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{{quote|''A horse''
''A horse''
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[[File:TVtropes_sparklehorse2_9412.jpg|frame|[[Face of the Band]], Mark Linkous]]
[[Sparklehorse]] was a Lo-fi [[Alternative Rock]]
Sparklehorse released their first album, the mouthful ''Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot'', in 1995 to largely good reception (with Sparklehorse remaining critical darlings ever since). The album, recorded with help from the band Cracker, set the band's melancholic tone, but was followed shortly afterwards by the near-death of Mark Linkous due to a drug overdose. His recovery in St Mary's hospital left him without the use of his legs for 6 months - even afterwards, they never quite regained their original strength. Despite these setbacks, in 1998 Sparklehorse released their second album, ''Good Morning Spider'', with several songs inspired by Linkous' brush with death (though he claimed most of them had actually been written before this).
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2001 saw the release of the far more collaborative album, ''It's a Wonderful Life'', reported to be Linkous' first substance-free production (as well as his most "normal" to date, with a notable lack of [[Nightmare Fuel|unsettling songs]] [[Miniscule Rocking|less than a minute long]]). Following this was a 5-year hiatus, at the end of which ''Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain'' was released (the title track being his longest song, at a whopping [[Epic Rocking|10:35 minutes]], though it was a relaxing, melancholy track true to the band's usual style). The band's last album was ''Dark Night of the Soul'' - featuring appearances from many different guest vocalists - originally recorded (and released on the internet) in 2009, but only officially released in 2010 due to legal difficulties. Sadly, 2010 was also the year of Mark Linkous' [[Author Existence Failure|suicide]] - he shot himself in the heart, without leaving a suicide note. As such, ''Dark Night of the Soul'' was dedicated to his memory.
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* [[Ambient]]: Several examples in their repertoire, such as Good Morning Spider's title track.
* [[Alternative Rock]]
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{{color|white| trembling and getting old}}
{{color|white| smelling burnt oil of heaven}}
{{color|white| about ten years, too big to hold}} }}
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