Mark Hollis - solo al*** going cheap on Amazon

might be cheap but the musics not a patch on talk talk IMHO.

Has anything been heard of Mark Hollis since this release?

Such a talent, the last two Talk Talk albums are among my favourites.

Wikipedia entry.

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Originally posted by scottyhammer:
might be cheap but the musics not a patch on talk talk IMHO.

Really.

Oh well, I must be completely wrong then.

Its Laughing Stock taken one step further, and better.

There is a lazy blues feel to the rhythm section on the last two Talk Talk albums that is absent on Mark Hoillis' solo album.

I think this makes the stark quality of his writing and arrangement easier to listen to on 'Spirit of Eden' and 'Laughing Stock', and I suspect it might be that that Scottyhammer is commenting on.

I do like the solo album, but do not find it something that I listen to from start to end like those two Talk Talk albums.

I was interested to read that Karl Hyde of Underworld is a fan, saying about 'Spiti of Eden' 'I reminds him to try harder'. I can hear the influence in some of the quiet Underworld tracks like 'Tongue'.

Colin,

I wasnt having a pop at you personally mate it just goes to prove that music is a very personal and diverse medium - one mans meat and all that!

Enjoy, Scotty.