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    Posted: March 05 2019 at 06:35
Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

I doubt it, but maybe there are some hidden treasures sleeping under Mark Hollis carpets.

I've read somewhere (forgot where though) that Hollis had done some stuff for another soundtrack than  the "The Boss" one posted in the RIP thread. The scene for which that was was then not used, so it was never published. I can well imagine that something will still surface. Maybe not much but something, 10 or 20 minutes or so.


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I doubt it, but maybe there are some hidden treasures sleeping under Mark Hollis carpets.
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Re: Hollis' solo album, it took me a couple of listens and the realization that there was not much music like it for it to really sink in. "Inside Looking Out" is especially classic.
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The comment thread for this one has some beautiful and informative stuff. Somebody wrote (already two years ago): "i would like to have a beer with all the people in this comment section". He can count me in.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

I'm relistening to Mark Hollis' solo album now. For some reason it had much less airplay in my place (and elsewhere) than the Talk Talk albums. I wasn't so sure whether it keeps the same quality as Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, but it has some striking similarities soundwise - if anything it's even more minimalist and vulnerable. Actually I realise that it's five star material as well.
The album is so quiet it’s hard to get a handle on. I have a copy, it’s time to focus on it again. It really needs not only focus but multiple listens, I suspect no one has ever listened to it once in the background and thought, “wow!”
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If the world had only place for, say, 10 songs, I could nominate both "Living in Another World" and "After the Flood" for inclusion. Genius!
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Here’s one of my favorite pre-Spirit tracks. stick around for the guitar solo!


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I'm relistening to Mark Hollis' solo album now. For some reason it had much less airplay in my place (and elsewhere) than the Talk Talk albums. I wasn't so sure whether it keeps the same quality as Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, but it has some striking similarities soundwise - if anything it's even more minimalist and vulnerable. Actually I realise that it's five star material as well. I love this in particular:

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I know its all a matter of opinion and everything, but I have also appreciated the progressive leanings of other bands from the same era like "Tears for Fears" and "Yello".  Same thing with some newer bands like "Fleet Foxes", "Animal Collective" and "Grizzly Bear".  These are bands just as progressive as "Radiohead", "Super Furry Animals" or "Woven Hand", in my opinion even sometimes more so, and these are also bands I admire and appreciate, but I do also understand that is my opinion, and I also consider anything innovative as being progressive in most cases, so my opinion may also be more lenient than others in some cases.

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^Talk Talk are actually considered forerunners of the post rock genre. I guess you could call them proto posties. Smile
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I'm glad Talk Talk has been getting the love on the Archives.  I have always been attracted to their music after I heard the album "It's My Life", and was thrilled when they moved into a more experimental and ambient style as they continued. 

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Originally posted by Quinino Quinino wrote:

They are, here


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They are, here
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Harris and Webb could pull off something great without Hollis, too.

Actually this album can keep up with Talk Talk's (and anyone's) very best if you ask me.

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Thanks for reminding me this great, great concert (last tour Cry) - watching right now, boy what a gem !!!
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Harris and Webb could pull off something great without Hollis, too.

Actually this album can keep up with Talk Talk's (and anyone's) very best if you ask me.
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...and another awesome version of Call In the Night Boy:

I think this was even released before the It's My Life album, on the B-side of the (also great) My Foolish Friend. An early sign of thugs to come.
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Radiohead's "How To Disappear Completely" is basically "Tomorrow Started" tribute, including this trumpet arrangement
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