Brother, this album is proof that mark hollis is god! The offspring of miles Davis and the father of post rock. What was it nick cave sang "they told us our gods would outlive us-but they lied" True dat......but the music, the legacy and the search for sonic perfection are eternal jx
I got to put colour of spring in too and all the live versions of the songs on its my life stand the test of time better than the studio in my opinion .Does Caroline know live and tomorrow started on London 1986 as well as Renee are magnificent.
I wouldn't say its underrated because it is widely appreciated in the music industry, it just doesn't have any mainstream appeal for obvious reasons, it's challenging.
They used a Mitsubishi X850 32 track digital tape machine (and two analogue A800s). I spent 8 hours one night removing clicks from the audio when it went wrong. They spent a year in Wessex Studios with the studio feeling like it was 2 in the morning the whole time. They even had an oil-wheel projector in the control room. I was technical manager for Wessex at the time and this is my favourite album of all time. When I close my eyes I feel like I'm sitting next to Phil at the SSL with the Urei 815s cranked up. If only Mark and Tim weren't such mean bastards I might have got to like them a bit better. If you ever meet them try to get a pint of guiness out of them. A tenner says you'll fail. That album finished at least one marriage and caused one complete breakdown. Intense for everyone involved. I left before Laughing Stock was recorded but I dropped in to the studio to say hello the day they were making safety copies of the mixes. Tim asked what I thought and I told him I thought it was incredibly clever music but asked how the record company were going to be able to market it. I still prefer Spirit of Eden.
Thank you, Richard for your incredible story, an awesome art and kind to make music, maybe they were like they were at these times on the studio , but the result like I always said is a Masterpiece , cose Mark Hollis was a kind of person for me a genius who had the gift to find and to connect the right sounds and melodies at the right moment , RIP MARK and thank you for the wonderful work you left us behind thank you for everything
Richard. It takes you through all your emotions. Birth till Death. My favourite album as well. One minute your hearts in the sky with delight. nexts your mind feels like a child, next you can run the universe.
Grief I've just realised I'm 66 years old, I'm gonna say this, I've just discovered Talk Talk, this is an incredible album, IMHO better than anything Pink Floyd ever did. There I said it.
This album by Talk Talk created a subgenre of rock called « post rock » which focuses on stuff like layers, texture, tones, etc. Post rock is also defined by the usage of rock instrumentation and technique in pursuit for non rock sounds. To think Talk Talk would go from simple new wave/synth pop band that a big label signed in hopes of turning them into the next Duran Duran to one of the most critically acclaimed and influential bands of all time. All 3 members of the band were above average at what they did tho, the drummer and bassist were much better than most of their peers at the time and Mark Hollis was a good singer and multi-instrumentalist who’d become a fantastic songwriter as time went by. All their albums are good outside of their first one which is a basic synth pop/new wave record, it has a few bright moments, but it’s nothing special. Their 2nd album (and last New Wave/synth pop album) is where they started showing they were talented. The 3rd album was a huge change in sound, they went from New Wave/Synth pop to Art pop (A term for experimental pop that seeks to explore new boundaries: think Kate Bush, but with their take on it of course) and then with their 4th album they released the first album to be considered “post rock” and it would go on to be very influential on experimental music as a whole and would make other bands/artists start doing Post Rock. Their 5th and final album is where they perfected their post rock formula. “Laughing Stock” to this day is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time by critics and to people who have listened to it. Both their final albums are masterpieces although I’ll have to say I agree with the majority that “Laughing Stock” is the best one, but both are fantastic. Mark Hollis, the frontman of the band, was one of the biggest musical geniuses of the 20th century. May he Rest In Peace. Post rock is perhaps the best rock subgenre of all time with lots of great bands being apart of it. Talk Talk (the creators), Slint (Helped pioneer the genre a few years after Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden), Swans (One of the best bands of all time and they’ve explored many genres, but their best works were mostly post rock), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Behemoths of post rock known for basically being an orchestra, but made up of rock instruments), Sigur Ros (Probably the most accessible post rock band. They’re a legendary Icelandic group known for making people cry at their concerts because of how beautiful their music is. Their singer/lead guitarist also happens to be a great singer with perhaps the best falsetto ever and he pretty much perfected playing a guitar with a cello bow). Then there’s other good post rock bands like Mogwai, Bark Psychosis, A Silver Mt. Zion (A side project by some of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor members), Tortoise, Explosions in the sky. You also have bands that may not be post rock oriented, but have done quite a few post rock songs or maybe 1 post rock album such as Radiohead, Stereolab, Boris (legendary Japanese metal band that decided to make a post rock album that ended up being fantastic), Slowdive and many others. Post rock songs I’d recommend checking out: -Hoppipolla (by Sigur Ros) -Svefn-g-englar (by Sigur Ros) -Starálfur (by Sigur Ros) -Breadcrumb Trail (by Slint) -Good Morning, Captain (by Slint) -Blood Promise (Live version) (by Swans) -Helpless Child (by Swans) -Storm (by Godspeed you! Black Emperor) -Sleep (by Godspeed you! Black Emperor) -East Hastings (by Godspeed you! Black Emperor) -Flood II (by Boris) -Brakhahe (by Stereolab) -Parsec (by Stereolab) -The Summer Ends (by American Football) -Hunted By a Freak (by Mogwai) -Absent Friend (by Bark Psychosis) -Your hand in mine (by Explosions in the sky) I’d heavily recommend any song off the last 2 talk talk albums too.
Not a single album in all of history have I ever listened to more than this. It always seems new to me, Like I'm listening to it for the fist time, every single time. And I swear that every single time I listen, I hear something that I have never heard before in the music. A brief pause, a sound that is fleeting and ghostly, but still yet there. It is like a dark lush forest that can be perpetually explored.
