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Marillion The Complete Guide

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Contents Articles Overview Marillion

Current members

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Steve Rothery

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Mark Kelly

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Pete Trewavas

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Ian Mosley

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Steve Hogarth

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Former members

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Fish

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Mick Pointer

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Jonathan Mover

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Discography Marillion discography

Studio albums

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Script for a Jester's Tear

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Fugazi

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Misplaced Childhood

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Clutching at Straws

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Seasons End

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Holidays in Eden

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Brave

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Afraid of Sunlight

82

This Strange Engine

85

Radiation

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Marillion.com

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Anoraknophobia

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Marbles

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Somewhere Else

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Happiness Is the Road

101

Less Is More

105

Compilations

107

Brief Encounter

107

B'Sides Themselves

109

A Singles Collection

112

The Best of Both Worlds

114

The Best of Marillion

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The Singles '82–88'

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Live albums

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Real to Reel

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The Thieving Magpie

123

Made Again

125

Anorak in the UK

128

Early Stages

130

Live from Loreley

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Recital of the Script

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Singles

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"Market Square Heroes"

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"He Knows You Know"

144

"Garden Party"

146

"Punch and Judy"

149

"Kayleigh"

151

"Lavender"

154

"Incommunicado"

156

References Article Sources and Contributors

158

Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Article Licenses License

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Overview Marillion Marillion

Marillion, 2009. L-R: Ian Mosley, Pete Trewavas, Steve Hogarth, Mark Kelly, and Steve Rothery. Background information Origin

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Genres

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, alternative rock, art rock, acoustic rock

Years active

1979–present

Labels

EMI, Capitol, Castle, Racket Records (Intact), IRS, Caroline, Sanctuary, Velvel/Koch, Edel, Liberty, Pony Canyon

Associated acts Iris Website

www.marillion.com

Members

Steve Rothery Mark Kelly Pete Trewavas Ian Mosley Steve 'h' Hogarth

Past members

Mick Pointer Brian Jelliman Doug Irvine Fish Diz Minnett Andy Ward John 'Martyr' Marter Jonathan Mover

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Marillion (/mʌˈrɪlˌjən/) are an English rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1979. Their recorded studio output since 1982 is composed of seventeen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve Hogarth in early 1989. All four albums released with Fish were commercial successes, and during this period the band scored eleven Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including 1985's "Kayleigh", which reached No. 2 and

Marillion became their biggest hit single. The first album released with Hogarth, 1989's Seasons End, was a hit, and albums continued to chart well until the dissipation of the band's mainstream popularity in the late 1990s; save for a resurgence in the mid- to late-2000s,[2] they have essentially been a cult act since then.[3] Marillion have achieved a further twelve Top 40 hit singles in the UK with Hogarth, including 2004's "You're Gone", which charted at No. 7 and is the biggest hit of his tenure. The band continue to tour internationally, and were ranked 38th in Classic Rock's "50 Best Live Acts of All Time" in 2008.[4]

Line-up and sound changes The core line-up[5] of Steve Rothery (lead guitar, and the sole 'pre-Fish' original member), Pete Trewavas (bass), Mark Kelly (keyboards) and Ian Mosley (drums) has been unchanged since 1984. The band has enjoyed commercial success with 23 UK Top 40 hits spanning their career and 14 million albums sold by 2000.[6] Marillion's music has changed stylistically throughout their career. The band themselves stated that each new album tends to represent a reaction to the preceding one, and for this reason their output is difficult to 'pigeonhole'. Their original sound (with Fish on vocals) is best described as guitar and keyboard led progressive rock or "neo-prog", and would be sometimes compared with Gabriel-era Genesis.[7][] More recently, their sound has been compared, on successive albums, to that of Radiohead, Massive Attack, Keane, Crowded House, The Blue Nile and Talk Talk, although not consistently comparable sonically with any of these acts. The band themselves in 2007, tongue-in-cheek, described their own output merely as: "Songs about Death and Water since 1979..." Marillion are widely considered within the industry[] to have been one of the first mainstream acts to have fully recognised and tapped the potential for commercial musicians to interact with their fans via the Internet circa 1996, and are nowadays often characterised as a rock & roll 'Web Cottage Industry'.[8] The history of the band's use of the internet is described by Michael Lewis in the book Next: The Future Just Happened as an example of how the internet is shifting power away from established elites, such as record producers. The band are also renowned for having an extremely dedicated following[] (often self-termed 'Freaks') with some fans regularly travelling significant distances to attend single gigs, driven in large part by the close fan base involvement which the band cultivate via their website, podcasts, biennial conventions[9] and regular fanclub[10] publications.

History The Fish era Formation and early years (1979–1982) Marillion was formed in 1979 as Silmarillion, after J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Silmarillion, by Mick Pointer, Steve Rothery, and others. They played their first gig at Berkhamsted Civic Centre, Hertfordshire, on 1 March 1980.[11] The band name was shortened to Marillion in 1981 to avoid potential copyright conflicts[12] at the same time as Fish and bassist Diz Minnett replaced original bassist/vocalist Doug 'Rastus' Irvine an audition at Leyland Farm Studios in Buckinghamshire on 2 January 1981. Rothery, drummer Mick Pointer, and keyboardist Brian Jelliman completed this line-up; the first gig with this line-up was at the Red Lion Pub in Bicester, Oxfordshire, on 14 March 1981. By the end of 1981, Kelly had replaced Jelliman, with Trewavas replacing Minnett in 1982. Minnett later formed Pride of Passion.[13] The early works of Marillion contained Fish's poetic and introspective lyrics melded with a complex and subtle musical tapestry to create a sound that reflected the band's influences, notably Queen, early Genesis, Pink Floyd, Van

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Marillion der Graaf Generator, Rush (specifically from the late 1970s), and Yes. Marillion's first recording was a demo tape produced by Les Payne in July 1981 that included early versions of "He Knows You Know", "Garden Party", and "Charting the Single". The group attracted attention with a three-track session for the Friday Rock Show (early versions of "The Web", "Three Boats Down from The Candy", and "Forgotten Sons") and were subsequently signed by EMI. They released their first single, "Market Square Heroes", in 1982, with the epic song "Grendel" on the B-side of the 12" version. Following the single, the band released their first full-length album in 1983. Script for a Jester's Tear and Fugazi (1983–1984) The music on their debut album, Script for a Jester's Tear, was born out of the intensive gigging of the previous years. Although it had some progressive rock stylings, it also had a darker edge, suggested by the bedsit squalour on the album's cover. During the tour to promote Script for a Jester's Tear, Mick Pointer was dismissed from the band. The second album, Fugazi, built upon the success of the first album with a more electronic sound and produced the single 'Assassing', although the band encountered numerous production problems.[] In November 1984, Marillion then released their first live album, Real to Reel, featuring songs from Fugazi and Script for a Jester's Tear, as well as "Cinderella Search" (B-side to 'Assassing') and the debut single "Market Square Heroes", which had not been available on album until that point. The album entered the UK album charts at No. 8. Misplaced Childhood and international success (1985) Their third and commercially most successful studio album was Misplaced Childhood. With the blessing of their record company, the band was free to depart stylistically from their previous albums, in the process developing a more mainstream sound. The lead single from the album, "Kayleigh", received major promotion by EMI and gained heavy rotation on BBC Radio 1 and Independent Local Radio stations as well as television appearances, bringing the band to the attention of a much wider audience. The band were able to showcase their ability on the album to juxtapose pert pop ballads ("Kayleigh", charting at Marillion with Fish (1986) No. 2 in the United Kingdom, behind charity fundraiser "You'll Never Walk Alone" by The Crowd, and "Lavender", which charted at No. 5) with longer song cycles of lost youth, first love, drug abuse, drink, prostitution and, ultimately, rebirth and redemption, all inspired by Fish's life experiences. Following the exposure given to "Kayleigh" and its subsequent chart success, the album went to No. 1 in the United Kingdom, knocking Bryan Ferry off the top spot and holding off a challenge from Sting, who released his first solo album in the same week. The album came sixth in Kerrang! magazine's "Albums Of The Year" in 1985. Kayleigh also gave Marillion its sole entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 74. In the summer of 1986, the band played to their biggest ever audience as special guests to Queen at a festival in Germany attended by a crowd of over 150,000 people. Clutching at Straws and the departure of Fish (1986–1988) The fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws, shed some of its predecessor's pop stylings and retreated into a darker exploration of excess, alcoholism, and life on the road, representing the strains of constant touring that would result in the departure of Fish to pursue a solo career. It did continue the group's commercial success, however; lead single "Incommunicado" charted at No. 6 in the UK charts gaining the band an appearance on 'Top of the Pops'. Fish has also stated in interviews since that he believes this was the best album he made with the band.[14] The album came sixth in Kerrang! magazine's "Albums Of The Year" in 1987. The loss of the larger-than-life Fish left a hole that would be difficult to fill. Fish explained his reasons for leaving in an interview in 2003:

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4 "By 1987 we were over-playing live because the manager was on 20 per cent of the gross. He was making a fantastic amount of money while we were working our asses off. Then I found a bit of paper proposing an American tour. At the end of the day the band would have needed a £14,000 loan from EMI as tour support to do it. That was when I knew that, if I stayed with the band, I'd probably end up a raging alcoholic and be found overdosed and dying in a big house in Oxford with Irish wolfhounds at the bottom of my bed."[15]

Giving the band a choice to continue with either him or the manager, the band sided with the manager and Fish left for a solo career. His last live performance with the band was at Craigtoun Country Park on 23 July 1988.[16] After lengthy legal battles, informal contact between Fish and the other four band members apparently did not resume until 1999; Fish would later disclose in the liner notes to the 2-CD reiussue of Clutching at Straws that he and his former bandmates had met up and discussed the demise of the band and renewed their friendship, and had come to the consensus that an excessive touring schedule and too much pressure from the band's management led to the rift. Although reportedly now on good personal terms, both camps had always made it very clear that the oft-speculated-upon reunion would never happen. However, when Fish headlined the 'Hobble on the Cobbles' free concert in Aylesbury's Market Square on 26 August 2007, the attraction of playing their debut single in its spiritual home proved strong enough to overcome any lingering bad feeling between the former band members, and Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, and Trewavas replaced Fish's backing band for an emotional encore of 'Market Square Heroes'. In a press interview following the event, Fish denied this would lead to a full reunion, saying that: "Hogarth does a great job with the band. We forged different paths over the 19 years."[17]

The Steve Hogarth era Seasons End and Holidays in Eden (1989–1991) After the split, the band found Steve Hogarth, the former keyboardist and sometime vocalist of The Europeans. Hogarth stepped into a difficult situation, as the band had already recorded some demos of the next studio album, which eventually would have become Seasons End. Hogarth was a significant contrast with Fish, coming from a New Wave musical background instead of progressive rock. He also had never owned a Marillion album before joining the band.[18] After Fish left the group (taking his lyrics with him), Hogarth set to work crafting new lyrics to existing songs with lyricist and author John Helmer. The demo sessions of the songs from Seasons End with Fish vocals and lyrics can be found on the bonus disc of the remastered version of Clutching at Straws, while the lyrics found their way into various Fish solo albums such as his first solo album, Vigil In a Wilderness of Mirrors, some snippets on his second, Internal Exile and even a line or two found its way to his third album, Suits. Hogarth's second album with the band, Holidays In Eden, was the first he wrote in partnership with the band, and includes the song "Dry Land" which Hogarth had written and recorded in a previous project with the band How We Live. As quoted from Steve Hogarth, "Holidays in Eden was to become Marillion's “pop”est album ever, and was greeted with delight by many, and dismay by some of the hardcore fans".[19] Despite its pop stylings, the album failed to crossover beyond the band's existing fanbase and produced no major hit singles.

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Brave, Afraid of Sunlight and split with EMI (1992–1995) Holidays in Eden was followed by Brave, a dark and richly complex concept album that took the band 18 months to release. The album also marked the start of the band's longtime relationship with producer Dave Meegan. While critically acclaimed, the album received little promotion from EMI and did poorly commercially. An independent film based on the album, which featured the band, was also released. The next album, Afraid of Sunlight, would be the band's last album with record label EMI. Once again, it received little promotion and no mainstream radio airplay, and its sales were disappointing for the band. Despite this, it was one of their most critically acclaimed albums and was included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995.[20] One track of note on the album is Out Of This World, a song about Donald Campbell, who died while trying to set a speed record on water. The song inspired an effort to recover both Campbell's body and the "Bluebird K7," the boat which Campbell crashed in, from the water.[21] The recovery was finally undertaken in 2001, and both Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery were invited.[22] In 1998, Steve Hogarth claimed this was the best album he had made with the band.[23] This Strange Engine, Radiation and marillion.com (1996–1999) What followed was a string of albums and events that saw Marillion struggling to find their place in the music business. This Strange Engine was released in 1997 with little promotion from their new label Castle Records, and the band could not afford to make tour stops in the United States. Luckily, their dedicated US fan base decided to solve the problem by raising some $60,000 themselves online to give to the band to come to the US.[24] The band's loyal fanbase (combined with the Internet) would eventually become vital to the band's existence. The band's tenth album Radiation saw the band taking a different approach and was received by fans with mixed reactions.[] marillion.com was released the following year and showed some progression in the new direction. The band were still unhappy with their record label situation. As Steve Hogarth explained: "We'd come to the end of our record deal and there were various indie labels interested in us. But we didn't feel comfortable with any of them. We're a band with a big fanbase, but the problem is that, as a result, no-one has an incentive to market us. Record labels know they could spend a fiver on promoting our album and our fans would still go and buy it if they had to find it under a stone. And we knew what would happen if we signed to an indie label. They'd do nothing, sell the album to the fanbase and put the money in the bank."[25] Anoraknophobia and Marbles (2000–2006) The band decided that they would try a radical experiment by asking their fans if they would help fund the recording of the next album by pre-ordering it before recording even started. The result was over 12,000 pre-orders which raised enough money to record and release Anoraknophobia in 2001.[26] The band was able to strike a deal with EMI to also help distribute the album. This allowed Marillion to retain all the rights to their music while enjoying commercial distribution. By this time the band had also parted company with their long-time manager, saving 20 per cent of the band's income. The success of Anoraknophobia allowed the band to start recording their next album, but they decided to leverage their fanbase once again to help raise money towards marketing and promotion of a new album. The band put up the album for pre-order in mid-production. This time fans responded by pre-ordering 18,000 copies.[27] Marbles was released in 2004 with a 2-CD version that is only available at Marillion's website – kind of a 'thank-you' gesture to the over 18,000 fans who pre-ordered it, and as even a further thanks to the fans, their names were credited in the sleeve notes (this 'thank you' to the fans also occurred with the previous album, Anoraknophobia).

