| The Silent World of Hector Mann | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Duke Special |
| Cover: | The Silent World of Hector Mann (Duke Special album - cover art).jpg |
| Released: | 28 February 2010 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 35:18 |
| Label: | Reel to Reel |
| Producer: | Steve Albini |
| Prev Title: | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
| Next Title: | Huckleberry Finn EP |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
The Silent World of Hector Mann is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring songs inspired by the fictional silent film star Hector Mann from Paul Auster's 2002 novel The Book of Illusions, who starred in twelve films before disappearing. Special wrote "Mister Nobody", inspired by the title of one of Mann's films, and sent the novel to eleven songwriters of his acquaintance, asking them each to write a song based on one of the twelve films[1] in a pre-rock and roll style.[2]
The album was produced by Steve Albini and recorded at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago.[3] It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes Mother Courage and Her Children and the Huckleberry Finn EP, funded via the online crowdsourcing platform PledgeMusic.[4]