When was the last time you listened to it, your post that I'm moved to reply to is a year ago,, but I love this record so much I feel the need to signify, glorify,,,I gave my vinyl to someone that I thought needed to hear it,,I couldn't give it to everyone,,but,,,
Ich besitze die Platte seit Ende der 80er. Damals hatte ich nach "It´s my life" keinen Zugang zu diesen Liedern. Nach Hollies Tod hörte ich mir diese Platte wieder an und es war wie eine Offenbarung. Was für ein Meisterwerk. Ich brauchte über 30 Jahre um diese Platte zu verstehen.
Ich verstehe sie bis heute nicht, wenn ich ehrlich sein darf. Ich war aber in meiner Jugend Waver und stand eher auf deren Anfangszeiten,wie auch bei Ultravox, Depeche Mode, The Cure und Co 😏
Big metal fan here but Talk Talk is one of my favorite bands. The transition from the Colour of Spring to Spirt of Eden is astonishing. RIP Mark Hollis
@Black Metalhead Well said, couldn't agree more. Hard Rock metalhead myself since 1976, and Talk Talk is one of my 'guilty pleasures' 😉. So talented and unique, this album was way ahead its time 😊.
As someone who grew up I in the eighties and has collected all sorts of eclectic albums from every genre it still bewilders me that I reached the age of almost 50 before I properly listened to Talk Talk. They were staggeringly original. And at times simply beautiful.
@@tommytwotacos8106 I dig it too, but for me the strangest thing about this absolute masterpiece is that it is AT THE SAME TIME noisy and quiet, intimate and universal, simple and complex, clear and profound, melancholic and full of divine light !!! Oh, and by the way, LaughingStock is more or less the same music miracle in my opinion ! :)
one of my albums that i will play just once or usually that i put on replay and will leave it. for hours........ or days. tops my list of music creations in all my eclectic loves. he was a genius
Questo è un album davvero unico, speciale e senza tempo, direi anche curativo. Provate ad ascoltarlo con le cuffie, da soli, quasi al buio, magari prima di andare a dormire, liberate la vostra mente dai pensieri e concentratevi sulle sue note particolari, sull'inimitabile e quasi sussurrata voce di Mark Hollis, cercate di capire il significato delle parole con una traduzione ma non è indispensabile ricordarsele tutte, aprite le porte della vostra anima e accettate questa musica così com'è. Provate e riprovate e vedrete che nulla sarà più come prima! Vi troverete in una dimensione senza tempo. Un genio ❤
I ask myself.." who could possibly come up with this HEAVENLY WORK OF EXCELLENCE?" ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!! Mark Hollis was truly an extremely fine Musician with such emotion and atmospheric Beautiful Music.....in my 50's I still can't get enough of this Mind Blowing Music!!!! Huge fan of Talk Talk since my early teens.... I don't know what to say?... ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!! Rest Easy now Mark...you're very very sadly missed 😪😪😪 and Talk Talk ....Totally original Music that's addictive!!!! LOVE this Album and All of Mark's works & Talk Talk ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Every song is gorgeous but I Believe in You is transcendental! Bought this Album in 1988 and spent many hours listening to it. Still play it once in a while and I enjoy it anew.
Talk Talk and Mark Hollis have crossed the bridge between jazz and alt-rock and have opened the doors for many bands to a new world. This world was called post-rock. A world of new possibilities, a world of unheard music.
Is it possible to enjoy uncontrollable crying ? This thoughtful , clever , pretty beautiful makes me cry. I try to sing quietly along but can't. My throat closes and eyes fill with tears. I'm 60 now and have bought thousands of albums but I have to say that , alongside Bitches Brew , this is my favourite album of all time. Purely beautiful. Thank you Mark Hollis.
I completely understand you....this musical creation literally connects with your soul, which most folk her on Planet Earth find difficult to do! This masterpiece brings right into your face and introduces you to your Higher Soul, which. is the driver of this vehicle called the body! This should be mandated in schools!
@Elida Smalietis me too. But accessing your innermost emotions ,alongside this beautiful Spirit of Eden album,and allowing yourself to cry fully,can bring relief to your soul.
My only problem with SPIRIT OF EDEN, is that I almost always have to follow it immediately with the last album, LAUGHING STOCK. They are such a blissful, soul-consuming experience, that I almost feel like I'm cheating if I listen to one and not the other. Crazy, I know... But on a rainy night, I turn the lights off and sit through these two records in their entirety. I bought LAUGHING STOCK first on cassette at a used record store. Then I found SPIRIT OF EDEN a year or so later in the early 90's, and this music is just part of me now.
I listened to this album on repeat throughout the whole time I was caring for my grandad whilst he was dying. It really helped. This album, like him, will always be with me.
Your comment brought tears to my eyes...lost my dad in '18 and mum in '20 and I cared for both of them whilst they could still remain together. I have so much respect for you as to care for another at this last stage in life can either destroy you or bring you onto another level! Peace and love to you!
Nice, this is so wholesome, great of you to care for your granpa, I'm glad you could find some consolation in the music. My grandma recently passed and grandpa is now really struggling to go on. They are such good people, I'll miss them, but yeah I think they passed down so much to me, especially through my mom, that i think they'll always be there in some sense, even if it's hard to quantify exactly how.. so I'll always be grateful for that.
@@benh7908 That is so lovely. I too am grateful for knowing my family for them to be able to pass down knowledge and wisdom as there are many who don't have that! Blessings to you!
