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Discipline was the KC album that first "clicked" with me. Listened the hell out of that in high school, as well as Thrak and of course, ITCOTCK. Didn't deep di

by keb_ 5y ago

Discipline was the KC album that first "clicked" with me. Listened the hell out of that in high school, as well as Thrak and of course, ITCOTCK. Didn't deep dive into Talk Talk until a few years ago, but so happy I have. Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock are both stunningly beautiful albums.

pimeys 5y ago
I recommend reading the book from the studio engineer (Phill Brown) who worked on The Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock and Mark Hollis' solo album: Are We Still Rolling?: Studios, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll - One Man's Journey Recording Classic Albums There are three chapters only for these three albums, that open up the process and how crazy it all was to make. The whole group suffered from depression and PTSD when the sessions of Laughing Stock were over. And yes, Laughing Stock might be my all time favorite album. Edit: There's also a great talk with the engineer of Laughihg Stock on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqGekATrWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqGekATrWg
- moomin 5y ago
  Those three are some of my absolute favourites. I feel like I listen more to Laughing Stock these days than Spirit of Eden simply because I think I know every last nuance of SoE from repeated listening. I love the solo album but weirdly never listen to it that often. Possibly because I always end up listening to Laughing Stock first. It is most definitely the weirdest of the three. I feel like the others demand your full attention to appreciate, but Laughing Stock makes me want out to get out a corkboard to fully understand it. So sad that Hollis quit the business. I understand that he was completely fine with doing so, but I feel like we missed out on a lot.
  - pimeys 5y ago
    I recommend reading the book. The hard fights with the record company, mad and rough studio sessions that went on for months, big financial losses and law suites that followed all the albums were not fun. The record company tried to destroy Laughing Stock from their lists completely, and they almost buried his solo album too. R.I.P. Mark Hollis. P.S. Check out a band called 'O'Rang. It's from ex. Talk Talk members Lee Harris and Paul Webb. Or Bark Psychosis, that has Harris on drums in their second album, if you're up for more music in the style of Laughing Stock.
  - mdp2021 5y ago
    Of course it is an incommensurable loss. I must recommend to check lesser known pearls in the past productions: live recordings, BBC radio sessions. Some may have missed a few gifts.

by keb_ 5y ago

pimeys 5y ago

I recommend reading the book from the studio engineer (Phill Brown) who worked on The Spirit of Eden, Laughing Stock and Mark Hollis' solo album: Are We Still Rolling?: Studios, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll - One Man's Journey Recording Classic Albums There are three chapters only for these three albums, that open up the process and how crazy it all was to make. The whole group suffered from depression and PTSD when the sessions of Laughing Stock were over. And yes, Laughing Stock might be my all time favorite album. Edit: There's also a great talk with the engineer of Laughihg Stock on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqGekATrWg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqGekATrWg

moomin 5y ago
Those three are some of my absolute favourites. I feel like I listen more to Laughing Stock these days than Spirit of Eden simply because I think I know every last nuance of SoE from repeated listening. I love the solo album but weirdly never listen to it that often. Possibly because I always end up listening to Laughing Stock first. It is most definitely the weirdest of the three. I feel like the others demand your full attention to appreciate, but Laughing Stock makes me want out to get out a corkboard to fully understand it. So sad that Hollis quit the business. I understand that he was completely fine with doing so, but I feel like we missed out on a lot.
- pimeys 5y ago
  I recommend reading the book. The hard fights with the record company, mad and rough studio sessions that went on for months, big financial losses and law suites that followed all the albums were not fun. The record company tried to destroy Laughing Stock from their lists completely, and they almost buried his solo album too. R.I.P. Mark Hollis. P.S. Check out a band called 'O'Rang. It's from ex. Talk Talk members Lee Harris and Paul Webb. Or Bark Psychosis, that has Harris on drums in their second album, if you're up for more music in the style of Laughing Stock.
- mdp2021 5y ago
  Of course it is an incommensurable loss. I must recommend to check lesser known pearls in the past productions: live recordings, BBC radio sessions. Some may have missed a few gifts.