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The band’s management organised the biggest promotional schedule since they had left EMI and Steve Hogarth secured interviews with prominent broadcasters on BBC Radio, including Matthew Wright, Bob Harris, Stuart Maconie, Simon Mayo and Mark Lawson. Marbles also became the band’s most critically acclaimed album since Afraid of Sunlight, prompting many positive reviews in the press.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34] The band released "You're Gone" as the lead single from the album. Aware that it was unlikely to gain much mainstream radio airplay, the band released the single in three separate formats and encouraged fans to buy a copy of each in order to Marillion in 2007, left to right: Steve Rothery, Steve Hogarth, Pete Trewavas (front row), Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley (back row) get the single into the UK Top Ten. The single reached No. 7, making it the first Marillion song to reach the UK Top Ten since "Incommunicado" in 1987 and the band's first Top 40 entry since "Beautiful" in 1995. The second single from the album, "Don't Hurt Yourself", reached No. 16. Following this, they released a download-only single, "The Damage (live)", recorded at the band's sell-out gig at the London Astoria. It was the highest new entry in the new UK download chart at number 2.[citation needed] All of this succeeded in putting the band back in the public consciousness, making the campaign a success. Marillion continued to tour throughout 2005 playing several summer festivals and embarking on acoustic tours of both Europe and the United States, followed up by the "Not Quite Christmas Tour" of Europe throughout the end of 2005. A new DVD, Colours and Sound, was released in Feb 2006, documenting the creation, promotion, release, and subsequent European tour in support of the album Marbles. Somewhere Else and Happiness is the Road (2007–2008) April 2007 saw Marillion release their fourteenth studio album Somewhere Else, their first album in 10 years to make the UK Top No. 30. The success of the album was further underscored by that of the download-only single See it Like a Baby, making UK No. 45 (March 2007) and the traditional CD release of Thankyou Whoever You Are / Most Toys, which made UK No. 15 and No. 6 in Holland during June 2007. In July 2008 the band posted a contest for fans to create a music video for the soon-to-be released single "Whatever is Wrong with You", and post it on YouTube. The winner would win £5,000.[35][36] Happiness Is the Road, released in October 2008, again featured a pre-order "deluxe edition" with a list of the fans who bought in advance, and a more straightforward regular release. It is another double album, with one disc based on a concept and the second containing the other songs that aren't a part of the theme. Before the album's release, on 9 September 2008, Marillion achieved a world first[citation needed] by pre-releasing their own album via p2p networks themselves. Upon attempting to play the downloaded files, users were shown a video from the band explaining why they had taken this route. Downloaders were then able to opt to purchase the album at a user-defined price or select to receive DRM-free files for free, in exchange for an email address. The band explained that although they do not support piracy, they realised their music would inevitably be distributed online anyway, and wanted to attempt to engage with p2p users and make the best of the situation.[37]

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Marillion Less is More and Sounds That Can't Be Made The band's sixteenth studio album (released 2 October 2009) was an acoustic album featuring new arrangements of previously released tracks (except one, the new track: 'It's Not Your Fault') entitled Less Is More. Their seventeenth studio album is titled Sounds That Can't Be Made and was released in September 2012. Two versions of the album were released: A 2-disc 'deluxe' version that included a DVD with 'making-of' features and sound-check recordings and a single CD jewel case version. The 'deluxe' version also included a 128-page book that incorporated lyrics, artwork and, as was the case with Anoraknophobia, Marbles and Happiness is the Road, the names of people who pre-ordered the album. Parts of the album were recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in 2011.

Marillion in the media By their own admission, the band have never been fashionable in the eyes of the media. On the subject of joining the band, Steve Hogarth once said: "At about the same time, Matt Johnson of The The asked me to play piano on his tour. I always say I had to make a choice between the most hip band in the world, and the least." In the same interview, he claimed: "We're just tired of the opinions of people who haven't heard anything we've done in ten years. A lot of what's spread about this band is laughable."[18] Much of the band’s enduring and unfashionable reputation stems from their emergence in the early 1980s as the most commercially successful band of the neo-progressive rock movement, an unexpected revival of the progressive rock musical style that had fallen out of critical favour in the mid-1970s. Some early critics were quick to dismiss the band as clones of Peter Gabriel-era Genesis due to musical similarities, such as their extended songs, a prominent and Mellotron-influenced keyboard sound, vivid and fantastical lyrics and the equally vivid and fantastical artwork by Mark Wilkinson used for the sleeves of their albums and singles. Lead singer Fish was also often compared with Gabriel due to his early vocal style and theatrical stage performances, which in the early years often included wearing face paint. In fact, Marillion's influences were more diverse than that. Fish was heavily influenced by Peter Hammill, two of guitarist Steve Rothery's biggest influences were David Gilmour and Andrew Latimer, keyboard player Mark Kelly's biggest inspiration was Rick Wakeman, Pete Trewavas especially loved Paul McCartney's bass lines and Mick Pointer was fond of Neil Peart's drumming. As Jonh Wilde summarised in Melody Maker in 1989: "At the end of a strange year for pop music, Marillion appeared in November 1982 with "Market Square Heroes". There were many strange things about 1982, but Marillion were the strangest of them all. For six years, they stood out of time. Marillion were the unhippest group going. As punk was becoming a distant echo, they appeared with a sound and an attitude that gazed back longingly to the age of Seventies pomp. When compared to Yes, Genesis and ELP, they would take it as a compliment. The Eighties have seen some odd phenomena. But none quite as odd as Marillion. Along the way, as if by glorious fluke, they turned out some singles that everybody quietly liked – "Garden Party", "Punch and Judy" and "Incommunicado". By this time, Marillion did not need the support of the hip-conscious. They were massive. Perhaps the oddest thing about Marillion was that they became one of the biggest groups of the decade. They might have been an anomaly but they were monstrously effective."[38] The band's unfashionable reputation and image problem has often been mentioned in the media, even in otherwise positive reviews. In Q in 1987, David Hepworth claimed: "Marillion may represent the inelegant, unglamorous, public bar end of the current Rock Renaissance but they are no less part of it for that. Clutching at Straws suggests that they may be finally coming in from the cold."[39] In the same magazine in 1995, Dave Henderson wrote: "It's not yet possible to be sacked for showing an affinity for Marillion, but has there ever been a band with a larger stigma attached?" He also claimed that if the album Afraid of Sunlight "had been made by a new, no baggage-of-the-past combo, it would be greeted with open arms, hailed as virtual genius."[40] In Record Collector in 2002, Tim Jones claimed they were "one of the most unfairly berated bands in Britain" and "one of its best live rock acts."[41] In 2004, Classic Rock's Jon Hotten wrote: "That genre thing has been a bugbear of Marillion's, but it no longer seems

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Marillion relevant. What are Radiohead if not a progressive band?" and claimed Marillion were "making strong, singular music with the courage of their convictions, and we should treasure them more than we do."[30] In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, an article on Marillion written by Mick Wall described them as “probably the most misunderstood band in the world”.[42] In 2007, Stephen Dalton of The Times stated: “The band have just released their 14th album, Somewhere Else, which is really rather good. Containing tracks that shimmer like Coldplay, ache like Radiohead and thunder like Muse, it is better than 80 per cent of this month’s releases. But you are unlikely to hear Marillion on British radio, read about them in the music press or see them play a major festival. This is largely because Marillion have – how can we put this kindly? – an image problem. Their music is still perceived as bloated, bombastic mullet-haired prog-rock, even by people who have never heard it. In fairness, they did once release an album called Script for a Jester's Tear. But, come on, we all had bad hair days in the 1980s."[] Despite publishing a very good review for their 1995 album Afraid of Sunlight and including it in their 50 Best Albums of 1995, Q refused to interview the band or write a feature on them. Steve Hogarth later said: "How can they say, this is an amazing record... no, we don't want to talk to you? It's hard to take when they say, here's a very average record... we'll put you on the front cover."[18] In 1999, DJ Simon Mayo commented on BBC Radio 1: "Marillion ... where are they now? And who cares anyway?" Fans objecting to the comment brought the station's computer system to a standstill with thousands of emails of complaint. Mayo subsequently apologised for his comment to keyboard player Mark Kelly when he phoned the show to take part in a quiz.[] To accompany the release of Anoraknophobia in 2001, the band issued a press release asking critics to review the album in "a manner that is both accurate and fair. So, our challenge to you is to firstly listen to the album. Then write a review without using any of the following words: "Progressive rock", "Genesis", "Fish", "heavy metal", "dinosaurs", "predictable", "concept album". Because if you do, we'll know that you haven't listened to it."[] Reviewing the band's appearance on BBC Two's The Future Just Happened in 2001, Gareth McLean of The Guardian described the band as "once dodgy and now completely rubbish" and their fans as "slightly simple folks". He also dismissed the band's efforts to continue their career without a label by dealing directly with their fans on the Internet, claiming: "One suspects that their decision occurred round about the time that the record industry decided to shun Marillion."[43] In an interview in 2000, Hogarth expressed regret about the band retaining their name after he joined: "If we had known when I joined Marillion what we know now, we'd have changed the name and been a new band. It was a mistake to keep the name, because what it represented in the mid-Eighties is a millstone we now carry. If we'd changed it, I think we would have been better off. We would have been judged for our music. It's such a grave injustice that the media constantly calls us a 'dinosaur prog band'. They only say that out of ignorance because they haven't listened to anything we've done for the last 15 bloody years. If you hear anything we've done in the last five or six years, that description is totally irrelevant... It's a massive frustration that no-one will play our stuff. If we send our single to Radio 1 they say: 'Sorry, we don't play music by bands who are over so-many years old... and here's the new U2 single.' I suppose it's something everyone has to cope with – every band are remembered for their big hit single, irrespective of how much they change over the years. But you can only transcend that by continuing to have hits. It's Catch 22." However, Hogarth was still able to be optimistic: "You know, at some stage, someone has to notice that we're doing interesting things. Someday someone will take a retrospective look at us and be surprised."[44] The band have been prepared to send up their unfashionable status, naming their 2001 album "Anoraknophobia" and printing T-shirts with the logo "Marillion: Uncool as F*ck." Despite a return to the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart with 2004's "You're Gone", the media's perception of Marillion failed to soften.[45]

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Several bandmembers are currently activeWikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Chronological items in UK music industry bodies – amongst them the FAC, whilst Mark Kelly was elected in November 2009 to both the Performer and Main Boards of the UK's PPL.[46]

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Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars (1979–present) Mark Kelly – keyboards, samples and effects, backing vocals, programming (1981–present) Pete Trewavas – bass guitars, backing vocals, additional guitars, samples and effects (1982–present) Ian Mosley – drums, percussion (1984–present) Steve 'h' Hogarth – lead vocals, lyrics, keyboards, guitars, percussion (1988–present)

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Mick Pointer – drums (1979–1983) Brian Jelliman – keyboards (1979–1981) Doug 'Rastus' Irvine – bass guitars, lead vocals (1979–1981) Fish – lead vocals, lyrics, percussion (1981–1988) Diz Minnett – bass guitars (1981–1982) Andy Ward – drums, percussion (1983) John 'Martyr' Marter – drums (1983) Jonathan Mover – drums (1983-1984)

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Doug 'Rastus' Irvine – bass guitars, lead vocals Brian Jelliman – keyboards Mick Pointer – drums Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars

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Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars Fish – lead vocals, lyrics, percussion Mark Kelly – keyboards, samples and effects, backing vocals, programming Pete Trewavas – bass guitars, backing vocals, additional guitars, samples and effects Andy Ward – drums, percussion 1988-present

Brian Jelliman – keyboards Mick Pointer – drums Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars Fish – lead vocals, lyrics, percussion Diz Minnett – bass guitars

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Mick Pointer – drums Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars Fish – lead vocals, lyrics, percussion Diz Minnett – bass guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards, samples and effects, backing vocals, programming

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Mick Pointer – drums Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars Fish – lead vocals, lyrics, percussion Mark Kelly – keyboards, samples and effects, backing vocals, programming Pete Trewavas – bass guitars, backing vocals, additional guitars, samples and effects 1984-1988

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Steve Rothery – electric guitars, acoustic guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards, samples and effects, backing vocals, programming Pete Trewavas – bass guitars, backing vocals, additional guitars, samples and effects Ian Mosley – drums, percussion Steve 'h' Hogarth – lead vocals, lyrics, keyboards, guitars, percussion

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Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) Fugazi (1984) Misplaced Childhood (1985) Clutching at Straws (1987) Seasons End (1989) Holidays in Eden (1991) Brave (1994) Afraid of Sunlight (1995) This Strange Engine (1997) Radiation (1998) marillion.com (1999) Anoraknophobia (2001) Marbles (2004) Somewhere Else (2007) Happiness Is the Road (2008) Less Is More (2009) Sounds That Can't Be Made (2012)

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

http:/ / www. marillion. com/ [ Allmusic review of Marbles] [ Allmusic review of Marbles Live] 50 Best Live Acts of All Time (April 2008) (http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ steveparker/ classicrock. htm). Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2010. [13] "Record News", Sounds, 14 December 1985, p. 6 [15] Edinburgh Evening News, 29 May 2003. [18] Dave Ling (May 2001) Interview with Steve Hogarth (http:/ / www. daveling. co. uk/ docmarillion. htm) Classic Rock Magazine [20] Q, February 1996. [28] Betty Clarke The Guardian, 30 April 2004. [29] Tim Jones Record Collector, May 2004, Issue 297. [30] Jon Hotten Classic Rock, May 2004, Issue 66. [31] Roger Newell Guitarist, June 2004 [32] Simon Gausden Powerplay, June 2004 [33] Guitar, June 2004

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Marillion [34] The Star, June 2004 [37] Marillion Press Release (2008-09-11) "Marillion Use P2P for Album Release (http:/ / www. antimusic. com/ news/ 08/ sep/ 11Marillion_Use_P2P_for_Album_Release. shtml)" Anti Music [38] Jonh Wilde Melody Maker, 28 October 1989 [39] David Hepworth (July 1987) Review of Clutching at Straws (http:/ / www. the-company. com/ disco/ dacas. htm), Q Magazine (archived at Official Fish Site (http:/ / the-company. com)) [40] Dave Henderson Q, August 1995. [41] Tim Jones Record Collector, May 2002. [42] Mick Wall Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005. [45] See You're Gone (Marillion song)#Background and release.

