Mark Hollis
by Mark Hollis

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Mark Hollis by Mark Hollis
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-01-26
Overall rank: 1,647th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 169 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (30th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (291st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,647th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Colour Of Spring
Average Rating: 84 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
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Watershed
Average Rating: 85 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
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Inside Looking Out
Average Rating: 82 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Gift
Average Rating: 84 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
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A Life (1895-1915)
Average Rating: 80 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
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Westward Bound
Average Rating: 82 (34 votes)Comments: View 2
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The Daily Planet
Average Rating: 84 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
A New Jerusalem
Average Rating: 81 (31 votes)Comments: View 0

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Overall rank: 1,647th | 1990s rank: 291st | 1998 rank: 30th  Overall chart history
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 !		09/14/2026 20:20 Foxforce5  Ratings distribution  48575/100
 
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 !		05/09/2026 22:00 Helios  Ratings distribution  6,25969/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.


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Mark Hollis forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/13/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5434): By Taric
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Taric () 1. by (2007) 2. by (1988) 3. by by (2000) 5. by (2009) 6. by (2011) 7. by (1999) 8. by (1997) 9. (1993) 10. by (1983) 11. (2009) 12. (2002) 13. by (2011) 14. by (2007) 15. (1977) 17. (1991) 18. (2009) 19. by (1970) 20. (2009) 21. by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 04/17/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4868): Mark Hollis by Mark Hollis
“Today's album of the day Mark Hollis by Mark Hollis ( | ) Year: 1998. Country: Overall rank: 1,430 Average rating: 76/100 (from 159 votes). Tracks: 1. The Colour Of Spring 2. Watershed 3. Inside Looking Out 4. The Gift 5. A Life (1895-1915) 6. Westward Bound 7. The Daily Planet 8. A New Jerusalem…”
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From 03/14/2013 18:14 | #68298 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album gets me SO DAMN PUMPED UP. A must if you are making a party playlist. (Edited)
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From 11/26/2011 22:43 | #31475 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Quite a nice piece of work here. Just need to crank it up a little, and let it take you in. (Edited)
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From 05/05/2024 15:56 | #303370 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
When I discovered this album, I listened to it once or twice and thought it was "ok".

Much later, I made a playlist of three albums--the final two Talk Talk albums and this at the end. Exposure to Mark Hollis finally paid off and made the album my favorite album of all time. Unexpected and I'm so grateful for it. (Edited)
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From 06/19/2015 16:54 | #144206 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Can't fill the shoes of the final two Talk Talk albums. The listener mostly waits for something to happen. And yet it's still good. (Edited)
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From 10/16/2011 15:58 | #28520 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Quite possibly the quietest album I have ever heard. (Edited)
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