What is "talk is cheap"

prov. (context idiomatic English) It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence.

Talk Is Cheap is the debut solo album by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, released in 1988. Recorded and released during a long-standing falling out with Mick Jagger, Talk Is Cheap received positive reviews upon its release.

Relations between Jagger and Richards had grown tense into the third decade of the Rolling Stones as they began to differ on the musical direction of their famous band; "You Don't Move Me" would be written about their feud. The image-conscious Jagger was keen to follow the trends and keep the Rolling Stones current, while Richards wanted to preserve their reputation and roots. When Jagger was more interested in pursuing his solo career instead of touring for Dirty Work in 1986, Richards began a solo project for the first time.

Richards teamed up with Steve Jordan, who had worked on Dirty Work, and the pair wrote several new songs. One of which, "Almost Hear You Sigh", would be placed on the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels in 1989 (with lyrical modifications by Jagger). Recording began in August 1987 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec, and continued sporadically until the following May with visits to Montserrat and Bermuda. In order to assert his independence further, Richards signed with Virgin Records, while the Rolling Stones were under contract to Sony Music (they followed him to Virgin in 1993).

The core of the band, called the X-Pensive Winos, consisted of Waddy Wachtel, Ivan Neville, Charley Drayton and Steve Jordan, with many guest artists taking part in the recording, including Sarah Dash, Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, the Memphis Horns and Patti Scialfa, and the only musician from the Stones to appear, guitarist Mick Taylor. Outtakes later surfaced that included an eight-minute version of "Struggle" and two passes at "Almost Hear You Sigh", as well as two unreleased jams, the 14-minute "She Put the Mark On Me" and the 12-minute "Breakin'".

Released in October 1988, Talk Is Cheap was released to a very receptive critical reaction (many reviewers half-jokingly called it the best Rolling Stones album in years) and it peaked at #37 in the UK and #24 in the US, where it went gold.

"Make No Mistake" was later featured in an episode of The Sopranos and on the 2001 soundtrack album'' The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs: Music from the HBO Original Series''.

Talk Is Cheap is Dave Melillo's debut EP. It was released on April 18, 2006 as a free digital download from mtvU, and on June 13, 2006 as a CD from Drive-Thru Records. The mtvU offer featured only the first five songs and expired 30 days after the release date. It was the third of Drive-Thru Records' releases to be released in this fashion — first as a free download, then on CD — after Jenoah's Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up (2004) and Hellogoodbye's Hellogoodbye (2004).

The EP's title is derived from a line in the song "This Is 2005" ("Oh you're so deep, your taste is chic/But we both know that talk is cheap").

"Talk Is Cheap" is the first single by Australian musician Chet Faker from his debut studio album Built on Glass (2014). The song was released in Australia as a digital download on 11 February 2014 through Future Classic. It was voted number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014.

Talk Is Cheap is the 1988 debut solo album by Keith Richards.

Talk Is Cheap may also refer to:

• "Talk Is Cheap" (Chet Faker song), 2014
• Talk Is Cheap (EP), a 2006 EP by Dave Melillo
• "Talk Is Cheap", a song by Miley Cyrus from The Time of Our Lives
• Four volumes of live spoken word albums by Henry Rollins:
  • Talk Is Cheap Vol I (2003)
  • Talk Is Cheap Vol II (2003)
  • Talk Is Cheap Vol III (2004)
  • Talk Is Cheap Vol IV (2004)