External links • Marillion official site (http://www.marillion.com/) • Marillion on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MarillionOfficial/) • The Story So Far... – Marillion tour history (http://www.billfrech.com/tourhistory/)

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Current members Steve Rothery Steve Rothery

Steve Rothery onstage with Marillion at their 2009 weekend festival in Montreal, Canada. Background information Born

25 November 1959

Genres

Rock, progressive rock, neo-progressive rock

Occupations

Musician, songwriter

Instruments

Guitar

Associated acts

Marillion, The Wishing Tree, Enchant, Edison's Children

Website

Marillion.com

[1]

Steve Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is the guitarist of the English rock band Marillion. He was born in Brampton, South Yorkshire, England. From the age of six he lived in Whitby, North Yorkshire. According to Guitar Player, Rothery "specializes in crafting lush sonic atmospheres with layered guitars and effects processing."[2] In 2001, Rothery was voted Yorkshire and Humberside's best guitarist in a poll in Total Guitar magazine.[3]

Biography Rothery began to play the guitar at the age of 15. In an interview for Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the Seventies on BBC Radio 2 in 2013, Rothery revealed that his musical tastes always differed from his friends, who were getting into punk rock while he preferred progressive rock, which he had been introduced to through the Alan Freeman show on BBC Radio 1. In 1979, he saw an ad in the music press for a band called Silmarillion that needed a guitarist. He auditioned successfully for the band (19 August 1979). From this point he concentrated more on melody, composition and mood, and less on his technique. Later, Silmarillion shortened its name to Marillion. Rothery is the only member of Marillion's founding lineup who remains in the band to this day. As well as work with Marillion, he started a solo project under the name The Wishing Tree (with Hannah Stobart providing vocals), and released 2 albums called Carnival of Souls and Ostara.

Steve Rothery

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Style Rothery is regarded by many fans of the band as providing their defining sound - with his signature clean toned, high-sustain Stratocaster soloing. His style of playing is heavily influenced by that of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Camel's Andrew Latimer. In a 2001 interview with Total Guitar Magazine, Rothery named Jeff Beck and Larry Carlton as his favourite guitarists. Like Gilmour, Rothery is very tonal and is considerate of every note, as opposed to extreme speed and other forms of technical wizardry. Despite this, he does occasionally incorporate faster runs into his solos for flavour, as can be heard in songs such as "The Web" and "King of Sunset Town". Other trademarks that recur throughout his career include clean picking arpeggios using digital delays and open voicings. Rothery has also stated that Joni Mitchell was another influence on his style, especially her use of open tunings, which Rothery believed created a very harmonically rich sound. He has cited Mitchell's "A Case of You" and Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" as two of the songs that had the biggest influence on him.[4]

The British Guitar Academy In 2011, Rothery launched the British Guitar Academy "to bring together some of Britain's top guitarists to pass on their hard won knowledge and experience to a wider audience through a series of workshops and masterclasses. The aim is to concentrate not just on technique but also creativity and individuality." As well as Rothery, the Academy has featured guitarists such as Aziz Abrahams (Simply Red, The Stone Roses, Ian Brown, Asia and a solo artist), Dave Foster (Mr So & So and a solo artist), Michael Casswell (Brian May band, Cozy Powell band, Tony Hadley, Ronan Keating), Matt Prior (Bonnie Tyler and tv & film music composer), Rob Harris (Jamiroquai since 2000, Kylie Minogue, Beverly Knight) and Dan Steinhardt (Tin Spirits, developer of the Gig Rig pedal switching system and acknowledged tone guru).[5]

Equipment •

Laney VC50 & TT50 Heads

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Adrena-Linn effects processor

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Ernie Ball super slinky 9-42 strings

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Laney 4x12 cabinet

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Analogman distortion pedal (modded Boss DS-1)

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Jack Dent Custom Guitars- Signature SR Model

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Laney Lionheart L20

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Xotic AC Booster

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Jack Dent Custom Guitars- Celeste Model ( Acoustic/Electric Hybrid)

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Groove Tubes Dual 75 power amp

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Xotic AC +

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Jack Dent Custom Guitars- Telecaster-style guitar

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Groove Tubes Trio valve pre-amp

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Eventide Timefactor

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Jack Dent Custom Guitars- Stratocaster-style guitar

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Roland Jazz Chorus 120 Amp

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Rockman sustainer/stereo chorus & delay •

Blade RH4 Classic Strat-style guitar

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TC Electronic 2290 effects processor

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Sound Sculpture switchblade 16 controller

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Blade Delta Tele-style guitar

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Ground Control Pro MIDI foot controller

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Alesis Quadraverb effects processor

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Blade Texas Standard Strat-style guitar

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Lexicon MPX G2 effects processor

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Ebtech hum eliminator

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Steinberger Custom made double neck 12/6

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Roland GP16 effects processor

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Sennheiser wireless system

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Takamine 12 string acoustic

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Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere

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Takamine Santa Fe 6 string acoustic

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Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-wah pedal

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Squier Stratocaster

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Ernie Ball volume pedal

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Kahler Pro Tremolo System

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Lindy Fralin Pickups

Steve Rothery

Discography With Marillion Steve Rothery appears on every Marillion release since their 1982 debut single; see Marillion discography

With The Wishing Tree • Carnival of Souls (1996) • Ostara (2009)

Guest appearances • • • • • •

Jadis - Jadis (1989, production) Arrakeen - Patchwork (1990, guitar) Rock Against Repatriation - "Sailing" (1990, guitar) Enchant - A Blueprint of the World (1994, production, guitar) John Wesley - Under the Red and White Sky (1994, guitar) Arena - Crying for Help, The Cry (1994, guitar)

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Mr. So and So - The Overlap (1998, production, guitar) John Wesley - The Emperor Falls (1999, guitar) Ian Mosley & Ben Castle - Postmankind (2001, guitar) The Reasoning - Awakening (2007, guitar) Gazpacho - Firebird (2005, guitar) Swallow the Sun - Servant of Sorrow (alternate version from the single New Moon) (2009, guitar) Edison's Children - In The Last Waking Moments (2011, guitar)

References [1] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ band/ rothery. htm [3] Total Guitar. July 2001 [4] Interview with Steve Rothery. Sounds of the Seventies. BBC Radio 2. 24 March 2013

External links • Steve Rothery's official MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/steverothery) • Steve Rothery's page at the Marillion website (http://www.marillion.com/band/rothery.htm)

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Mark Kelly

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Mark Kelly Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly onstage with Marillion at their 2009 weekend festival in Montreal, Canada. Background information Birth name

Mark Colbert Kelly

Born

9 April 1961 Dublin, Ireland

Genres

Art rock, neo-progressive rock, pop-rock

Occupations

Musician

Instruments

Keyboards, piano

Years active

1980–present

Labels

Racket Records

Associated acts

Marillion, Travis, Chemical Alice, Edison's Children, DeeExpus

Website

www.marillion.com

[1]

Mark Kelly (born Mark Colbert Kelly, 9 April 1961, Dublin, Ireland) is the keyboardist of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. He was raised in Ireland until he moved to England with his parents in 1969.[2] Kelly was an electronics student while performing part-time in the progressive/psychedelic band Chemical Alice, who released their EP Curiouser and Curiouser in 1981.[3] He was invited to join Marillion when Chemical Alice supported the band, replacing previous keyboardist Brian Jelliman.[4] His first performance with the band was at the Great Northern at Cambridge on 1 December 1981. Kelly has appeared on every Marillion studio album. He also appeared on John Wesley's album Under the Red and White Sky in 1994 and on Jump's album Myth of Independence in 1995 on production and keyboards.[5] He has also played keyboards with Travis for their headlining set at the Isle of Wight Festival (10–12 June 2005), at T in the park in 2005, and at the Live8 set in Edinburgh (6 July 2005). Mark Kelly also played Keyboards for Edison's Children's new album "In The Last Waking Moments..." (featuring fellow Marillion member Pete Trewavas and Eric Blackwood), for the song The "Other" Other Dimension as well as performing vocals with Steve Hogarth and Andy Ditchfield (DeeExpus) on the Edison's Children track The Awakening in 2011. Also in 2011, Mark Kelly performed Keyboards on the epic, King of Number 33 for the prog band DeeExpus

Mark Kelly He is a director of the Featured Artists Coalition.[6]

References [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

http:/ / www. marillion. com/ band/ kelly. htm Btinternet.com (http:/ / www. btinternet. com/ ~archimedes/ alice2. html) Marillion.com (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ band/ other. htm) Marillion.com (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ band/ kelly. htm) Featuredartistscoalition.com (http:/ / www. featuredartistscoalition. com)

External links • • • •

Marillion - Other Faces (http://www.marillion.com/band/other.htm) Chemical Alice Website (http://www.btinternet.com/~archimedes/alice2.html) Marillion - Band Member Profiles (http://www.marillion.com/band/kelly.htm) Edison's Children (http://www.edisonschildren.com)

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Pete Trewavas

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Pete Trewavas Pete Trewavas

Pete Trewavas onstage with Marillion at 2009 Montreal weekend festival. Background information Born

15 January 1959

Origin

Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

Genres

Art rock/progressive rock

Instruments

Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals, piano

Years active

1982–present

Labels

Racket Records / Random Disturbance Records

Associated acts

Kino Marillion Transatlantic Big Big Train The Wishing Tree, Edison's Children

Website

http:/ / www. edisonschildren. com

Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England)[] is an English musician. He joined Marillion in 1982, taking over the role of bassist,[1] from Diz Minnett, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist. Although he was born in Middlesbrough, Trewavas spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury.[] It was in Aylesbury that he became involved in several bands, having most success with The Metros, before taking up his long term role in Marillion. Although still a full member of Marillion, in recent years, Trewavas has also become a member of the progressive rock supergroup, Transatlantic. In 2004, Trewavas co-founded another group called Kino, with John Mitchell (Arena), John Beck (It Bites) and Chris Maitland (ex-Porcupine Tree). In 2011, Pete Trewavas joined up with his longtime friend Eric Blackwood to form the duo Edison's Children. The new project was designed to be a creative outlet for Pete Trewavas (who has traditionally recorded in a "band" or "group" format on bass and acoustic guitar), in which he could also play lead guitar, lead vocals, drum programming and keyboards as well as have full creative control over the writing and producing of the record with. The 72 minute concept album "In The Last Waking Moments..." about a man fighting to understand if a recent bizarre happening was reality or a decent into madness, was released on 11.11.11. [2]

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The Edison's Children project would result in the release of the single "A Million Miles Away (I Wish I Had A Time Machine)". The song debuted on American Commercial Radio in June of 2012 and by September it had reached the FMQB U.S. Commercial Radio Top 40 where it remained for 3 weeks (and stayed in the top 100 for 18 weeks) peaking at #38. [3] On 17 September 2012 during a Marillion concert at The Junction in Cambridge, Steve Hogarth announced that Pete was now called "Sweet Pea Tremendous" as it was the result of putting Pete's name into an anagram solver. This new nickname was accepted by the crowd and stuck for the remainder of the night. Trewavas has also appeared in Prog Aid, the charity project set up to raise money for victims of the 2004 tsunami. Trewavas was a guest musician on English progressive rock band Big Big Train's 2007 album, The Difference Machine. Though primarily a bassist, Trewavas has been known to write keyboard parts during his time with Transatlantic, and has played acoustic guitar on Marillion songs, particularly "Faith" and "Now She'll Never Know". Pete Trewavas uses:[] • Laney Amplification and Ibanez Bass Guitars • Laney B2 power amp & cabinets • • • • • • • • • • • •

Laney RWB300 Combo Ibanez RDB Bass Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass Squier Precision Bass Squier Jazz Bass Rickenbacker 12-string + Bass Double-neck guitar Elites stadium series 45-105 strings TC Electronic D-Two multi-tap rhythm delay processor Various Boss effects pedals: Delay, EQ, Chorus, Distortion, Octaver Sennheiser wireless system Roland PD5 Bass Pedals Controller

Trewavas on tour with Transatlantic (2010)

Trewavas is a fan of the Football team Manchester United F.C.

