Missing Pieces (Talk Talk album)

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
Compilation album by
Released2001
Recorded1990–1991, 1998
Genre
Length55:27
LabelPond Life
Talk Talk chronology
The Collection
(2000)
Missing Pieces
(2001)
Introducing ... Talk Talk
(2003)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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No.TitleWriter(s)NotesLength
1."After the Flood"Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-GreeneA-Side (Outtake)4:14
2."Myrrhman"Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-GreeneB-Side5:36
3."New Grass"Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-GreeneA-Side9:36
4."Stump"Mark Hollis, Tim Friese-Greene & Lee HarrisB-Side4:45
5."Ascension Day"Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-GreeneA-Side6:04
6."5:09"Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-GreeneB-Side5:14
7."Piano"John Cope (Mark Hollis) 14:40

Personnel

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Production

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Talk Talk - Missing Pieces". Leonardslair.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Missing Pieces - Talk Talk". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2012.