The Story's Been Told is the fourth studio album by Jamaican reggae group Third World, released by Island Records in 1979.

[1][2] The album is representative of the band's transition from roots reggae to the more pop-oriented work of its later years.

[3] The song "Talk to Me" charted in the UK at #54.

Timothy White, in The New York Times, praised the album, writing: "'Talk to Me,' the rollicking centerpiece of The Story's Been Told, will probably find a favorable audience among the dance crowd; the sound is marvellously lean and smoothly paced, with strong vocal attacks by William (Bunny Rugs) Clarke, the lead singer.

"[1] Reggae & Caribbean Music highlighted the album's "tight disco riffs.