@@brandon2912t Yes, it's true. I think with so much irony-poisoning today, my generation in particular has a very cynical view of family. Perhaps there are some understandable reasons for this, but I'm nevertheless forever grateful for my family, since they are the only people in the world who have truly showed me unconditional love. For me that is a reassurance even in the most profoundly horrible moments that there is some goodness in this existence we're all in which is always abiding and which nothing can take away. Good wishes to you too.
From Wikipedia: Guy Garvey of the band Elbow has said: "Mark Hollis started from punk and by his own admission he had no musical ability. To go from only having the urge, to writing some of the most timeless, intricate and original music ever is as impressive as the moon landings for me." Spirit of Eden sends my soul to the moon every time.
@@mrshithorse Oof, Extremely harsh. If I remember right, he chose New Grass as one of his Desert Island Discs. I couldn't fault a man who put that in his top eight.
This album does not date; unusual for an 80's album. It remains my favourite of all time, which I never tire of. It provides such measured calm in me that I always return to it. If I ever lose faith in the state of music, this always restores that faith.
It's true. This album sounds timeless in a way few 80s albums do. So much thought, effort and precision were put into how this record was constructed that it honestly amazes me every time I hear it. Mark Hollis was a musical genius, and I don't say that lightly.
@@Missjunebugfreak Yup, Mark was trying to create something timeless with Sketches of Spain (Miles Davis) as his benchmark and main influence. He surpassed that album in my opinion this is the greatest music made by man. Along with A Love Supreme maybe.
1988. I'd graduated from college and was in my first job in the studio of a print shop in Huddersfield when this was actually played on the radio. I was gobsmacked. Had to find it. Bought it on vinyl, which I still have by the way. Unbelievable record. Then came Laughing Stock and finally Mark Hollis' solo album. A trilogy worth it's weight in musical gold. Now we just need a complete re issue on quality heavyweight vinyl WITHOUT any remixing or re mastering, but just as it was originally recorded. I keep wishing!
I keep waiting for the rest of the world to wake up and see what a brilliant album this is. 18 years and a thousand listens later - this album still chokes me up. A true piece of art.
TheDecorama I would wish the same but I have since concluded that to appreciate this album you have to have a truly deep soul connection with its author Mark Hollis. ❤️
C'est une pure merveille, j'étais tout jeune enfant quand cet album a été composé, et je le découvre en 2022, mais qu'elle beauté dans la voix et quelle puissance, c'est plus que de la musique, c'est une oeuvre d'art musicale. Merci lazlo74!
Le génie hors du temps de ce chef d'oeuvre ne mourra jamais. J'étais un teenager quand Talk Talk est arrivé, le génie musical sautait aux oreilles de tout le monde, c'était commercial mais tellement au-dessus de la "pop" d'alors. Pour autant je n'aurais pas cru qu'une telle oeuvre arriverait quelques années plus tard. Chant du cygne certes, mais quel chant. Divin.
For me, this is greater than the Rolling Stones. When I heard about Mark's death, I was damn sad. But man, he left some good music for generations to come.
This is the Album, for me it's the peak. I listen in the dark, light is a distraction, it just doesn't feel right, the music demands all all of me.... Oh yeah
Fact. I got this LP with hand written lyrics inner sleeve on Xmas 1988. 33y ago today. We opened the gifts. Disappeared downstairs, put it on the turntable. Flipped. 21. Same as in 88. The vynil grooves got deeper.
You gotta admire Hollis in some way or the other. This album was released in a decade where pop music had it's peak and you would have to be insane to put out an album like this. Turns out he was just ahead of his time. Genius.
David Sylvian and others (e.g. Robert Fripp) were also developing work of a similar style, arguably even less pop/ rock. Check out Sylvian's "Secrets of the Beehive" (87), "Gone To Earth" (86), or the earlier track Nostalgia from 84's "Brilliant Trees". The same year Laughing Stock was released, check out the reformed Japan's "Rain Tree Crow" (91). All have similar horns, guitar, rhythms, ample spaces etc. Nice to hear both Hollis & Sylvian's voices over this style of backing.
You don't know what you are talking about It was a deliberate revolt against the system.... George Micheal did the same Unsuccessful in my humble opinion...... But this is class
Major consumer of music…80’ Brit Indie …composer myself. Only recently heard about then listened to this album and Laughing Stock. Simply the two most beautiful albums any genre I’ve ever heard..astonishing on every level. Never heard these albums referenced by hero’s Thom Yorke …Morrissey…New Order….Depeche Mode….nobody….yet these two albums and also Colour of Spring….two of the most exquisitely beautiful albums ever created.
Saludos. Soy un escritor español. Siempre que escribo, necesito música. Bob Dylan y Tom Waits para escribir novela. Talk talk y Loreena McKennit para poesía. Brian Eno para ensayo. Me encantaba Talk talk en los años ´80 y, treinta años después. me siguen gustando. Casi prefiero incluso que no vuelvan a tocar. Han dejado tan alto el listón de calidad, que es difícil que lo superen. Thanks, Mr. Hollis.
I have tried. Since almost 30 years,to find something as "powerful ans unexpexted,strong and fragile" as this album...i have listened so much music,and play,and learn.... There is not any album as unforgettable and talentuous as this one.
During my 61 years, listening to music I have found albums that turned me down new roads ( Roxy Music "Country Life"}, or opened a door to new things ( Ultravox "Vienna"). This album is in a completely different universe. It changes everything or you never listen to it again. You either throw away your Kiss albums or buy the new expanded versions on cd.
My buddy was having a bad trip after taking WAY too much acid one night and he had never heard this album before. I put this on without telling him anything first and watched him transform from a paranoid basket case into a calm and almost rational human being in minutes. Shit was glorious.
