Mark Hollis [Import, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Mark Hollis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Blueprint UK
• ASIN: B00002MCU2
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,698 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Colour of Spring

2. Watershed

3. Inside Looking Out

4. The Gift

5. A Life (1895-1915)

6. Westward Bound

7. The Daily Planet

8. A New Jerusalem

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definetely worth the wait, May 25, 2000

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Addebass (Oslo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark Hollis (Audio CD)

After Talk Talk left off at their peak with the intense and brilliant "Laughing Stock" in '91, I started to worry that we'd never again hear the voice and music of this utterly magnificent musician. Seven years it took, and when I bought his eponymous debutalbum I actually didn't dare to play it before considering it for aprox. 24 hours.

The opening minimalistic piano-chords of "Colour of Spring" almost sent me into depression. The disappoinment of hearing what I thought was a boring cliché coming from a man trying to mend his relations in the past, seemed at the time downright boring. However, Hollis is the kind of musician you can trust, and having listened to the full album about 10 times, its classic qualities shone through with immense power. They still do!

Hollis blends his unique contemporary compositions on horns (wooden, preferably) with a downbeat rhythm-section consisting of tasteful percussion and a double-bass that much reminds me of the equally unique soundscape of Tom Waits. But as always, at the center is the voice of Hollis, delivering abstract lyrics with an often equally abstract near-whisper phrasing. No less than beautiful and divine - completely up there with Talk Talks "Laughing..." and "Spirit of Eden".

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Fantastic, March 17, 2001

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BRANDON TINGLEY (AARHUS Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark Hollis (Audio CD)

Without a doubt, this ranks as one of the best two or three recordings I have ever heard. I have never heard anything by Talk Talk, so I was able to listen to the recording without any preconceived notions. To put it simply, it is fantastic. A gentle, minimalistic treasure, kissed with jazz with a strong foundation of avant garde music. To call it rock'n'roll is an insult to the creator. It is simple, sublime, magnificient - music for profound introspection. I can only hope that Mark Hollis gets an opportunity to make another recording. I'll purchase mine in advance...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unearthly, January 11, 2001

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Tyler Child (Sandy, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark Hollis (Audio CD)

If you fancy the later Talk Talk (Laughing Stock & Spirit of Eden, Mark Hollis only gets better! Simply the finest music That I have listened to while I sojourn here upon Planet earth!! I was nervous when I listened, not knowing if M. Hollis had departed from his new style. Upon the first three tracks I realized what a gem I had discovered. I have no music, that even comes close to this!