It's My Life is the second studio album by English band Talk Talk, released by EMI on 13 February 1984.
The cover of the album was designed by James Marsh, incorporating elements of The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais.
Contents
Release
It's My Life was a top 5 hit album in several European countries, thanks to the international success of its singles (notably "Such a Shame"), and was particularly successful in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany, where the album peaked at numbers 2, 3 and 4, respectively. In the Netherlands, the album stayed in the charts for 64 weeks between 1984 and 1986. It also reached number 35 in the UK albums chart. In the United States, the album just missed the top 40, reaching number 42.
In 2000, it was voted number 872 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.
In 2021, Rhino Entertainment re-released the album on limited edition purple vinyl.
Personnel
Talk Talk
Mark Hollis – vocals
Lee Harris – drums
Paul Webb – bass guitar
Additional musicians
Tim Friese-Greene – keyboards
Ian Curnow – keyboards
Phil Ramocon – piano
Robbie McIntosh – guitars
Morris Pert – percussion
Henry Lowther – trumpet
Technical
Tim Friese-Greene – producer
Walter Samuel – mixing ("Call in the Night Boy")
James Marsh – cover illustration
KB4Ai – design