02.02.2020. And listening to my favourite band and album, this album has saved so many lost souls. My deepest respect to the genius, and the humble gentleman Mr. Mark Hollis. R.I.P
Eden is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard. I can't stop playing it. Mark Hollis was too good for this world. How lucky we are to have had him here.
when he was on this planet was definitely living in another world and now he's left this incredible music for us to listen to to the end of time and right now he sure is in another world
Cet album est...PURE... une Grande bouffée d'oxygène... On est le 09 avril 2017, je l'ai fait découvrir à un ami aujourd'hui...A part "Such a shame" et deux ou trois titres connus, il ne connaissait pas trop ce groupe. On l'a écouté ensemble sur You tube par téléphone et il a bien aimé cet album... Je suis fier d'apporter mes connaissances musicales à autrui....
Very special piece of music. One of the finest 80's LPs by a band who just got better and better until they became so good that if they carried on, the music world have so much subtlety that you would not be able to hear it! Ha, Love it. Amazing band, no doubt.
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This album made me believe in God. Call me stupid all you want, I'm doing great.
Brother, this album is proof that mark hollis is god!
The offspring of miles Davis and the father of post rock.
What was it nick cave sang "they told us our gods would outlive us-but they lied"
True dat......but the music, the legacy and the search for sonic perfection are eternal jx
I love this for you. 😊
This album is definitely a religious experience
Forte isso vamos conferir, talk talk me lembra musica descartável das fms do Brasil
Mark Hollis concurs ❤
The most underrated band in music history. Their last 2 albums are masterpieces.
I got to put colour of spring in too and all the live versions of the songs on its my life stand the test of time better than the studio in my opinion .Does Caroline know live and tomorrow started on London 1986 as well as Renee are magnificent.
Their las 3 albums are masterpieces ;)
Their last 3 albums + Hollis solo.
@@descubriendoaluca4552 I think its pretty accurate
I wouldn't say its underrated because it is widely appreciated in the music industry, it just doesn't have any mainstream appeal for obvious reasons, it's challenging.
May 2024, is there anybody in?
I always weep for sorrow and joy when I hear this album
They used a Mitsubishi X850 32 track digital tape machine (and two analogue A800s). I spent 8 hours one night removing clicks from the audio when it went wrong. They spent a year in Wessex Studios with the studio feeling like it was 2 in the morning the whole time. They even had an oil-wheel projector in the control room. I was technical manager for Wessex at the time and this is my favourite album of all time. When I close my eyes I feel like I'm sitting next to Phil at the SSL with the Urei 815s cranked up.
If only Mark and Tim weren't such mean bastards I might have got to like them a bit better. If you ever meet them try to get a pint of guiness out of them. A tenner says you'll fail.
That album finished at least one marriage and caused one complete breakdown. Intense for everyone involved.
I left before Laughing Stock was recorded but I dropped in to the studio to say hello the day they were making safety copies of the mixes. Tim asked what I thought and I told him I thought it was incredibly clever music but asked how the record company were going to be able to market it. I still prefer Spirit of Eden.
I guess you'll have to go far to get that beer, now he left...
Thanks for the insight into it. Love hearing the stories behind the music. Much love ✌️❤️
Thank you, Richard for your incredible story, an awesome art and kind to make music, maybe they were like they were at these times on the studio , but the result like I always said is a Masterpiece , cose Mark Hollis was a kind of person for me a genius who had the gift to find and to connect the right sounds and melodies at the right moment ,
RIP MARK and thank you for the wonderful work you left us behind thank you for everything
But did you buy him a pint though?
Richard. It takes you through all your emotions. Birth till Death. My favourite album as well. One minute your hearts in the sky with delight. nexts your mind feels like a child, next you can run the universe.
Grief I've just realised I'm 66 years old, I'm gonna say this, I've just discovered Talk Talk, this is an incredible album, IMHO better than anything Pink Floyd ever did. There I said it.
This album by Talk Talk created a subgenre of rock called « post rock » which focuses on stuff like layers, texture, tones, etc. Post rock is also defined by the usage of rock instrumentation and technique in pursuit for non rock sounds. To think Talk Talk would go from simple new wave/synth pop band that a big label signed in hopes of turning them into the next Duran Duran to one of the most critically acclaimed and influential bands of all time. All 3 members of the band were above average at what they did tho, the drummer and bassist were much better than most of their peers at the time and Mark Hollis was a good singer and multi-instrumentalist who’d become a fantastic songwriter as time went by. All their albums are good outside of their first one which is a basic synth pop/new wave record, it has a few bright moments, but it’s nothing special. Their 2nd album (and last New Wave/synth pop album) is where they started showing they were talented. The 3rd album was a huge change in sound, they went from New Wave/Synth pop to Art pop (A term for experimental pop that seeks to explore new boundaries: think Kate Bush, but with their take on it of course) and then with their 4th album they released the first album to be considered “post rock” and it would go on to be very influential on experimental music as a whole and would make other bands/artists start doing Post Rock. Their 5th and final album is where they perfected their post rock formula. “Laughing Stock” to this day is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time by critics and to people who have listened to it. Both their final albums are masterpieces although I’ll have to say I agree with the majority that “Laughing Stock” is the best one, but both are fantastic. Mark Hollis, the frontman of the band, was one of the biggest musical geniuses of the 20th century. May he Rest In Peace.
