Talk Talk - Living In Another World (EMI)

I've already made a note (somewhere in the pile of papers on my desk) that "Life's What You Make It" will go down as one of my Top Ten singles of '86. Now here's another breath of fresh air from Talk Talk's excellent album The Colours Of Spring. Mark Hollis' poignant and haunting voice soars across an enchanting and rhythmical song that's driven along by harmonicas, organs and tambourines. Dead dreamy - Talk Talk are certainly living in another world at the moment - and in a class all of their own. 4/5 (Debbi Voller, No 1, March 8, 1986)

Has some rather nifty mouth-organ solos, but apart from that it's "Life's What You Make It" sped up a bit and with a wider selection of incomprehensible lyrics. (Sylvia Patterson, Smash Hits, March 12, 1986)

Can you imagine anyone growing up wanting to be a member of Talk Talk? It's not that this single - like the one before, and the one before that - is a bad song, it's not. It's accessible enough to get the right amount of radio play, but just perverse enough to guarantee a third or fourth listen will reveal an interesting 'ting' or 'ding' that you'd missed. It's just so faceless, so characterless, Talk Talk are probably the most boring band in the world. (Eleanor Levy, Record Mirror, March 8, 1986)