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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Mark Hollis, released in 1998, is the sole studio album by the former Talk Talk frontman of the same name. Released seven years after Talk Talk's fifth and final album, Laughing Stock, the record was put together primarily as a Contractual Obligation Project, as the band's contract with Polydor Records specified that they produce two albums for the label, and they'd only made enough usable material during the Laughing Stock sessions for one. Thus, having spent years in secluded retirement, Hollis briefly stepped back into the studio to fulfil his contract with Polydor (the influence of these circumstances was so prominent that the album was nearly released under the Talk Talk name before being rebranded as a solo album).Despite existing primarily out of obligation, Hollis spent his time further diving into his longtime classical, jazz, and Avant-Garde Music influences on the album. Rather than repeating the style of Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, which were marked by dense arrangements and bleak lyrics, Hollis vied for a more quiet, intimate approach on his solo album, featuring much more minimal instrumentation and lyrics that reflected a sense of closure with his life and career. In a contemporary interview, Hollis stated that he used the album as a way of reaching for his goal of making music that couldn't be traced to any one period in time, to the extent where it shares little in common with even the Post-Rock artists that he had directly inspired with Talk Talk's last two albums.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Released with little promotion barring some interviews (no singles were released from the album, unlike Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock), Hollis' solo album came and went as quietly as it sounded. Having fulfilled the last of his recording contracts, he quietly slipped back into retirement rather than attempting to jump back into the music industry, opting to raise his family in the English countryside. Hollis would make his last public appearance in 2004, visiting the offices of Broadcast Music, Inc. to accept an award for Talk Talk's "It's My Life", while he would make one final contribution to the music world in 2012 by preparing the piece "ARB Section 1" for the TV show Boss. Hollis would continue his life in retirement until his death of cancer in 2019 at the age of 64.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Tracklist: "The Colour of Spring" (3:52) "Watershed" (5:45) "Inside Looking Out" (6:21) "The Gift" (4:22) "A Life (1895-1915)" (8:10) "Westward Bound" (4:18) "The Daily Planet" (7:19) "A New Jerusalem" (6:49)Wise tropes, wild tropes, d'you see?:
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