Post rock is perhaps the best rock subgenre of all time with lots of great bands being apart of it. Talk Talk (the creators), Slint (Helped pioneer the genre a few years after Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden), Swans (One of the best bands of all time and they’ve explored many genres, but their best works were mostly post rock), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Behemoths of post rock known for basically being an orchestra, but made up of rock instruments), Sigur Ros (Probably the most accessible post rock band. They’re a legendary Icelandic group known for making people cry at their concerts because of how beautiful their music is. Their singer/lead guitarist also happens to be a great singer with perhaps the best falsetto ever and he pretty much perfected playing a guitar with a cello bow). Then there’s other good post rock bands like Mogwai, Bark Psychosis, A Silver Mt. Zion (A side project by some of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor members), Tortoise, Explosions in the sky. You also have bands that may not be post rock oriented, but have done quite a few post rock songs or maybe 1 post rock album such as Radiohead, Stereolab, Boris (legendary Japanese metal band that decided to make a post rock album that ended up being fantastic), Slowdive and many others.
Post rock songs I’d recommend checking out:
-Hoppipolla (by Sigur Ros)
-Svefn-g-englar (by Sigur Ros)
-Starálfur (by Sigur Ros)
-Breadcrumb Trail (by Slint)
-Good Morning, Captain (by Slint)
-Blood Promise (Live version) (by Swans)
-Helpless Child (by Swans)
-Storm (by Godspeed you! Black Emperor)
-Sleep (by Godspeed you! Black Emperor)
-East Hastings (by Godspeed you! Black Emperor)
-Flood II (by Boris)
-Brakhahe (by Stereolab)
-Parsec (by Stereolab)
-The Summer Ends (by American Football)
-Hunted By a Freak (by Mogwai)
-Absent Friend (by Bark Psychosis)
-Your hand in mine (by Explosions in the sky)
I’d heavily recommend any song off the last 2 talk talk albums too.
@@TokyoBalletReprise Totally agree, thanks for the insight.
Same thoughts 🇺🇸
The essence of wisdom includes never being afraid to recognise, learn and grow from new experiences and sensations. Good people never stop learning!
@@andyprada2767 I couldn’t agree more. wise words man
i am physically disabled by a car accident 18 years ago since then, music is my support, thanks :-)
Music can be really healing my friend!
Music is an old friend with a warm embrace
so is your youtube buddies! Good luck
All the best. Stay safe. Music connects us.
Music is a gift from god through human contact. I hope you overcome your pain. :)
Not a single album in all of history have I ever listened to more than this. It always seems new to me, Like I'm listening to it for the fist time, every single time. And I swear that every single time I listen, I hear something that I have never heard before in the music. A brief pause, a sound that is fleeting and ghostly, but still yet there. It is like a dark lush forest that can be perpetually explored.
I bought this when it was released and the start of the album still makes the hairs on my arms stand up.
Absolutely amazing!
I still can't say I know which track is coming next yet I've played it hundreds of times. Go figure that one out.
@@duncanpriestley964 somevery special magic..🎩
Nice descriptions. every word spoken here positively about this record expresses my own
When was the last time you listened to it, your post that I'm moved to reply to is a year ago,, but I love this record so much I feel the need to signify, glorify,,,I gave my vinyl to someone that I thought needed to hear it,,I couldn't give it to everyone,,but,,,
The greatest album ever.
agree
Almost inclined to agree
A true legacy. Absolutely timeless and unique. Thanks Mark.
Pure art my friends! Cheers from Coimata, Tarija, Bolivia, Southamerica!
Ich besitze die Platte seit Ende der 80er. Damals hatte ich nach "It´s my life" keinen Zugang zu diesen Liedern.
Nach Hollies Tod hörte ich mir diese Platte wieder an und es war wie eine Offenbarung. Was für ein Meisterwerk.
Ich brauchte über 30 Jahre um diese Platte zu verstehen.
Ich verstehe sie bis heute nicht, wenn ich ehrlich sein darf. Ich war aber in meiner Jugend Waver und stand eher auf deren Anfangszeiten,wie auch bei Ultravox, Depeche Mode, The Cure und Co 😏
33 years listening to this and never without tears
Glad someone else in comments said this. I find it overwhelming more now than I did as a 17yr old when it came out.
@@jimjam8949 I was 21 and didn't appreciate it then as much as I do now. An amazing achievement and a work of true beauty.
Big metal fan here but Talk Talk is one of my favorite bands. The transition from the Colour of Spring to Spirt of Eden is astonishing. RIP Mark Hollis
I hear ya buddy.
I can't accept he's gone. What a voice and musical genius. Why so young
@Black Metalhead
Well said, couldn't agree more.
Hard Rock metalhead myself since 1976, and Talk Talk is one of my 'guilty pleasures' 😉.
So talented and unique, this album was way ahead its time 😊.
@@sandratansley8764 Maybe God was trying to keep him away from these crazy times we live in 😬😬😬😬😬 maybe...
I still think he had more to share but you. Could be right
These are horrifi. Times
Talk Talks Masterpiece. Thank you. Rest in Peace, Mark Hollis. "I Believe in You" is to be played at my Funeral. It is so Beautiful.
As someone who grew up I in the eighties and has collected all sorts of eclectic albums from every genre it still bewilders me that I reached the age of almost 50 before I properly listened to Talk Talk. They were staggeringly original. And at times simply beautiful.
Hi I Recommend a song & video called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix
We're the same generation and I also just "discovered" this work. Better late than never, I suppose.
Im 41yo and just found them. Never stop searching for truth and beauty.
I recently introduced Talk Talk to an American friend ,I can't believe she'd never heard of them .
one of the greatest album ever
uno dei più grandi album di sempre
For me, this sublime album is more than "music" : it is a PRAYER.
The best Album Ever.. thanks .. WELCOME ON EARTH !!!
October 2022 and 34 years later this is STILL one of the greatest albums ever made.
and it will be like this in 34 years from now. A timeless masterpiece
@@franz1068 ´milestöne?-:-?
And thats why they're the GOAT. The GOAT!!!
This album is religion. This album is medicine. This album is love.
