Pictures of Bernadette - Talk Talk

[link] The Colour of Spring (1986) era of Talk Talk saw them reach the prime of their merging of their early pop work and their more atmospheric and textural "post rock" sound that they came to mine later on.  This is one of the songs right at the interface between the two concepts.  A lot of the rhythm and solo section instrumentation is from the atmospheric vein but the song itself has a conventional pop structure and is a very melodic pop song.  The overall feeling is rich but, not dark, but I would say maudlin, given a bit of intensity by the vocal.