AV 1" by Allinson / Brown, which was produced by former Talk Talk producer Phill Brown. According to Hollis, it was designed to cycle indefinitely for a Dave Allinson/Phill Brown art exhibition and is presented twice in a row on the CD.[1] Missing Pieces was released in 2001 to a generally mixed to positive reception.
| Missing Pieces | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1991, 1998 | |||
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| Length | 55:27 | |||
| Label | Pond Life | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Leonard's Lair | |
Leonard's Lair gave 3/5 stars, with "5:09" listed as the album highlight.[2] The mixed score was because "if many more tenuous releases see the light of day there's a danger of that impression being cheapened." AllMusic also gave it a 3/5 star review, despite the review being more positive.[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Notes | Length |
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| 1. | "After the Flood" | Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene | A-Side (Outtake) | 4:14 |
| 2. | "Myrrhman" | Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene | B-Side | 5:36 |
| 3. | "New Grass" | Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene | A-Side | 9:36 |
| 4. | "Stump" | Mark Hollis, Tim Friese-Greene & Lee Harris | B-Side | 4:45 |
| 5. | "Ascension Day" | Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene | A-Side | 6:04 |
| 6. | "5:09" | Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene | B-Side | 5:14 |
| 7. | "Piano" | John Cope (Mark Hollis) | 14:40 |
Personnel
edit- Mark Hollis – vocal, guitar, piano, organ
- Lee Harris – drums
- Tim Friese Greene – organ, piano, harmonium
- Mark Feltham – harmonica
- Martin Ditcham – percussion
- Levine Andrade, Stephen Tees, George Robertson, Gavyn Wright, Jack Glickma, Garfield Jackson, Wilfred Gibson – viola
- Simon Edwards, Ernest Mothle – acoustic bass
- Roger Smith, Paul Kegg – cello
- Henry Lowther – trumpet, flugel horn
- Dave White – contra bass clarinet
Production
- Phill Brown – engineering (Tracks 1–6), production (Track 7)
- Tim Friese-Greene – production (Tracks 1–6)
- James Marsh – cover art
References
edit- ^ "Such a shame: The Within Without interview with Mark Hollis, September 1998 ..." Within Without. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Talk Talk - Missing Pieces". Leonardslair.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Missing Pieces - Talk Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2012.