I'll add in that this album is peace. My 1am 'let's chill and reflect fella' time.
@@sherbertdip6924 I dig it
@@tommytwotacos8106 I dig it too, but for me the strangest thing about this absolute masterpiece is that it is AT THE SAME TIME noisy and quiet, intimate and universal, simple and complex, clear and profound, melancholic and full of divine light !!! Oh, and by the way, LaughingStock is more or less the same music miracle in my opinion ! :)
@@StephenDedalus74 aaaaamen broda
That's exactly what I feel about this heavenly masterpiece.
No words. Miss you Mark.
One of the GREAT albums........... Ever!
I still can't explain how much this album means to me. I just feels like home.
I'm less afraid of death by the time this album finishes. Hollis takes me by the hand and shows me if won't hurt.
one of my albums that i will play just once or usually that i put on replay and will leave it. for hours........ or days. tops my list of music creations in all my eclectic loves. he was a genius
Questo è un album davvero unico, speciale e senza tempo, direi anche curativo. Provate ad ascoltarlo con le cuffie, da soli, quasi al buio, magari prima di andare a dormire, liberate la vostra mente dai pensieri e concentratevi sulle sue note particolari, sull'inimitabile e quasi sussurrata voce di Mark Hollis, cercate di capire il significato delle parole con una traduzione ma non è indispensabile ricordarsele tutte, aprite le porte della vostra anima e accettate questa musica così com'è. Provate e riprovate e vedrete che nulla sarà più come prima! Vi troverete in una dimensione senza tempo. Un genio ❤
This is pure Art!!! Never heard something better! GENIUS!!GENIUS!GENIUS!
I ask myself.." who could possibly come up with this HEAVENLY WORK OF EXCELLENCE?" ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!! Mark Hollis was truly an extremely fine Musician with such emotion and atmospheric Beautiful Music.....in my 50's I still can't get enough of this Mind Blowing Music!!!! Huge fan of Talk Talk since my early teens.... I don't know what to say?... ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!! Rest Easy now Mark...you're very very sadly missed 😪😪😪 and Talk Talk ....Totally original Music that's addictive!!!! LOVE this Album and All of Mark's works & Talk Talk ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Me 2👍❤️🇺🇸
Szívemből szóltál! Mark és a Talk Talk nagyon hiányzik! 💔🖤💖
Monumental album. One of my desert island discs.
Those last 2 albums aren't music they're art
Lights out, headphones on, volume up, Spirit of Eden on the turntable... Can't be bettered!
_I Believe in You_ is one of the most emotional works of art I have ever experienced.
💯
Absolutely
It's turned me into a religious person and quite literally changed my life. If you told teenage me about that he would say "That's beyond stupid".
A masterpiece
Mark Hollis was a gift for himself Rip
Every song is gorgeous but I Believe in You is transcendental! Bought this Album in 1988 and spent many hours listening to it. Still play it once in a while and I enjoy it anew.
Ever hear one song and immediately know that you've found your new favorite artist? Yeah... that just happened.
What to say? Perfect? Beautiful? Tragic? Masterful? It is all of them!
First time listening..thanks to giveitup an lifeswhatyoumakeit..
I bought this cd in 1988.
Unbelievable
So very beautiful
80s music was pretty bloody unbelievably brilliant.
I Believe In You - floored me the first time I heard it. Drop everything, hold back the tears. Magic.
I'm impressed you could hold them back. 100 listens later, I still can't.
Same here bro! Absolutely incredible!
Talk Talk and Mark Hollis have crossed the bridge between jazz and alt-rock and have opened the doors for many bands to a new world. This world was called post-rock. A world of new possibilities, a world of unheard music.
Greetings Serge I have an Alt Song to Recommend to you entitled 'Where I Come From' by Robert Nix
Great day
It's a work of art plain and simple. We are fortunate enough to be aware of it. Human movement toward being better humans. Heaven bless you.
for us humans the experience of beauty will always remain a troubling enigma in this pointlessly sad soul crushing world of ours
I’m enjoying this album, 32 years later. I was 20 in 1988. A great piece of recorded music !
Dem Mann, Mark Hollis bin ich sooo sehr dankbar für viele seiner Kompositionen! Frohe Weihnacht 2Q21! ...the best is yet to come...-LOVE🙏
Waow....30 ans après, toujours la même claque. Juste stratosphérique et hors du temps. Une merveille
Is it possible to enjoy uncontrollable crying ? This thoughtful , clever , pretty beautiful makes me cry. I try to sing quietly along but can't. My throat closes and eyes fill with tears.
I'm 60 now and have bought thousands of albums but I have to say that , alongside Bitches Brew , this is my favourite album of all time.
Purely beautiful. Thank you Mark Hollis.
I completely understand you....this musical creation literally connects with your soul, which most folk her on Planet Earth find difficult to do! This masterpiece brings right into your face and introduces you to your Higher Soul, which. is the driver of this vehicle called the body! This should be mandated in schools!
Bitches Brew is fantastic too
I wish I could cry. I really need it. Too many years of controlling myself not to cry.
@Elida Smalietis me too.
But accessing your innermost emotions ,alongside this beautiful Spirit of Eden album,and allowing yourself to cry fully,can bring relief to your soul.
His voice. His voice. His voice.
Masterpiece. R.I.P. Mark
My only problem with SPIRIT OF EDEN, is that I almost always have to follow it immediately with the last album, LAUGHING STOCK. They are such a blissful, soul-consuming experience, that I almost feel like I'm cheating if I listen to one and not the other. Crazy, I know...
But on a rainy night, I turn the lights off and sit through these two records in their entirety. I bought LAUGHING STOCK first on cassette at a used record store. Then I found SPIRIT OF EDEN a year or so later in the early 90's, and this music is just part of me now.
