Mark Hollis (album)
| Mark Hollis | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 26 January 1998 |
| Recorded | 1997 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 46:56 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Producer | Mark Hollis |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Consequence of Sound | A |
| The Guardian | |
| Mojo | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork | 9.0/10 |
| Q | |
| Sputnikmusic | 5/5 |
| Uncut | |
Mark Hollis is the only solo album by English musician Mark Hollis, after the breakup of his earlier group Talk Talk. The album was released on Polydor Records on 26 January 1998, and reissued on Pond Life on 13 March 2000. In 2003, the album was released in LP format on Universal Records.
The album is noted for its emphasis on acoustic instrumentation (a departure from Hollis's more electronic work with Talk Talk), and 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."