- Contractual Obligation Project: Though Talk Talk split up shortly after the release of Laughing Stock in 1991, their contract with Polydor Records required one more album to be fulfilled. Frontman Mark Hollis would thus come out of retirement in 1998 solely to put out this album and complete his end of the bargain, quietly stepping back into retirement right after.
- What Could Have Been: The album was originally meant to be released under the Talk Talk name, bearing the title Mountains of the Moon. Why this never came to pass is not clearly known, though the fact that none of Hollis' Talk Talk bandmates were involved with the album's production was likely a contributing factor. Interestingly, promotional CD-R and cassette copies of Mark Hollis retain the Mountains of the Moon title, with the CD-R version also keeping the attribution to Talk Talk.
- Working Title: The album was initially made under the name Mountains of the Moon, which it briefly kept after being rebranded from a Talk Talk album to a Mark Hollis solo album.
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