Mark Hollis is the only solo album by the former Talk Talk frontman Mark Ho… Read Full Bio ↴Mark Hollis is the only solo album by the former Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis. It was released on Polydor Records on 2 February 1998, then reissued on Pond Life on 13 March 2000. In 2003, the album was released in LP format on Universal Records. Its sound is noted for being extremely sparse and minimal; Allmusic called it "quite possibly the most quiet and intimate record ever made". Hollis found inspiration not in the popular music of the day, but rather in 20th-century classical music and jazz from the late fifties and sixties. The album did not mark a return for Hollis to the music industry or live performance: he stated at the time of the album's release that "There won't be any gig, not even at home in the living room. This material isn't suited to play live."
The album was recorded as part of a two-album contract with Polydor, along with Talk Talk's 1991 Laughing Stock. Engineer Phill Brown, who also recorded Laughing Stock, stated that, compared to the final Talk Talk album, which he considered "one of best projects" but "dark and claustrophobic", he found the solo release "the opposite…- open, restful and at times fantastically beautiful".
The album was recorded as part of a two-album contract with Polydor, along with Talk Talk's 1991 Laughing Stock. Engineer Phill Brown, who also recorded Laughing Stock, stated that, compared to the final Talk Talk album, which he considered "one of best projects" but "dark and claustrophobic", he found the solo release "the opposite…- open, restful and at times fantastically beautiful".
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Mark Hollis Lyrics
A Life (1895 - 1915) Uniform Dream cites freedom Avow Relent Such suffering Few c…
A New Jerusalem And I'm home again But alone my child For the emptiness of…
Inside looking out Feel my skin Lord Feel my luck tumbling down Left no life…
The Colour of Spring "Forget our fate", the peddler sings. Set up to sell my…
The Daily Planet Come far Compared to who Scoop the life you leech Immune to …
The Gift So sold out How dear you are How on earth did you…
Watershed Come my love Kick the line Afield lies nothing but squalor t…
Westward Bound Opaline through her hair Born on an April tide Glowing in th…