Album
Laughing Stock
1991 · Rock
38 collectors on Gatefold own this
Laughing Stock is an Alt/Indie album by Talk Talk, originally released in 1991. On Gatefold: 65 pressings tracked, owned by 38 collectors.
About
After the singular greatness of their previous album, Talk Talk came back with an album that went even deeper into the recesses of the spiritual mind. The album garnered comparisons to Miles Davis’ <i>In a Silent Way</i> for its placid surfaces and its deep emotional concerns. Singer Mark Hollis is working through his own personal soul music here. With the help of producer-multi-instrumentalist Tim Friese-Greene and a large variety of external musicians, including a classical ensemble, Talk Talk break through all the barriers of pop music and occasionally into the trance-like work of Steve Roach and David Sylvian. “Myrrhman” sets a dark tone. For a relatively brief five-and-a half-minutes, the dynamic never raises above a murmur. “Ascension Day” is nearly celebratory in comparison, with Hollis pulling out his Stevie Winwood-inspired blue-eyed soul among the ambient and avant-garde textures. “After the Flood” takes things to a brutal extreme with the organ doing serious battle. It’s an absolutely essential album and it would be Talk Talk’s final. All that followed was Mark Hollis’ excellent 1998 solo album and then his retirement.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Myrrhman
- A2Ascension Day
- A3After The Flood
Side B
- B1Taphead
- B2New Grass
- B3Runeii
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Rock
- dense
- yearning
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dave WhiteCONTRABASS CLARINET
- David WhiteCONTRABASS CLARINET CONTRABASS, CLARINET
- Ernest MothleACOUSTIC BASS DOUBLE BASS
- Garfield JacksonVIOLA
- Gavyn WrightVIOLA
- George RobertsonVIOLA
- Henry LowtherTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Jack GlickmanVIOLA
- Lee HarrisDRUMS
- Levine AndradeVIOLA
- Mark FelthamHARMONICA
- Mark HollisCOMPOSED BY, VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO, ORGAN ORGAN, PIANO PIANO, ORGAN, WRITTEN-BY
- Martin DitchamPERCUSSION
- Paul KeggCELLO
- Roger SmithCELLO
- Simon EdwardsACOUSTIC BASS DOUBLE BASS
- Stephen TeesVIOLA
- Tim Friese-GreeneORGAN, PIANO ORGAN, PIANO, HARMONIUM ORGAN, PIANO, HARMONIUM, WRITTEN-BY
38 collectors on Gatefold own this · 65 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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