References [2] http:/ / www. edisonschildren. com/ About_Edisons_Children. html [3] http:/ / www. fmqb. com/ article. asp?id=16693

External links • • • •

Pete Trewavas' homepage (http://www.marillion.com/band/trewavas.htm) at Marillion.com Kino official homepage (http://www.kinomusic.com) http://www.edisonschildren.com http://www.edisonschildren.com/Pete_Trewavas.html

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Ian Mosley

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Ian Mosley Ian Mosley

Ian Mosley onstage with Marillion at their 2009 weekend festival in Montreal, Canada. Background information Born

16 June 1953

Genres

Neo-progressive rock

Instruments

Drums

Associated acts

Marillion, Darryl Way, Steve Hackett

Website

Ian Mosley's page at the Marillion website

[1]

Ian F. Mosley (born 16 June 1953, Paddington, London, England) is the drummer in the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. Mosley joined the band in 1984 after a long search for a replacement for Mick Pointer, who had left the band in 1983. He was the fifth drummer to play for Marillion and was frontman Fish's choice for the role, having been unhappy with the band's previous drummers. Mosley had previously, among others, played with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, both on two of his solo studio albums and on tour. He also played on the 1975 album Birds by Dutch band Trace and on fellow Marillion bandmate Pete Trewavas' and Eric Blackwood's Edison's Children album "In The Last Waking Moments...", playing drums on the epic 16 minute "The Awakening". He is still a member of Marillion to this day.

Ian Mosley

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Personal quotes

“

Personally, I still don’t really know what progressive means. In some people’s minds if a piece of music is over 10 minutes long, it automatically gets the label of being progressive. I always enjoy playing arrangements kind of in a classical format, which is in movements. To me, music is either good or bad; it doesn’t matter what the label is. The kind of progressive label that I don’t like is the one that involves [2] lyrics that quote dancing gnomes, Stonehenge and fairytales, etc.

References [1] http:/ / forum. marillion. com/ band/ mosley. htm

External links • Ian Mosley biography (http://web.archive.org/web/20091027103358/http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/ Palladium/2214/imosl_b.htm)

”

Steve Hogarth

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Steve Hogarth Steve "h" Hogarth

Steve Hogarth onstage at Marillion's weekend festival in Montreal Canada, April 2009. Background information Also known as

H

Born

14 May 1959 Kendal, England, United Kingdom

Genres

New Wave, art rock, neo-progressive rock

Instruments

Vocals, piano, guitar, hammered dulcimer

Years active

1980–present

Labels

Racket Records

Associated acts

The Europeans How We Live Marillion The h-Band

Website

stevehogarth.com

[1]

Steve Hogarth (born Ronald Stephen Hoggarth[2] on 14 May 1959[3][4] in Kendal, Westmorland) also known as "h", is the lead vocalist and occasional keyboardist/guitarist with the British rock band Marillion. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with The Europeans and vocalist with How We Live.

Early life Hogarth was born in Kendal in Cumbria. His father was an engineer in the British Merchant Navy. He was brought up on a council estate in Doncaster from the age of two. As a child he became interested in music, his earliest influences being The Beatles and The Kinks. He taught himself to play piano. Leaving school at the age of eighteen, Hogarth spent three years studying for a degree in electrical engineering at Trent Polytechnic. He was also a member of a band during this time, Harlow, who played working men's clubs. They recorded the single Harry de Mazzio on the Pepper record label in 1978. The band split in 1981 and Hogarth left his engineering degree, moving to London to further his music career.[5]

Steve Hogarth

Career In London, Hogarth joined a band called Motion Pictures, having responded to an advertisement in the music press. They were subsequently renamed The Europeans. Initially joining just as a keyboard player, Hogarth also ended up sharing the vocal duties with Ferg Harper. Signed to A&M Records, The Europeans released two studio albums and one live album. On the first studio album, Hogarth sang just one track. By the second studio album, he sang five of the eight tracks. In 1985, Hogarth and guitarist Colin Woore left the band to form How We Live, The duo were signed to Columbia Records. In 1987, following record company changes, How We Live's debut album Dry Land was poorly promoted, resulting in a flop. Hogarth imagined he would have to leave the music industry - for a time seriously considering becoming a milkman or postman (as he later related) - but a meeting with his publishers (and a certain amount of matchmaking by long time friend, Darryl Way, sometime of Curved Air) persuaded him to send a tape to Marillion, who were recruiting for a new lead vocalist following the departure of Fish in late 1988. Marillion heard the tape and were interested enough to ask for a meeting with the singer. Later accounts of this first meeting record that Hogarth turned up at band member Pete Trewavas' house with his demo tapes contained in a red plastic fire bucket - the audition taking place in Trewavas' garage, due to the presence in the house of cats (see below). The band were immediately impressed by his vocal prowess. Hogarth himself, however, took a little longer to make up his mind, holding as he did at the time a potentially lucrative offer to tour the U.S. on keyboards with The The. As he later recalled, he had a choice 'between joining the most hip band in the world at that time, or the least...'. In the end he accepted the Marillion gig, won over by the fact that the band wanted an equal partner; who would input their own ideas. Hogarth's first album with the band, released in September 1989, was Seasons End, their fifth studio album. Since then, Marillion have recorded another twelve albums with Hogarth on vocals, the most recent being entitled Sounds That Can't Be Made released in September 2012. Hogarth has also released one solo studio album under the name 'h' called Ice Cream Genius. This album had contributions from ex-Japan/ Porcupine Tree synthesiser/keyboard maestro Richard Barbieri, former XTC guitarist Dave Gregory, Blondie drummer Clem Burke, bassist Chucho Merchan and percussionist Luis Jardim. Subsequently, Hogarth's side-project, The H-Band, has played live across the UK and Europe featuring a variety of musicians, including former The Stone Roses MKII guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, Massive Attack and The Bays drummer Andy Gangadeen, session musician Jingles on bass, Aziz's regular musical partner Dalbir Singh Rattan on tablas and Stephanie Sobey-Jones on cello. With Barbieri and Gregory, this line up recorded a double album entitled Live Spirit: Live Body in 2001 (released in 2002). Writing for a forthcoming second solo studio album occurred in December 2004. Most recently, a solo tour entitled 'h Natural' saw Hogarth play around 20 dates in both the UK and Europe in Spring / Summer 2006, billed as an evening of music and conversation with Hogarth at the piano. Summer 2007 has seen a second clutch of these shows scheduled. These shows are being mixed and released for download, one at a time and for a limited period only, on Hogarth's new H-Tunes site [6]. On the 14th of May 2010 Hogarth performed at the Relentless Garage in London to celebrate his birthday. He also performed at Liverpool on the 15th and Sheffield on the 16th. To coincide with these shows a CD was released featuring some of the best tracks taken from his H Natural shows. This collection is called H Natural Selection and was available at the shows and from the Marillion website. In 2012 Hogarth joined forces with Richard Barbieri again, releasing an album as a duo called Not the weapon but the hand.

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Steve Hogarth

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Personal life Hogarth has three children; a daughter called Sofi and a son called Nial with his first wife Sue,[7] and a son called Emil in his current relationship with Linette. Hogarth is violently allergic to cats - first learning this when hospitalised as a child after visiting a Liverpudlian Auntie "...whose house was full of 'em!"

Solo discography • • • • •

1997: Ice Cream Genius 1998: Ice Cream Genius (Re-release) 2002: Live Spirit: Live Body 2010: H Natural Selection 2012: Not the weapon but the hand (with Richard Barbieri)

Guest appearances • 1983: Once Bitten – Annabel Lamb (keyboards) • 1985: Domestic Harmony – Do-Ré-Mi (keyboards) • • • • • • • • • • • •

1986: Infected – The The: (piano on "Heartland") 1987: Blue Yonder – Blue Yonder (backing vocals) 1987: Saint Julian – Julian Cope (backing vocals) 1988: Union – Toni Childs (keyboards) 1990: "Sailing" – Rock Against Repatriation (vocals) 1998: Ocean Songs – Chucho Merchan (vocals) 1999: Five Years in a LIVETime (video) - Dream Theater (keyboards, vocals) 1999: The Emperor Falls – John Wesley (backing vocals) 2007: Systematic Chaos – Dream Theater (spoken voice) 2011: "Till Then We Wait" - Sun Domingo [8] (vocals) 2011: The Awakening - Edison's Children (vocals) 2012: 'Paintings in Minor Lila' Egbert Derix (narration on 'This Train is My Life')

Personal quotes

“

[9]

I’m getting paid 10p per copy of every album I’m selling and they’re (EMI) selling it for 15 quid. That’s outrageous but it’s quite typical.

References [1] http:/ / www. stevehogarth. com/ [2] Steve Hogarth, writer search at ASCAP ACE (http:/ / www. ascap. org/ ace/ search. cfm?mode=results& searchstr=1500555& search_in=c& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=20& start=1) [4] marillion.com | BAND - Members - Steve Hogarth | The Official Marillion Website (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ band/ hogarth. htm) [5] Mick Wall Pre-Season Friendlies Kerrang! 23 September 1989 [6] http:/ / www. h-tunes. com/ [8] http:/ / www. sundomingo. com [9] BBC2 The Future Just Happened, 12th August 2001.

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Steve Hogarth

External links • • • • •

Official website (http://stevehogarth.com) Steve's Homepage on Marillion Site (http://www.marillion.com/band/hogarth.htm) H-Tunes site (http://www.h-tunes.com/) Official page for Not the weapon but the hand (http://www.nottheweaponbutthehand.com/) Interview with Steve Hogarth about Happiness is the Road album and much more (http://www.metalsymphony. com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3599)

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Former members Fish Fish

Fish live onstage at BB Kings in New York City, June 2008. Background information Birth name

Derek William Dick

Also known as

Fish

Born

25 April 1958 Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Genres

Neo-progressive rock

Occupations

Musician, singer-songwriter, actor

Instruments

Vocals, percussion

Years active

1981–present

Labels

Chocolate Frog, EMI, Polydor, Roadrunner, Voiceprint, Dick Bros.

Associated acts Marillion, Tony Banks, Ayreon Website

fish-thecompany.com

[1]

fishheadsclub.com

[2]

Fish

26 Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, (born 25 April 1958, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland) is a Scottish singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion.

Biography Fish was educated at Dalkeith High School. He was inspired by the music of many of the rock artists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, The Kinks, T. Rex, David Bowie, Argent and The Alex Harvey Band. As well as his love for music, he was also a voracious reader, and his literary inspirations included Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, Robert Burns and Dylan Thomas.

Fish in 2010.

After working as a petrol pump attendant,[3] gardener and forestry worker, Fish came to the public's attention in 1981 with the British rock group Marillion. The band achieved chart success in the UK, attaining top-ten hits in 1985 with "Kayleigh" and "Lavender", and again in 1987 with "Incommunicado". In 1988, Fish left Marillion in order to pursue his solo career. Many of Fish's later works contain lengthy spoken word lyrics, shorter examples of which can be heard on earlier Marillion albums. Vocally, Fish has sometimes been compared to Peter Gabriel, lead singer of Genesis in the 1970s. Music journalist David Hepworth described his voice as a “conflation of Roger Daltrey and Peter Gabriel”.[4] Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf Generator was also a major influence on his songwriting and vocal delivery, which is especially notable on the first two Marillion albums. According to Fish himself, his nickname originates from the amount of time he spent in the bathtub.[] Fish has one daughter, Tara. On 26 August 2007, Fish performed at the 'Hobble on The Cobbles' show at the Market Square[5] in Aylesbury, UK. He was accompanied on stage by his four former Marillion bandmates from the classic lineup (Mark Kelly, Steve Rothery, Ian Mosley and Pete Trewavas) for one song: 'Market Square Heroes'. This was the first time they had performed together in nearly two decades. In a press interview following the event, Fish denied this would lead to a full reunion, claiming that "Hogarth does a great job with the band... We forged different paths over the 19 years."[] His most recent studio album, 13th Star, was released on 12 September 2007 as a specially-packaged pre-release version available to order from his website. A UK tour for this album commenced in March 2008, supported by Glyder. In February 2008, Fish was confirmed to be the Friday night headline act at NEARFest X. He also appeared with BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris on GMTV to promote Childline Rocks, a charity concert. In 2008, Fish presented a Friday evening radio show "Fish on Friday" for digital radio station Planet Rock. When the station was faced with closure, Malcolm Bluemel with the help of Fish, Tony Iommi, Ian Anderson and Gary Moore helped save Planet Rock by buying the station.[] On 9 June 2008, Fish embarked on his first full North American tour in eleven years. At each stop, he hosted a pre-show meet-and-greet with his fans. Two days prior, he was interviewed by Vince Font of the progressive rock podcast Prog'opolis, which was aired a week later on The Dividing Line Broadcast Network (DLBN) as "My Lunch With Fish".[6] In 2008, Fish revealed that he would be taking at least six months off from singing due to an "irregular cell growth" in his throat. This was later determined not to be cancerous.[citation needed] Fish is a supporter of Scottish Premier League side Hibernian F.C.[citation needed]

Fish

27 In 2005, Fish won a Celebrity Music edition of The Weakest Link, beating Eggsy of Goldie Lookin Chain in the final round, sharing £18,750 with Eggsy's charity and his own. On 20 and 21 October 2012, Fish hosted Fish Convention 2012 in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom. He performed two acoustic sets and two electric sets including material from his upcoming release, Feast of Consequences. He also performed fan favorite Marillion B-Side Grendel, twice.

