Talk Show by The Go-Go's

Talk Show, the Go-Go's third album, came out on I.R.S. on March 19, 1984, and it was the record that broke them up. They cut it between November 1983 and January 1984 at Genetic Studios in England, with the studio's co-founder Martin Rushent producing, and the sessions were full of friction. Jane Wiedlin later said "Forget That Day" helped push her out: she'd written the deeply personal song and wanted to sing it, and the others wouldn't let her. Royalties were another sore spot, split evenly even though she'd written most of the album.

You wouldn't guess any of that from the sound. With Belinda Carlisle singing, Charlotte Caffey on guitar and keyboards, Wiedlin on guitar, Kathy Valentine on bass and Gina Schock on drums, it's the Go-Go's at their glossiest, all chiming guitars and a little more heartache in the hooks. "Head Over Heels" went to number 11 on the Hot 100 and "Turn to You" to number 32. By 1985, the band was gone.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.