By early March 1988, Talk Talk had finished recording Spirit of Eden and had sent a cassette of the album to EMI. After listening to the cassette, EMI representatives doubted that it could be commercially successful. They asked Hollis to re-record a song or replace material, but he refused to do so
[via Alan Wilder – dedicated to Liv Thomsen and Martin Krogh R.I.P.]
a work of genius.