Spirit Of Eden

Q (7/99, p.151) - Included in Q's Best Chill-Out Albums of All Time - "...introverted, career-knackered album....[Mark Hollis(lead singer)] suggested it's best to be listened to 'in a calm mood, with no distractions': succinct advice for all great chill-out albums." Q (2/04, p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 - "With more pregnant pauses, splashes of colour and layers of sleepy angst, it's a beautiful-sounding record..." Uncut (p.98) - "[P]art of the enduring appeal of this uniquely beautiful work is its refusal to yield its secrets, compelling you to return over and over again." Q (Magazine) (p.110) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "SPIRIT OF EDEN was a masterpiece....Its ebbing and flowing atmospherics and explosive dynamics had fare more in common with Miles Davis's more out-there works than, say, former peers Duran Duran." Paste (magazine) - "Beneath is a utopian cavern of sonic heaven -- double-bass moans, flickers of muted trumpet, sizzling cymbals, violent clashes of electric guitar." Pitchfork (Website) - "Its breadth and scope are intimidatingly large: Silence is as important as tone, stasis is as important as movement. Inky chord progressions resolve into mystery, and lyrics leave only afterimages."