Record labels Following a legal dispute with EMI and an unsuccessful contract with Polydor, Fish established the Dick Bros Record Company in 1993. He released a number of "official bootleg" albums to finance the company before selling it to Roadrunner Records. Another financially unsuccessful period followed before he re-established his own Chocolate Frog Records record label in 2001. In 2005, Fish signed with Snapper Music but later returned to Chocolate Frog Records.

Awards In May 2008, Fish's Planet Rock show won the Silver award in the Music Broadcaster of the Year category at the UK Sony Radio Academy Awards 2008.[] In June 2008, at the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards, he and Gary Moore jointly received the Gold World Medal in the Regularly Scheduled Music Program category for their respective shows on Planet Rock.[7]

Acting Fish's first prominent role was as the thug "Ferguson" alongside John Sessions in Jute City, a four-part 1991 BBC drama based on a group of Masonic ruffians. In 1994, he appeared in Chasing the Deer, a film set during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, as "Angus Cameron". In 1998 he appeared in one episode of the ITV TV series The Bill, credited as David Lawson. It was episode 44 of series 14, named 'Manhunt' and was aired on 16 April. He also appeared in a 2000 episode of the TV detective series Rebus alongside John Hannah and, in 2003, appeared as the old gay man "Old Nick" in 9 Dead Gay Guys. In the 2005 movie, The Jacket, Fish appeared alongside Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley as a patient in a mental institution. He also played Derek Trout, a record producer in the 1999 series, The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star.

Current live band • • • • • •

Derek William Dick (Fish) - lead vocals Robin Boult - lead/rhythm guitars Chris Johnson - rhythm/lead guitars, backing vocals Gavin Dickie - bass guitars, backing vocals Foss Patterson - keyboards, backing vocals Gavin Griffiths - drums

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Discography Studio albums • • • • • • • • • •

1990: Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors 1991: Internal Exile 1993: Songs from the Mirror (covers album) 1994: Suits 1997: Sunsets on Empire 1999: Raingods with Zippos 2001: Fellini Days 2004: Field of Crows 2007: 13th Star 2013: Feast of Consequences (forthcoming album)

Live albums Some of these live albums were first released as "official bootlegs" sold via mail-order and on tour. Several of these have later been released to retail. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1993: Pigpen's Birthday 1993: Derek Dick and his Amazing Electric Bear 1993: Uncle Fish and the Crypt Creepers 1993: For Whom the Bells Toll 1993: Toiling in the Reeperbahn 1994: Sushi 1994: Acoustic Sessions 1996: Fish Head Curry (limited edition live album, 5000 copies only) 1996: Krakow 1998: Tales from the Big Bus 1998: Fortunes of War 1999: The Haddington Tapes (From the 1998 Haddington Convention) 1999: The Complete BBC Sessions 2000: Issue 30 CD (From the 1999 Haddington Convention) 2000: Candlelight in Fog (limited edition live album, 3000 copies only) 2001: Sashimi 2002: Fellini Nights 2002: Mixed Company 2005: Scattering Crows Live In Europe 2004 2005: Scattering Crows Live At The Robin 2, Bilston Feb. 18th 2004 2006: Return to Childhood 2007: Communion

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Compilation albums • 1995: Yin and Yang • 1998: Kettle of Fish (88-98) • 2005: Bouillabaisse

Singles • • • • • • • • • • •

1986: "Shortcut to Somewhere" (Fish & Tony Banks) 1989: "State of Mind" 1989: "Big Wedge" 1990: "A Gentleman's Excuse Me" 1990: "The Company" (Germany only) 1991: "Internal Exile" 1991: "Credo" 1992: "Something In The Air" 1992: "Never Mind The Bullocks" (feat. Hold Your Head Up) 1994: "Lady Let It Lie" 1994: "Fortunes of War"

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1995: "Just Good Friends" (feat. Sam Brown) 1997: "Brother 52" 1997: "Change of Heart" 1999: "Incomplete" (feat. Liz Antwi) 2008: "Arc of the Curve" 2008: "Zoë 25"

Collaborations • 1981-1988: Sang for Marillion. • 1986: "Shortcut To Somewhere" on the album Soundtracks by Tony Banks, lead vocals by Fish, produced by Richard James Burgess • 1991: "Angel Face" and "Another Murder Of A Day" on the album Still by Tony Banks, lead vocals by Fish. • 1992: Sang the part of "Crixus the Gaul" on the album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus. • 1993: "Out Of My Life" (Acoustic), "The Seeker" and "Time And A Word" on the album Outpatients '93. • 1994; "Lady Let It Lie", backing vocals by Knox Academy Junior Choir on the album, Suits. • 1994: "Spirit Of The Forest" on the album Earthrise.[citation needed] • 1995: "Just good Friends" duet with Sam Brown • 1998: Sang the part of the "Highlander" character on the album Into the Electric Castle by Ayreon. • 1998: Played a cameo role in the TV series The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star as the character Derek Trout. • 2000: Sang on the single "Scotland By Our Side" credited to Scotia Nostra. • 2003: Sang on the track "Caledonia" on the Frankie Miller tribute album, A Tribute To Frankie Miller • 2012: Narration of 'Pseudo Silk Kimono' on Egbert Derix' album 'Paintings in Minor Lila'

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References [1] [2] [4] [5]

http:/ / fish-thecompany. com/ http:/ / fishheadsclub. com/ David Hepworth Q, July 1987. http:/ / toolserver. org/ %7Edispenser/ cgi-bin/ dab_solver. py?page=Fish_(singer)& editintro=Template:Disambiguation_needed/ editintro& client=Template:Dn

External links • Official website (http://fish-thecompany.com/) • Fish (http://www.myspace.com/fishofficial) on Myspace • Fish (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279258/) at the Internet Movie Database provides information on Fish and his acting career. • Marillion's website (http://www.marillion.com/) • {http://www.fishheadsclub.com/The New Official Fishheads Club Site}

Mick Pointer Mick Pointer (born 22 July 1956), originally from Brill in Buckinghamshire, England, was the original drummer and founding member of the progressive rock band, Marillion.[1] He appeared on the band's debut EP Market Square Heroes and also on their debut LP Script for a Jester's Tear. Pointer is also a founder and a current member of the British progressive band Arena where he plays with keyboardist Clive Nolan (from Pendragon).[] He is Clive Nolan's business partner in his record label. Pointer later gathered a band dubbed 'Mick Pointer's Marillion' with Mick Pointer (2009) Brian Cummings (CarpetCrawlers) on vocals, Nick Barrett (Pendragon) on lead guitar, Mike Varty (Credo) on keyboards and Ian Salmon (Arena) on bass guitar to perform Marillion's debut album, Script for a Jester's Tear for its 25th anniversary.[2]

References External links • Official site of Arena (http://www.verglas.com/arenaworld/)

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Jonathan Mover Alice Cooper Alice Cooper performing in London 28 October 2012 Background information Birth name

Vincent Damon Furnier

Born

February 4, 1948 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

Genres

Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, proto-punk, shock rock, experimental rock, glam rock

Occupations Singer-songwriter, actor, DJ Instruments Vocals, guitar, harmonica Years active 1963–present Labels

Straight, Warner Bros., Atlantic, MCA, Epic, Spitfire, Eagle, New West

Website

www.alicecooper.com

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Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948)[] is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans six decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, boa constrictors and baby dolls, He is considered by fans, and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock" Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville and garage rock to pioneer a grandly theatrical and violent brand of rock designed to shock.[] Originating in Detroit in the late 1960s, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. Furnier's solo career as Alice Cooper, adopting the band's name as his own name, began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare; in 2011 he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist, and his 26th album in total. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, in his career Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, New Wave, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock. Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage; The Rolling Stone Album Guide has called him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer".[2] Cooper is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal. Although preceded by Screamin' Jay Hawkins and his macabre stage props,[3] he is regarded as being the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre".[4] Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[]

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Early life Cooper was born as Vincent Damon Furnier in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Ella Mae (née McCart) and Ether Moroni Furnier. His father was a lay preacher in the Church of Jesus Christ (also known as the Bickertonite Church) which, historically, is an offshoot of the Latter Day Saint movement.[5] He has French Huguenot, Sioux Native American, English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry,[6] and was named after one of his uncles (Vincent Collier Furnier) and the writer Damon Runyon.[7] His paternal grandfather, Thurman Sylvester Furnier, was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite). Vincent Furnier was active in his church at the ages of 11 and 12.[8][9] While growing up in Detroit, Furnier attended Washington Elementary School, then Nankin Mills Jr. High, now Lutheran High School Westland. Following a series of childhood illnesses, Furnier moved with his family to Phoenix, Arizona, where he attended Cortez High School in north Phoenix.[10] Vincent had gained admission into the University of Arizona, University of Colorado and University of California-Davis – he declined all these offers.[citation needed]

Recording career 1960s In 1964, 16-year-old Furnier (later rumours suggested he was 19 years old) was eager to take part in the local annual letterman's talent show, so he gathered fellow cross-country teammates to form a group for the show.[11] They named themselves The Earwigs. Because they did not know how to play any instruments at the time, they dressed up like The Beatles and mimed their performance to Beatles songs. As a result of winning the talent show and loving the experience of being onstage, the group immediately proceeded to learn how to play instruments they acquired from a local pawn shop. They soon renamed themselves The Spiders, featuring Furnier on vocals, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, John Tatum on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar and John Speer on drums.[citation needed] Musically, the group was inspired by artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Doors and The Yardbirds. For the next year the band performed regularly around the Phoenix area with a huge black spider's web as their backdrop, the group's first stage prop. In 1965 they recorded their first single, "Why Don't You Love Me" (originally performed by The Blackwells), with Furnier learning the harmonica for the song.[citation needed] In 1966, The Spiders graduated from high school, and after North High School footballer Michael Bruce replaced John Tatum on rhythm guitar, the band scored a local No. 1 radio hit with "Don't Blow Your Mind," an original composition from their second single release. By 1967, the band had begun to make regular road trips to Los Angeles to play shows. They soon renamed themselves The Nazz and released the single "Wonder Who's Lovin' Her Now", backed with future Alice Cooper track "Lay Down and Die, Goodbye". At around this time, drummer John Speer was replaced by Neal Smith. By the end of the year, the band had relocated to Los Angeles.[citation needed] In 1968, the band learned that Todd Rundgren also had a band called Nazz, and found themselves in need of another stage name. Furnier also believed that the group needed a gimmick to succeed, and that other bands were not exploiting the showmanship potential of the stage. The name "Alice Cooper" came from a session with a ouija board, largely chosen because it sounded innocuous and wholesome, in humorous contrast to the band's image and music, and eventually adopted this stage name as his own. Cooper later stated that the name change was one of his most important and successful career moves.[12] Nonetheless, at the time Cooper and the band realized that the concept of a male playing the role of a villain, a woman killer, in tattered women's clothing and wearing make-up, would have the potential to cause considerable social controversy and grab headlines. In 2007 in his book Alice Cooper, Golf Monster Cooper stated that his look was inspired in part by film. One of the band's all-time favorite movies was What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? starring Bette Davis. "In the movie, Bette wears disgusting caked makeup smeared on her face and underneath her eyes, with deep, dark, black eyeliner." Another movie the band watched over and over was Barbarella. "When I saw Anita Pallenberg playing the Great Tyrant in that movie in 1968, wearing long black leather gloves with

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1970s Despite the publicity from the Chicken Incident, the band's second album Easy Action, released in June 1970, met with the same fate as its predecessor. At around this time, the band, fed up with Californians' indifference to their act, relocated to Cooper's birthplace, Detroit, where their bizarre stage act was much better received by the crowds of the Midwest states who were accustomed to the similar hard rock styles of local bands such as The Stooges and The MC5. Despite this, Cooper still managed to receive a cream pie in the face when performing at the Cincinnati Pop Festival. Detroit would remain their steady home base until 1972. "L.A. just didn’t get it," Cooper stated. "They were all on the wrong drug for us. They were on acid and we were basically drinking beer. We fit much more in Detroit than we did anywhere else."[]

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Jonathan Mover Alice Cooper appeared at the Woodstock-esque Strawberry Fields Festival near Toronto, Ontario in August 1970. The band's mix of glam and increasingly violent stage theatrics stood out in stark contrast to the bearded, denim-clad hippie bands of the time.[22] As Cooper himself stated: "We were into fun, sex, death and money when everybody was into peace and love. We wanted to see what was next. It turned out we were next, and we drove a stake through the heart of the Love Generation".[23] In autumn 1970, the Alice Cooper group teamed with producer Bob Ezrin for the recording of their third album Love It to Death. This was the final album in their Straight Records contract and the band's last chance to create a hit. That first success came with the single "I'm Eighteen", released in November 1970, which reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971. Not long after the album's release in January 1971 Warner Bros. Records purchased Alice Cooper's contract from Straight and re-issued the album, giving the group a higher level of promotion.[citation needed]