❤
I listened to this album on repeat throughout the whole time I was caring for my grandad whilst he was dying. It really helped. This album, like him, will always be with me.
Your comment brought tears to my eyes...lost my dad in '18 and mum in '20 and I cared for both of them whilst they could still remain together. I have so much respect for you as to care for another at this last stage in life can either destroy you or bring you onto another level! Peace and love to you!
Nice, this is so wholesome, great of you to care for your granpa, I'm glad you could find some consolation in the music. My grandma recently passed and grandpa is now really struggling to go on. They are such good people, I'll miss them, but yeah I think they passed down so much to me, especially through my mom, that i think they'll always be there in some sense, even if it's hard to quantify exactly how.. so I'll always be grateful for that.
@@benh7908 That is so lovely. I too am grateful for knowing my family for them to be able to pass down knowledge and wisdom as there are many who don't have that! Blessings to you!
@@brandon2912t Yes, it's true. I think with so much irony-poisoning today, my generation in particular has a very cynical view of family. Perhaps there are some understandable reasons for this, but I'm nevertheless forever grateful for my family, since they are the only people in the world who have truly showed me unconditional love. For me that is a reassurance even in the most profoundly horrible moments that there is some goodness in this existence we're all in which is always abiding and which nothing can take away. Good wishes to you too.
@@benh7908 Well said! Peace, love and abundance to you and your family!
One of the greatest albums ever. No question.
+Jeremy Payne the greatest perhaps jeremy?
Certainly if Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock were a double album it would be the greatest double album of all time.
if i listen to Spirit i always have to follow up with Laughing stock
Me too Tanky. Always.
William Doyle theres nothing remotely like it out there...yes always William
Great album from the most underrated band of the 80s. RIP Mark Hollis.
I wouldn't say underated ! More Unepreciated ! Alongside Swindons, finest XTC .
First time listening. I feel as though my life just changed. Incredible.
October 2021 and 33 years later this is STILL one of the greatest albums ever made.
U so right!
From Wikipedia: Guy Garvey of the band Elbow has said: "Mark Hollis started from punk and by his own admission he had no musical ability. To go from only having the urge, to writing some of the most timeless, intricate and original music ever is as impressive as the moon landings for me."
Spirit of Eden sends my soul to the moon every time.
I'm just surprised that there's another soul out there who knows about Elbow.
Nice words, but receiving a musical compliment from Guy Garvey would of been tantamount to receiving a character reference from Josef Mengele.
@@mrshithorse Oof, Extremely harsh. If I remember right, he chose New Grass as one of his Desert Island Discs. I couldn't fault a man who put that in his top eight.
That's why I like Elbow as well ,you can hear Talk Talk influence in his song
Mark Hollis clearly did have quite a bit of musical ability.
Over 30 years old still haven’t heard anything better.
This is perhaps the greatest album ever made.
Wait until next week :d
Not perhaps
laughing stock?
Mark Hollis makes melancholy happiness.
One of the best albums ever made.
This album does not date; unusual for an 80's album. It remains my favourite of all time, which I never tire of. It provides such measured calm in me that I always return to it. If I ever lose faith in the state of music, this always restores that faith.
It's true. This album sounds timeless in a way few 80s albums do. So much thought, effort and precision were put into how this record was constructed that it honestly amazes me every time I hear it.
Mark Hollis was a musical genius, and I don't say that lightly.
@@Missjunebugfreak Yup, Mark was trying to create something timeless with Sketches of Spain (Miles Davis) as his benchmark and main influence. He surpassed that album in my opinion this is the greatest music made by man. Along with A Love Supreme maybe.
1988. I'd graduated from college and was in my first job in the studio of a print shop in Huddersfield when this was actually played on the radio. I was gobsmacked. Had to find it. Bought it on vinyl, which I still have by the way. Unbelievable record. Then came Laughing Stock and finally Mark Hollis' solo album. A trilogy worth it's weight in musical gold. Now we just need a complete re issue on quality heavyweight vinyl WITHOUT any remixing or re mastering, but just as it was originally recorded. I keep wishing!
Mark Hollis und Co. waren unglaublich kreativ, musikalisch ihrer Zeit weit voraus.
I keep waiting for the rest of the world to wake up and see what a brilliant album this is. 18 years and a thousand listens later - this album still chokes me up. A true piece of art.
28 years actually!
Some albums will just simply be forever ahead of time.
TheDecorama
I would wish the same but I have since concluded that to appreciate this album you have to have a truly deep soul connection with its author Mark Hollis. ❤️
C'est une pure merveille, j'étais tout jeune enfant quand cet album a été composé, et je le découvre en 2022, mais qu'elle beauté dans la voix et quelle puissance, c'est plus que de la musique, c'est une oeuvre d'art musicale. Merci lazlo74!
Le génie hors du temps de ce chef d'oeuvre ne mourra jamais. J'étais un teenager quand Talk Talk est arrivé, le génie musical sautait aux oreilles de tout le monde, c'était commercial mais tellement au-dessus de la "pop" d'alors. Pour autant je n'aurais pas cru qu'une telle oeuvre arriverait quelques années plus tard. Chant du cygne certes, mais quel chant. Divin.
Moi non plus jamais je n'aurais pensé que j'écouterais Talk Talk quarante ans plus tard.
For me, this is greater than the Rolling Stones. When I heard about Mark's death, I was damn sad. But man, he left some good music for generations to come.
This is the Album, for me it's the peak. I listen in the dark, light is a distraction, it just doesn't feel right, the music demands all all of me.... Oh yeah
This album is so fluid in its transitions. Its like an aquarium for me.
