The Collection (Talk Talk album)

The Collection
Original 2000 cover
Greatest hits album by Talk Talk
Released	4 September 2000
Genre	Synthpop art rock
Label	EMI Disky
Producer	Tim Friese-Greene Colin Thurston
Talk Talk chronology
12x12 Original Remixes (1999) The Collection (2000) Missing Pieces (2001)

The Collection is a greatest hits album by English band Talk Talk, released in 2000. The album has been re-released various times. First released as "Talk Talk The Collection" in 2000, further versions of the album with the same track list include The Collection (2003), It's My Life: The Collection (2001) and The Ultra Selection (2001).

As with all of the band's EMI compilations until 2013, the album was not a band sanctioned release.

Track listing

1. "Talk Talk"
2. "It's My Life"
3. "Without You"
4. "Strike Up the Band"
5. "Life's What You Make It"
6. "It's Getting Late in the Evening"
7. "Pictures of Bernadette"
8. "Happiness Is Easy"
9. "The Last Time"
10. "I Don't Believe in You"
11. "It's You"
12. "Talk Talk" (demo)
13. "It's So Serious"
14. "The Party's Over"
15. "Dum Dum Girl"
16. "Candy"