Love It to Death proved to be their breakthrough album, reaching number 35 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album charts. It would be the first of eleven[24] Alice Cooper group and solo albums produced by Ezrin, who is widely seen as being instrumental in helping to create and develop the band's definitive sound.[25] The group's 1971 tour featured a stage show involving mock fights and gothic torture modes being imposed on Cooper climaxing with a staged execution by electric chair, with the band sporting tight, sequined, and color-contrasting glam rock-style costumes made by prominent rock fashion designer Cindy Dunaway (sister of band member Neal Smith, and wife of band member Dennis Dunaway). Cooper's androgynous stage role had developed to present a villainous side, portraying a potential threat to modern society. The success of the band's single and album, and their tour of 1971, which included their first tour of Europe (audience members reportedly included Elton John and a pre-Ziggy David Bowie), provided enough encouragement for Warner Bros. to offer the band a new multi-album contract. Their follow-up album Killer, released in late 1971, continued the commercial success of Love It to Death and included further single success with "Under My Wheels", "Be My Lover" in early 1972, and "Halo of Flies" which became a Top 10 hit in the Netherlands in 1972. Thematically, Killer expanded on the villainous side of Cooper's androgynous stage role, with its music becoming the soundtrack to the group's morality-based stage show, which by then featured a boa constrictor hugging Cooper on-stage, the murderous axe chopping of bloodied baby dolls, and execution by hanging at the gallows. Back then, the real criticism was aimed at questioning the artists' sexual ambiguity, rather than the stage gore.[citation needed] In January 1972, Cooper was again asked about his peculiar name, and told talk show hostess Dinah Shore that he took the name from a "Mayberry RFD" character.[citation needed] The summer of 1972 saw the release of the single "School's Out". It went Top 10 in the USA and to number 1 in the UK, remaining a staple on classic rock radio to this day. The album School's Out reached No. 2 on the US charts and sold over a million copies. The band now relocated to their new mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut.[26] With Cooper's on-stage androgynous persona completely replaced with brattiness and machismo, the band solidified their success with subsequent tours in the United States and Europe, and won over devoted fans in droves while at the same time horrifying parents and outraging the social establishment.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom, Mary Whitehouse, a christian morality campaigner, persuaded the BBC to ban the video for "School's Out",[27] although Whitehouse's campaign did not prevent the single also reaching number one in the UK. Cooper sent her a bunch of flowers in gratitude for the publicity.[28] Meanwhile, British Labour Member of Parliament Leo Abse petitioned Home Secretary Reginald Maudling to have the group banned altogether from performing in the country.[29] In February 1973, Billion Dollar Babies was released worldwide and became the band's most commercially successful album, reaching No. 1 in both the US and UK. "Elected", a late-1972 Top 10 UK hit from the album, which inspired one of the first MTV-style story-line promo videos ever made for a song (three years before Queen's promotional video for "Bohemian Rhapsody"), was followed by two more UK Top 10 singles, "Hello Hooray" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy", the latter of which was the last UK single from the album; it reached No. 25 in the US.[citation needed] The title track, featuring guest vocals by Donovan, was also a US hit single. Around this time Glen

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Jonathan Mover Buxton left Alice Cooper briefly due to his waning health. With a string of successful concept albums and several hit singles, the band continued their gruelling schedule and toured the United States once again. Continued attempts by politicians and pressure groups to ban their shocking act only served to fuel the myth of Alice Cooper further and generate even greater public interest.[citation needed] Their 1973 US tour broke box office records previously set by The Rolling Stones and raised rock theatrics to new heights; the multi-level stage show by then featured numerous special effects, including Billion Dollar Bills, decapitated baby dolls and mannequins, a dental psychosis scene complete with dancing teeth, and the ultimate execution prop and highlight of the show: the guillotine. The guillotine and other stage effects were designed for the band by magician James Randi, who appeared on stage during some of the shows as executioner. The Alice Cooper group had now reached its peak and it was among the most visible and successful acts in the industry. Beneath the surface, however, the repetitive schedule of recording and touring had begun to take its toll on the band, and Cooper, who was under the constant pressure of getting into character for that night's show, was consistently sighted nursing a can of beer. Muscle of Love, released at the end of 1973, was to be the last studio album from the classic line-up, and marked Alice Cooper's last UK Top 20 single of the 1970s with "Teenage Lament '74". An unsolicited theme song was recorded for the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, but a different song of the same name by Lulu was chosen instead. By 1974, the Muscle of Love album had not matched the top-charting success of its predecessor, and the band began to have constant disagreements. For various reasons, the band members agreed to take what was expected to be a temporary hiatus. "Everyone decided they needed a rest from one another", said manager Shep Gordon at the time. "A lot of pressure had built up, but it's nothing that can't be dealt with. Everybody still gets together and talks." Journalist Bob Greene spent several weeks on the road with the band during the Muscle of Love Christmas Tour in 1973. His book Billion Dollar Baby, released in November 1974, painted a less than flattering picture of the band, showing a group in total disharmony.[30] During this time, Cooper relocated back to Los Angeles and started appearing regularly on television shows such as Hollywood Squares, and Warner Bros. released the Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits compilation album. It featured classic style artwork and reached the US Top 10, performing better than Muscle of Love. However, the band's 1974 feature film Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper (consisting mainly of 1973 concert footage with 'comedic' sketches woven throughout to a faint storyline), released on a minor theatrical run mostly to drive-in theaters, saw little box office success. On March 5, 1974, Cooper appeared on episode 3 of The Snoop Sisters playing a satanic cult singer. The final shows by Alice Cooper as a group were in Brazil in March and April 1974, including the record indoor attendance estimated as high as 158,000 fans in São Paulo on March 30, at the Anhembi Exposition Hall at the start of the first ever South American rock tour. In 1975, Alice Cooper returned as a solo project with the release of Welcome to My Nightmare. To avoid legal complications over ownership of the group name, Alice Cooper had by then become the singer's new legal name. Speaking on the subject of Alice Cooper continuing as s solo project as opposed to the band it once was, Cooper stated in 1975 "It got very basically down to the fact that we had drawn as much as we could out of each other. After ten years, we got pretty dry together". Manager Gordon added "What had started in a sense as a pipedream became an overwhelming burden".[30] The success of the solo album marked the final break with the original members of the band with Cooper collaborating with their producer Bob Ezrin, who recruited Lou Reed's backing band, including guitarists Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter, to play on the album. Spearheaded by the US Top 20 hit ballad, "Only Women Bleed", the album was released by Atlantic Records in March of that year and became a Top 10 hit for Cooper. It was a concept album that was based on the nightmare of a child named Steven, featuring narration by classic horror movie film star Vincent Price (who several years after Welcome to My Nightmare guested on Michael Jackson's "Thriller"), and serving as the soundtrack to Cooper's new stage show, which now included more theatrics than ever (including an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) furry Cyclops which Cooper decapitates and kills). Accompanying the album and stage show was the television special The Nightmare, starring Cooper and Vincent Price, which aired on US prime-time TV in April 1975. The Nightmare (which was later released on home video in

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Jonathan Mover 1983 and gained a Grammy Awards nomination for Best Long Form Music Video) was regarded as another groundbreaking moment in rock history. Adding to all that, a concert film, also called Welcome to My Nightmare produced, directed and choreographed by the West Side Story cast member David Winters and filmed live at London's Wembley Arena in September 1975, was released to theaters in 1976.[31][32] Though it failed at the box office, it later became a midnight movie favorite and a cult classic. Such was the immense success of Cooper's solo project that he decided to continue alone as a solo artist, and the original band became officially defunct. Bruce, Dunnaway and Smith would go on to form the short-lived band Billion Dollar Babies, producing one album - Battle Axe - in 1977. While occasionally performing with one another and Glen Buxton, they would not reunite with Alice until October 23, 1999, at the second Glen Buxton Memorial Weekend for a show at CoopersTown in Phoenix. Since that time they have also performed together (televised) on March 14, 2011, at the induction of the original Alice Coopoer group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as on May 11, 2011 at London's Battersea Power Station at the Jagermiester Ice Cold 4D event (webcast). The trio also appeared on several tracks on Alice's 2011 album Welcome 2 My Nightmare. It was also during this time that Cooper co-founded the legendary drinking club The Hollywood Vampires. Following the 1976 US No. 12 ballad hit "I Never Cry";[33] two albums, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell and Lace and Whiskey; and the 1977 US No. 9 ballad hit "You and Me", it became clear from many performances during his 1977 US tour that Cooper was in dire need of help with his alcoholism (at his alcoholic peak it was rumored that Cooper was consuming up to two cases of Budweiser and a bottle of whiskey a day). Following the tour, Cooper had himself hospitalized in a New York sanitarium for treatment, during which time the live album The Alice Cooper Show was released. In 1978, a sobered Cooper used his experience in the sanitarium as the inspiration for the semi-autobiographical album From the Inside, which he co-wrote with Bernie Taupin. The release spawned another US Top 20 hit "How You Gonna See Me Now", yet another ballad. The subsequent tour's stage show was based inside an asylum, and was filmed for Cooper's first home video release The Strange Case of Alice Cooper, in 1979. Around this time, Cooper performed "Welcome to My Nightmare", "You and Me" and "School's Out" on The Muppet Show (episode # 307) on March 28, 1978 (he played one of the devil's henchmen trying to dupe Kermit the Frog and Gonzo into selling their souls). He also appeared in an against-typecasting role as a piano-playing disco bellboy in Mae West's final film, Sextette, and as a villain in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Cooper also led celebrities in raising money to remodel the famous Hollywood Sign in California. Cooper himself contributed over $27,000 to the project, buying an O in the sign in memory of friend and comedian Groucho Marx.

1980s Cooper's albums from the beginning of the 1980s, Flush the Fashion, Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and DaDa, were not as commercially successful as his past releases. Flush the Fashion, produced by Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker, had a thick, edgy New Wave musical sound that baffled even long-time fans, though it still yielded the US Top 40 hit "(We're All) Clones". The album Special Forces featured a more aggressive but consistent form of New Wave style, and included a new version of "Generation Landslide". The following album, Zipper Catches Skin was a more power pop-oriented recording, with lots of quirky high-energy guitar-driven songs. While those three albums engaged the experimental New Wave sound with energetic results, 1983 marked the return collaboration of producer Bob Ezrin and guitarist Dick Wagner with the haunting epic DaDa, the final album in his Warner Bros. contract. In 1983, after the recording of DaDa, Cooper was re-hospitalized for alcoholism. In a deathly state of health, he moved back to Phoenix to save his marriage from collapse, and so that he could receive the support of family and friends. Cooper was finally clean and sober by the time DaDa and The Nightmare home video (of his 1975 TV Special) were released in the fall of that year; however, both releases performed below expectations. Even with The Nightmare scoring a nomination for 1984's Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video (he lost to Duran

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1990s 1991 saw the release of Cooper's 19th studio album, Hey Stoopid, again featuring several of rock music’s glitterati guesting on the record. Released as glam metal's popularity was on the wane, and just before the explosion of grunge, it failed to have the same commercial impact as its predecessor. The same year also saw the release of the video Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts which chronicled his entire career using in depth interviews with Cooper himself, Bob Ezrin, and Shep Gordon. One critic has noted that Prime Cuts demonstrates how Cooper had used (in contrast to similar artists who succeeded him) themes of satire and moralisation to such good effect throughout his career.[40] It was in the Prime Cuts video that Bob Ezrin delivered his own summation of the Alice Cooper persona: "He is the psycho killer in all of us. He's the axe murderer, he's the spoiled child, he's the abuser, he's the abused; he's the perpetrator, he's the victim, he's the gun slinger, and he's the guy lying dead in the middle of the street".[41] By the early 1990s, Cooper had become a genuine cultural icon, guesting on records by the most successful bands of the time, such as the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion I, on which he shared vocal duties with Axl Rose on the track "The Garden"; making a brief appearance as the abusive stepfather of Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare On Elm Street film Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991). Cooper made a famous cameo appearance in the 1992 hit comedy film Wayne's World. Cooper and his band first appear onstage performing "Feed My Frankenstein" from Hey Stoopid. Afterwards at a backstage party, the movie's main characters Wayne and Garth discover that when offstage Cooper is a calm, articulate intellectual when he and his band discuss the history of Milwaukee in surprising depth. In a now famous scene, Wayne and Garth respond to an invitation to hang out with Cooper by kneeling and bowing reverently before him while chanting "We're not worthy! We're not worthy!" In 1994, Cooper released The Last Temptation, his first concept album since DaDa. The album deals with issues of faith, temptation, alienation and the frustrations of modern life, and has been described as "a young man's struggle to see the truth through the distractions of the 'Sideshow' of the modern world".[42] Concurrent with the release of The Last Temptation was a three-part comic book series written by Neil Gaiman, fleshing out the album's story. This was to be Cooper’s last album with Epic Records, and his last studio release for six years, though during this period the live album A Fistful of Alice[43] was released, and in 1997 he lent his voice to the first track of Insane Clown Posse's The Great Milenko. In 1999, the four-disc box set The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper appeared, which contained an authorized biography of Cooper, Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American, written by Creem magazine editor Jeffrey Morgan.[44] During his absence from the recording studio, Cooper toured extensively every year throughout the latter part of the 1990s, including, in 1996, South America, which he had not visited since 1974. Also in 1996, Cooper sang the role of Herod on the London cast recording of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.[45] He also made an appearance on an episode of That 70s Show, at the end of which he and two other (minor) guest characters parody Dungeons & Dragons.