Incredible thing to have done. Everything about it is perfect.
Fact. I got this LP with hand written lyrics inner sleeve on Xmas 1988. 33y ago today. We opened the gifts. Disappeared downstairs, put it on the turntable. Flipped. 21. Same as in 88. The vynil grooves got deeper.
Merveilleux cet album avec la voix de Mark si douce et touchante .. love U forever
I didn't know this band until today, I can't believe it! This album is amazing
I find real peace in this album.
Nicht von dieser Welt ... Zeitlos ... Phantastisch ...
A masterpiece, nothing more needs to be said
masterpiece album
one of the desert island records. perfect beautiful sadness.
You gotta admire Hollis in some way or the other. This album was released in a decade where pop music had it's peak and you would have to be insane to put out an album like this. Turns out he was just ahead of his time. Genius.
David Sylvian and others (e.g. Robert Fripp) were also developing work of a similar style, arguably even less pop/ rock. Check out Sylvian's "Secrets of the Beehive" (87), "Gone To Earth" (86), or the earlier track Nostalgia from 84's "Brilliant Trees". The same year Laughing Stock was released, check out the reformed Japan's "Rain Tree Crow" (91). All have similar horns, guitar, rhythms, ample spaces etc. Nice to hear both Hollis & Sylvian's voices over this style of backing.
Ahead of his time ... indeed ... too much love
I cried, when I heard the news that he passed.
You don't know what you are talking about
It was a deliberate revolt against the system....
George Micheal did the same
Unsuccessful in my humble opinion......
But this is class
6ix years ago Nate....
"I believe in you", what a song !!
Fa parte della mia storia. Mi accompagna come un amico silenzioso
Wealth is a timeless song
That horn is so Miles-ian. Stunning music.
Major consumer of music…80’ Brit Indie …composer myself. Only recently heard about then listened to this album and Laughing Stock. Simply the two most beautiful albums any genre I’ve ever heard..astonishing on every level. Never heard these albums referenced by hero’s Thom Yorke …Morrissey…New Order….Depeche Mode….nobody….yet these two albums and also Colour of Spring….two of the most exquisitely beautiful albums ever created.
Saludos. Soy un escritor español. Siempre que escribo, necesito música. Bob Dylan y Tom Waits para escribir novela. Talk talk y Loreena McKennit para poesía. Brian Eno para ensayo. Me encantaba Talk talk en los años ´80 y, treinta años después. me siguen gustando. Casi prefiero incluso que no vuelvan a tocar. Han dejado tan alto el listón de calidad, que es difícil que lo superen. Thanks, Mr. Hollis.
I have tried.
Since almost 30 years,to find something as "powerful ans unexpexted,strong and fragile" as this album...i have listened so much music,and play,and learn....
There is not any album as unforgettable and talentuous as this one.
Laszlo...my son...me, no spring chicken...bought this album day it came out😊
The more you listen to it, the more you dive into it, this is a true masterpiece ♫
During my 61 years, listening to music I have found albums that turned me down new roads ( Roxy Music "Country Life"}, or opened a door to new things ( Ultravox "Vienna"). This album is in a completely different universe. It changes everything or you never listen to it again. You either throw away your Kiss albums or buy the new expanded versions on cd.
this album changed my life! So many years passed and still when I listen 'Wealth' I have watery eyes and ... cannot believe Mark is not along us.....
My buddy was having a bad trip after taking WAY too much acid one night and he had never heard this album before. I put this on without telling him anything first and watched him transform from a paranoid basket case into a calm and almost rational human being in minutes. Shit was glorious.
The power of music. It gives the tripping mind something positive to focus on. Unless it's speed metal!!
great story. one more please
my lifesaving lsd record was wish you were here by pink floyd, that saved my ass a few times
@@daniellewis409 glad you didn’t choose Ummagumma! You may not be here to tell the tale
My friend had a similar experience with The Lion King ----hakuna matata!
So powerful and sensitive music.. talking to my soul.. miraculously
02.02.2020. And listening to my favourite band and album, this album has saved so many lost souls.
My deepest respect to the genius, and the humble gentleman Mr. Mark Hollis. R.I.P
Mine too!
@@cathsalazar9930 Music is powerful and magic, and I wish you all the best in life. Take care!
@@cathsalazar9930 In the world full of choises, choose yourself.
I. 41:10
What a beautiful album. Unique in every way.
Pure Gold and brillant Art. Ahead of its Time. From One of the greatest Artist of All Time.. Rip Mark Hollis.
Words are simply wasted on such a great album. Pointless. Thank you Talk Talk from the bottom of my heart for creating musical eternity. Sublime.
Eden is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard. I can't stop playing it. Mark Hollis was too good for this world. How lucky we are to have had him here.
when he was on this planet was definitely living in another world and now he's left this incredible music for us to listen to to the end of time and right now he sure is in another world
U said it all!.....
@@keithstewart9890 definitely dude!....❤️
"It's not important, what or who you are. It's more important, what you'll leave behind."
@@CR0MBIE love your comment
Cet album est...PURE... une Grande bouffée d'oxygène... On est le 09 avril 2017, je l'ai fait découvrir à un ami aujourd'hui...A part "Such a shame" et deux ou trois titres connus, il ne connaissait pas trop ce groupe. On l'a écouté ensemble sur You tube par téléphone et il a bien aimé cet album... Je suis fier d'apporter mes connaissances musicales à autrui....
An absolute masterpiece! This album is timeless!
Hi I recommend taking a listen to a song called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix
Very special piece of music. One of the finest 80's LPs by a band who just got better and better until they became so good that if they carried on, the music world have so much subtlety that you would not be able to hear it! Ha, Love it. Amazing band, no doubt.