Trivia / Sparklehorse

• Acclaimed Flop: Every album.
• Based on a Dream: Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot was titled after a dream that Mark once had involving Robert E. Lee using a primitive submarine in the American Civil War.
• Development Hell/Executive Meddling: It took a whole year to release Dark Night of the Soul due to an incredible copyright issue with EMI Records, the reason for ever existing in the first place of which was never actually explained. In the meantime, the album leaked in full, and its producer, Danger Mouse, had an interesting way of dealing with the copyright situation: The album was intended to be accompanied by a book of photographs by David Lynch that were inspired by the music, so he started selling the photo book with a blank cd inside, with the disclaimer "For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will"
• Died During Production: When Linkous died, he left Sparklehorse's fifth album in a state of near-completion. The album, Bird Machine, was eventually finished by Linkous' brother and sister-in-law, who were archiving his work, and was eventually released in September 2023.
• No-Hit Wonder: Not one single released from any album in Mark's entire career, despite critical acclaim.

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