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2000s The first decade of the 21st century saw a sustained period of activity from Alice Cooper. In the decade that he turned sixty, he toured extensively and released (after a significant break) a steady stream of studio albums to favorable critical acclaim. During this period Cooper was also recognized and awarded in various ways: he received a Rock Immortal award at the 2007 Scream Awards;[46] was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003;[47] he received (in May 2004) an honorary doctoral degree from Grand Canyon University;[48] was given (in May 2006) the key to the city of Alice, North Dakota;[49] he won the living legend award at the 2006 Classic Rock Roll of Honour event;[50] and he won the 2007 Mojo music magazine Hero Award. The lengthy break between studio albums ended in 2000 with Brutal Planet, which was a return to horror-lined heavy metal, with industrial rock, and with subject matter thematically inspired by the brutality of the modern world, set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future, and also inspired by a number of news stories that had recently appeared on the CNN news channel.[] The album was produced by Bob Marlett, with longtime Cooper production collaborator Bob Ezrin returning as executive producer. The accompanying world tour, which included Cooper's first concert in Russia, was a resounding success, introducing Alice Cooper to a new audience and resulting in Brutally Live, a DVD of an entire concert, recorded in London, England, on 19 July 2000.[] Brutal Planet was succeeded by the sonically similar and widely acclaimed sequel Dragontown, which saw Bob Ezrin back at the helm as producer. The album has been described as leading the listener down "a nightmarish path into the mind of rock's original conceptual storyteller"[51] and by Cooper himself as being "the worst town on Brutal Planet". Like The Last Temptation, both Brutal Planet and Dragontown are albums which explore Cooper's personal faith perspective (born again Christianity). It is often cited in the music media that Dragontown forms the third chapter in a trilogy begun with The Last Temptation;[52] however, Cooper has indicated that this in fact is not the case.[53] Cooper again adopted a leaner, cleaner sound for his critically acclaimed[54] 2003 release The Eyes of Alice Cooper. Recognizing that many contemporary bands were having great success with his former sounds and styles, Cooper worked with a somewhat younger group of road and studio musicians who were very familiar with his oeuvre of old. However, instead of rehashing the old sounds, they updated them, often with surprisingly effective results. The resulting Bare Bones tour adopted a less-orchestrated performance style that had fewer theatrical flourishes and a greater emphasis on musicality. The success of this tour helped support the growing recognition that the classic Cooper songs were exceptionally clever, tuneful and unique. Cooper's radio show Nights with Alice Cooper began airing on January 26, 2004 in several US cities. The program showcases classic rock, Cooper's personal stories about his life as a rock icon and interviews with prominent rock artists. The show is broadcast on nearly 100 stations in the US and Canada,[55] and has also been broadcast all over the world. A continuation of the songwriting approach adopted on The Eyes of Alice Cooper was again adopted by Cooper for his 24th studio album Dirty Diamonds, released in 2005. Dirty Diamonds became Cooper's highest charting album since 1994's The Last Temptation.[56] The Dirty Diamonds tour launched in America in August 2005 after several European concerts, including a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 12. Cooper and his band, including Kiss drummer Eric Singer, were filmed for a DVD released as Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005. One critic, in a review of the Montreux release, commented that Cooper was to be applauded for "still mining pretty much the same territory of teenage angst and rebellion" as he had done more than thirty years previously.[57] In December 2006, the original Alice Cooper band reunited to perform six classic Alice Cooper songs at Cooper's annual charity event in Phoenix, entitled "Christmas Pudding".[58] On July 1, 2007, Cooper performed a duet with Marilyn Manson at the B'Estival event in Bucharest, Romania.[59] The performance represented a reconciliation between the two artists; Cooper had previously taken issue with Manson over his overtly anti-Christian on-stage antics and had sarcastically made reference to the originality of Manson's choosing a female name and dressing in women's clothing.[] Cooper and Manson have been the subject of

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2010s In January 2010, it was announced that Alice would be touring with Rob Zombie on the "Gruesome Twosome" tour.[62] In May 2010, Cooper made an appearance during the beginning of the season finale of the reality-show American Idol, in which he sang "School's Out".[63] With his daughter and former band member Dick Wagner, Cooper scored the music for the indie horror flick Silas Gore.[64] During 2010, Cooper began working on a new album, dubbed Welcome 2 My Nightmare, a sequel to the original Welcome to My Nightmare.[] In a Radio Metal interview, he said that "We'll put some of the original people on it and add some new people [...] I'm very happy with working with Bob (Ezrin) again."[] On December 15, 2010, it was announced Cooper and his former band would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place March 14, 2011 where Cooper was inducted by fellow horror-rocker Rob Zombie. Original members Bruce, Cooper, Dunaway, and Smith all made brief acceptance speeches and performed "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out" live together, with Steve Hunter filling in for the late Glen Buxton. Alice showed up for the event wearing a (presumably fake) blood-splattered shirt and had a live giant albino boa snake wrapped around his neck.[][65] Cooper told Rolling Stone magazine that he was "elated" by the news and that the nomination had been made for the original band, as "We all did go to the same high school together, and we were all on the track team, and it was pretty cool that guys that knew each other before the band ended up going that far".[] On March 10, 2011, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Alice Cooper, Jennifer Warnes and others performed at a benefit concert in Tucson, Arizona benefiting The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, a foundation that raises awareness about and provides medical prevention and treatment services to people with mental disorders.[66] In June 2011 Cooper took his place in the Reasonably Priced Car at the BBC auto show Top Gear.[67] Cooper supported Iron Maiden on their Maiden England World Tour from June to July 21, 2012,[68] and then headlined Bloodstock Open Air on Sunday August 12.[69] On September 16, 2012, Cooper appeared at the Sunflower Jam charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, performing alongside guitarist Brian May of Queen, bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple, and Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.[70] Cooper also starred as himself in the 2012 Tim Burton adaptation of Dark Shadows that also starred Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter as well as the series original actors Jonathan Frid, Kathryn Leigh Scott, and Lara Parker in cameo roles.

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Style and influences During an interview for the program Entertainment USA in 1986, Cooper stunned interviewer Jonathan King by stating that The Yardbirds were his favorite band of all time.[71] Perhaps King should not have been so taken aback, as Cooper had as far back as 1969 said that it was music from the mid-sixties, and particularly from British bands The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones, as well as The Yardbirds, that had the greatest influence on him.[] Cooper would later pay homage to The Who by singing "I'm A Boy" for A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who in 1994 at Carnegie Hall in New York, and performing a cover of "My Generation" on the Brutal Planet tour of 2000. During an interview with Ozzy Osbourne from radio program Nights with Alice Cooper on May 22, 2007, Cooper again affirmed his debt of gratitude to these bands, and to The Beatles in particular. During their discussion, Cooper and Osbourne bemoaned the often inferior quality of songwriting coming from contemporary rock artists. Cooper stated that in his opinion the cause of the problem was that certain modern bands "had forgotten to listen to The Beatles". On the 25th anniversary DVD of Cabaret, Liza Minnelli stated that Cooper had told her that his whole career was based on the movie Cabaret.[citation needed] Evidence of Cooper's eclectic tastes in classic and contemporary rock music can be seen in the track listings of his radio show; in addition, when he appeared on the BBC Radio 2 program Tracks of My Years in September 2007, he listed his favorite tracks of all time as being: "19th Nervous Breakdown" (1966) by The Rolling Stones; "Turning Japanese" (1980) by The Vapors; "My Sharona" (1979) by The Knack; "Beds Are Burning" (1987) by Midnight Oil; "My Generation" (1965) by The Who; "Welcome to the Jungle" (1987) by Guns N' Roses; "Rebel Rebel" (1974) by David Bowie; "Over Under Sideways Down" (1966) by The Yardbirds; "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (2003) by Jet; and "A Hard Day's Night" (1964) by The Beatles,[72] and when he appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2010 he chose the songs "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" by The Yardbirds; "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys; "I'm a Boy" by The Who; "Timer" by Laura Nyro; "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson; "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction; "Work Song" by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and "Ballad of a Thin Man" by Bob Dylan.[] Rob Zombie, former front man of White Zombie, claims his first "metal moment" was seeing Alice Cooper on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.[73] Zombie has also claimed to have been heavily influenced by Cooper's costumes.[74] In a 1978 interview with Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan stated, "I think Alice Cooper is an overlooked songwriter".[75]   I know the words to every Alice Cooper song. The fact is, if you can call what I have a musical career, it all started with me miming to I'm Eighteen on a jukebox

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In the foreword to Alice Cooper's CD retrospective box set The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper, John Lydon of The Sex Pistols pronounced Killer as the greatest rock album of all time, and in 2002 Lydon presented his own tribute program to Cooper on BBC radio. Lydon told the BBC that "I know the words to every Alice Cooper song. The fact is, if you can call what I have a musical career, it all started with me miming to I'm Eighteen on a jukebox".[][76] The Flaming Lips are longtime Alice Cooper fans and used the bass line from "Levity Ball" (an early song from the 1969 release Pretties for You) for their song "The Ceiling Is Bending". They also covered "Sun Arise" for an Alice Cooper tribute album. (Cooper's version, which closes the album Love It to Death, was itself a cover of a Rolf Harris song.) In 1999, Cleopatra Records released Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper featuring a number of contributions from rock and metal all-star collaborations, including Dave Mustaine, Roger Daltrey, Ronnie James Dio, Slash, Bruce Dickinson and Steve Jones.[77] The album was notable for the fact that it was possible to assemble a different

Jonathan Mover supergroup for each cover version on the record, which gave an indication of the depth of esteem in which Cooper is held by other eminent musicians within the music industry. A song by alternative rock group They Might Be Giants from their 1994 album John Henry entitled "Why Must I Be Sad?" mentions 13 Cooper songs, and has been described as being "from the perspective of a kid who hears all of his unspoken sadness given voice in the music of Alice Cooper; Alice says everything the kid has been wishing he could say about his alienated, frustrated, teenage world".[] Such unlikely non-musician fans of Cooper included Groucho Marx and Mae West, who both reportedly saw the early shows as a form of vaudeville revue,[78] and artist Salvador Dalí, who on attending a show in 1973 described it as being surreal, and made a hologram, First Cylindric Chromo-Hologram Portrait of Alice Cooper's Brain.[79][80]

Personal life Cooper, a huge fan of The Simpsons, was asked to contribute a storyline for the September 2004 edition of Bongo Comics's Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, a special Monsters of Rock issue that also included stories plotted by Gene Simmons, Rob Zombie and Pat Boone.[81] Cooper's story featured Homer Simpson being a Jason Voorhees, Friday the 13th style killer and Alice and the citizens of Springfield are being stalked by Homer. On June 20, 2005, ahead of his June–July 2005 tour, Cooper had a wide-ranging interview with interviewer of celebrities Andrew Denton for the Australian ABC Television's Enough Rope. Cooper discussed various issues during a revealing and frank talk, including the horrors of acute alcoholism and his subsequent cure, being a Christian, and his social and work relationship with his family.[82] During the interview, Cooper remarked "I look at Mick Jagger and he's on an 18-month tour and he's six [sic] years older than me, so I figure, when he retires, I have six more years. I will not let him beat me when it comes to longevity."[83] The actual ownership of the Alice Cooper name is an example of the value of a single copyright or trademark. Since "Alice Cooper" was originally the name of the band, and not the lead singer (cf. Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Amy Meredith, etc.), and it was actually owned by the band as whole, Cooper paid, and continues to pay, a yearly royalty to his original bandmates for the right to use the name commercially. Cooper is a fan of the NHL Phoenix Coyotes.[84] On February 18, 2012 the Coyotes gave away his bobblehead in a promotion for the first 10,000 fans for a game with the Dallas Stars.[85]

Relationships and family In the period when the Alice Cooper group was signed to Frank Zappa's Straight label, Miss Christine of the GTOs became Cooper's girlfriend. Miss Christine (real name: Christine Frka), who had actually recommended Zappa to the group, died on November 5, 1972 of an overdose.[86] Another long-time girlfriend of Cooper's was Cindy Lang, with whom he lived for several years. They separated in 1975. Lang sued Cooper for palimony, and they eventually settled out of court in the early 1980s.[87][88] After his separation from Lang, Cooper was briefly linked with actress Raquel Welch.[89] Cooper then reportedly left Welch, however, to marry, on March 20, 1976, ballerina instructor/choreographer Sheryl Goddard, who performed in the Alice Cooper show from 1975 to 1982. In November 1983, at the height of Cooper's alcoholism, Sheryl filed for divorce, but by mid-1984, she and Cooper had reconciled.[90] The couple has remained together since. In a 2002 television interview, Cooper claimed that he had "never cheated" on his wife in all the time they had been together. In the same interview, he also claimed that the secret to a lasting and successful relationship is to continue going out on dates with your partner.[91] The couple have three children: elder daughter Calico Cooper (born 1981), an actress and singer who has been performing in her father's stage show since 2000; son Dash (b. 1985), a student at Arizona State University, and also plays in a band called Runaway Phoenix; and younger daughter Sonora Rose (b. 1992).

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Drug recovery In 1986, Megadeth was asked to open for Cooper for dates on his US Constrictor tour. After noticing the hardcore abuse of alcohol and other drugs in the band, Cooper personally approached the band members to try to help them control their abuse, and he has stayed close to front man Dave Mustaine, who considers Cooper to be his "godfather".[92] Since overcoming his own addiction to alcohol in the mid-1980s, Cooper has continued to help and counsel other rock musicians with addiction problems. "I've made myself very available to friends of mine – they're people who would call me late at night and say, 'Between you and me, I've got a problem.'"[93] In recognition of the work he has done in helping other addicts in the recovery process, Cooper received in 2008 the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award at the fourth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert in Los Angeles.[94]

Religion and politics Although he originally tended to shy away from speaking publicly about his religious beliefs, Cooper has in recent years been vocal about his faith as a born-again Christian.[] Throughout his career, Cooper's philosophy regarding politics is that politics should not be mixed with rock music. He has usually kept his political views to himself, and in 2010 said "I am extremely non-political. I go out of my way to be non-political. I'm probably the biggest moderate you know. When John Lennon and Harry Nilsson used to argue politics, I was sitting right in the middle of them, and I was the guy who was going 'I don't care.' When my parents would start talking politics, I would go in my room and put on The Rolling Stones or The Who on as long as I could to avoid politics. And I still feel that way".[] On occasion he has spoken out against musicians who promote or opine on politics; for example, in the run-up to the 2004 presidential election, he told the Canadian Press that the then crop of rock stars campaigning for and touring on behalf of Democratic candidate John Kerry were committing "treason against rock n' roll". He also added that upon seeing the list of musicians who supported Kerry, "if I wasn't already a Bush supporter, I would have immediately switched. Linda Ronstadt? Don Henley? Geez, that's a good reason right there to vote for Bush."[95]

Love of golf Cooper has on several occasions credited golf as having played a major role in helping him to overcome his addiction to alcohol,[] and has even gone as far to say that when he took up golf, it was a case of replacing one addiction with another.[96][] The importance that the game has had in his life is also reflected in the title to his 2007 autobiography, Alice Cooper, Golf Monster.[] Cooper, who has participated in a number of Pro-Am competitions,[97] plays the game six days a week, off a handicap of two.[] Since 1997 he has hosted an annual golf competition, the Alice Cooper Celebrity AM Golf Tournament, all proceeds from which go to his charity, the Solid Rock Foundation. In 2005 while playing with manager Shep Gordon on The Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Cooper recorded an impressive round of two-over par 74 on the world-class course. Cooper has also appeared in commercials for Callaway Golf equipment, was a guest of veteran British player and broadcaster Peter Alliss on A Golfer's Travels.[98] He wrote the foreword to the Gary McCord book "Ryder Cup" and participated in the second All*Star Cup in Newport, South Wales.[] In an interview with VH1, friend and fellow golfer Pat Boone said that Cooper was "'this close' to being a pro".

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Discography See: Alice Cooper discography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Pretties for You (1969) Easy Action (1970) Love It to Death (1971) Killer (1971) School's Out (1972) Billion Dollar Babies (1973) Muscle of Love (1973) Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) Alice Cooper Goes to Hell (1976) Lace and Whiskey (1977) From the Inside (1978) Flush the Fashion (1980) Special Forces (1981) Zipper Catches Skin (1982) DaDa (1983)

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Constrictor (1986) Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987) Trash (1989) Hey Stoopid (1991) The Last Temptation (1994) Brutal Planet (2000) Dragontown (2001) The Eyes of Alice Cooper (2003) Dirty Diamonds (2005) Along Came a Spider (2008) Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)

Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Year

Nominated work

1984 Alice Cooper: The Nightmare

Award Best Music Video, Long Form

1997 Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn) Best Metal Performance 2011 Original Alice Cooper Band

Inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Filmography See: Alice Cooper filmography "Diary of a Mad Housewife - 1970"

List of Alice Cooper band personnel Current • • • • • • •

Alice Cooper – vocals, guitar, harmonica (1963–present) Chuck Garric – bass guitar, vocals (2002–present) Ryan Roxie – guitar, vocals (1996–2006, 2012–present) Tommy Henriksen – guitar, vocals (2011–present) Orianthi – guitar, vocals (2011–present) Glen Sobel – drums, percussion (2011–present) Jonathan Mover – drums, percussion (2012–present)

Past

Notes [1] http:/ / www. alicecooper. com/ [3] Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. [4] He has been regarded amongst peers and fans as the "Godfather of Shock Rock" [7] "The Fabulous Furniers" – chapter one of Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict [8] Cooper, Alice Me: Alice (autobiography) [11] Cooper describes in detail in his first autobiography Me, Alice, how he was tasked to organize an act for the show [14] The Emmett Smith Story (1979) - IMDb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0372260/ ) [16] Barry Miles's biography of Frank Zappa includes a vivid description of how the GTO's influenced Cooper to wear makeup and dress in drag onstage [18] Cooper confirms this version of events in an interview in Alice Cooper: Prime Cuts [20] Five years later, the Chicken Incident would be parodied in the Ray Stevens song "The Moonlight Special," with Cooper referred to as Agens Stoopa. [23] "The Death Proclamation of Generation X: A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy of Goth, Grunge and Heroin" by Maxim W. Furek. i-Universe, 2008; ISBN 978-0-595-46319-0 (p. 62) [24] See the Alice Cooper entry under List of albums produced by Ezrin at Ezrin's Wikipedia page [27] Mark Lawson Talks to...: "Rock ‘n’ Roll legend Alice Cooper in conversation with Mark Lawson" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ programmes/ b017pn6z), BBC Four, November 2011 [28] Martin Fletcher "Ban This Filth! Letters from the Mary Whitehouse Archive, Edited by Ben Thompson", (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ arts-entertainment/ books/ reviews/ ban-this-filth-letters-from-the-mary-whitehouse-archive-edited-by-ben-thompson-8297791. html) The Independent (London), 10 November 2012 [30] Anchorage Daily News - 21 Mar 1975 http:/ / news. google. ca/ newspapers?id=gD8dAAAAIBAJ& sjid=26YEAAAAIBAJ& pg=3132,2262079& dq=dennis-dunaway+ billion-dollar-babies& hl=en [31] Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) - Full cast and crew (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0075419/ fullcredits#cast) [32] David Winters - IMDb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0935916/ ) [34] Alice Cooper: The Nightmare Returns (Video 1989) - IMDb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0191773/ maindetails) [35] For example, see the November 13, 1986 issue of Kerrang! music magazine, whose front cover bears the headline 'The Night He Came Home ...Alice Knocks 'Em Dead in Detroit' [36] The Daily Mirror, (U.K.) April 6th, 1988 [39] http:/ / www. thisdayinrock. com/ index. php/ general/ 1988-alice-cooper-nearly-dies-of-asphyxiation-after/ [41] Shep Gordon interview for Prime Cuts [43] http:/ / home. att. net/ ~rarebird9/ alicecooper. html [44] Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20020215154320/ http:/ / www. alicecooper. com/ biosheet. html) [48] bpnews.net (http:/ / www. bpnews. net/ bpnews. asp?id=18238) [58] Damon Johnson, a guitarist in Cooper's then band, filled in for the deceased Glen Buxton. [70] "Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden and Queen band members perform at charity rock show" (http:/ / www. nme. com/ news/ led-zeppelin/ 66153). NME. Retrieved November 4, 2012

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Jonathan Mover [71] Interview aired on Entertainment USA, BBC 2 (U.K.) during either November/December 1986 [72] September 3, 2007 edition of BBC Radio 2 program Tracks of My Years, hosted by Ken Bruce [75] Cott, Jonathan (January 26, 1978). The Rolling Stone Interview (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ news/ story/ 5940104/ the_rolling_stone_interview_part_i/ ). Rolling Stone. [80] A replica of the hologram can be seen at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cooper and original band members Dennis Dunaway and Glen Buxton studied Dalí as art students at Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and the cover art of Cooper's DaDa album features a slightly altered version of Dalí's painting "Slave Market with Disappearing Bust of Voltaire." [82] Enough Rope (http:/ / www. abc. net. au/ tv/ enoughrope/ transcripts/ s1396692. htm) interview transcript, June 20, 2005 [85] NHL Recap - Dallas Stars at Phoenix Coyotes - Feb 18, 2012 - CBSSports.com (http:/ / www. cbssports. com/ nhl/ gametracker/ recap/ NHL_20120218_DAL@PHO) [86] Cooper describes how he fell for Miss Christine in his 1976 autobiography Me, Alice [87] IMDb bio (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0004840/ bio) [91] The Johnny Vaughan Show (UK) 2002. [95] On Zimbio's list of "Famous Republicans" (http:/ / www. zimbio. com/ Famous+ Republicans/ articles/ GiOVZw1djN-/ Alice+ Cooper) (accessed 2012-05-08), Cooper is a Republican. [97] Details of the Pro-Am events Cooper has participated in can be found in Alice Cooper, Golf Monster

References • Alice Cooper, Keith Zimmerman (2007). Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict. Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-307-38265-6. • Alice Cooper, Steven Gaines (1976). Me, Alice: The Autobiography of Alice Cooper. Putnam. ISBN 0-399-11535-8. • Wolfgang Heilemann, Sabine Thomas (2005). Alice Cooper: Live on Tour, Studio, Backstage. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. ISBN 3-89602-651-8. • Michael Bruce, Billy James (2000). No More Mr. Nice Guy: The Inside Story of the Original Alice Cooper Group. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-946719-32-2. • Bob Greene (1974). Billion Dollar Baby. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-689-10616-3. • Jeffrey Morgan (1999). Alcohol and Razor Blades, Poison and Needles: The Glorious Wretched Excess of Alice Cooper, All-American. (Reproduced on the Alice Cooper official website (http://www.alicecooper.com/)). • This Day in Rock Cooper accident (http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/ 1988-alice-cooper-nearly-dies-of-asphyxiation-after/)

External links • • • • •

Official website (http://www.alicecooper.com) Official Nights with Alice Cooper website (http://www.nightswithalicecooper.com/) Nights With Alice Cooper on Planet Rock (http://www.planetrock.com/on-air/nights-with-alice-cooper/) Alice Cooper Artist Page @ VH1.com (http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/cooper_alice/artist.jhtml) Alice Cooper at Allmusic.com (http://allmusic.com/artist/alice-cooper-p3962)

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Discography Marillion discography Marillion discography Releases ↙Studio albums

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↙Live albums

9

↙Compilation albums 7 ↙Singles

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This is the complete discography of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion.

Studio albums Year

Title

Chart peak positions US

[1]

BPI Certification

UK GER NLD SWE NOR CH

[2]

[3]

[]

[]

[]

[]

1983 Script for a Jester's Tear

175

7

—

—

42

—

—

Platinum

1984 Fugazi

209

5

—

29

23

—

—

Gold

1985 Misplaced Childhood

47

1

—

6

15

10

6

Platinum

1987 Clutching at Straws

103

2

—

3

9

4

3

Gold

1989 Seasons End

—

7

—

20

28

20

11

Gold

1991 Holidays in Eden

—

7

—

7

36

—

17

—

1994 Brave

—

10

17

7

25

—

21

—

1995 Afraid of Sunlight

—

16

75

8

34

—

—

—

1997 This Strange Engine

—

27

48

10

—

—

—

—

1998 Radiation

—

35

46

26

—

—

—

—

1999 marillion.com

—

53

55

40

—

—

—

—

2001 Anoraknophobia

—

—

42

67

—

—

—

—

2004 Marbles

—

—

56

42

—

—

—

—

2007 Somewhere Else

—

24

36

18

—

—

83

—

2008 Happiness Is the Road Vol. 1 Happiness Is the Road Vol. 2

—

—

—

83 85

—

—

—

—

2009 Less Is More

—

136

—

72

—

—

—

—

2012 Sounds That Can't Be Made

—

43

29

22

55

37

58

—

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Singles Year

Title

Chart peak position [5]

US US Main. Rock [4]

Album

UK CH GER NOR NLD [6][7][8] [9] [10] [11] []

1982 "Market Square Heroes"

—

—

53

—

—

—

—

non-album single

1983 "He Knows You Know"

—

21

35

—

—

—

—

Script for a Jester's Tear

—

—

16

—

—

—

—

1984 "Punch And Judy"

—

—

29

—

—

—

—

"Assassing"

—

—

22

—

—

—

—

1985 "Kayleigh"

74

14

2

19

7

8

12

"Lavender"

—

—

5

—

39

—

—

"Heart Of Lothian"

—

—

29

—

51

—

—

—

30

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

24

6

23

22

—

25

"Sugar Mice"

—

—

22

—

59

—

45

"Warm Wet Circles"

—

—

22

—

—

—

67

1988 "Freaks (Live)"

—

—

24

—

—

—

84

The Thieving Magpie

1989 "Hooks In You"

—

49

30

—

71

—

58

Seasons End

—

—

53

—

—

—

85

1990 "Easter"

—

—

34

—

—

—

—

1991 "Cover My Eyes (Pain & Heaven)"

—

—

34

—

73

—

14

"No One Can"

—

—

33

—

—

—

—

"Dry Land"

—

—

34

—

—

—

—

1992 "Sympathy"

—

—

17

—

—

—

26

1993 "No One Can" (re-issue)

—

—

26

—

—

—

—

1994 "The Great Escape"

—

—

—

—

—

—

38

"The Hollow Man"

—

—

30

—

—

—

—

"Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" —

—

53

—

—

—

—

"Garden Party"

1986 "Lady Nina" "Welcome To The Garden Party" 1987 "Incommunicado"

"The Uninvited Guest"

Fugazi

Misplaced Childhood

Clutching at Straws

Holidays in Eden

A Singles Collection

Brave

1995 "Beautiful"

—

—

29

—

—

—

46

Afraid of Sunlight

1997 "Man of a Thousand Faces"

—

—

125

—

—

—

—

This Strange Engine

—

—

161

—

—

—

—

1998 "These Chains"

—

—

83

—

—

—

—

Radiation

2001 "Between You and Me"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Anoraknophobia

2004 "You're Gone"

—

—

7

—

—

—

8

Marbles

"Don't Hurt Yourself"

—

—

16

—

—

—

35

"The Damage" (Live)

—

—

2D

—

—

—

—

Marbles Live

—

—

45

—

—

—

—

Somewhere Else

—

—

15

—

—

—

6

"Eighty Days"

2007 "See It Like a Baby" "Thankyou Whoever You Are"

Marillion discography

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2008 "Whatever Is Wrong With You" D

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Happiness Is the Road

— "The Damage (Live)" was released as a download-only single in 2004, when download-only releases weren't yet eligible to chart on the UK

Singles Chart. Therefore, the number indicates the position on UK Official Download Chart.

Live albums Year

Title

US UK NLD SWI BPI Certification [12] [12] [] []

1984 Real to Reel

—

8

—

—

Gold

1988 The Thieving Magpie

—

25

—

18

Gold

1996 Made Again

—

37

35

—

—

2002 Anorak in the UK

—

—

—

—

—

2005 Marbles Live

—

—

—

—

—

2008 Early Stages: The Official Bootleg Box Set 1982-1987 (6 CD)

—

—

—

—

—

2009 Live from Loreley

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Recital of the Script 2010 The Official Bootleg Box, volume 2: 1990-1994 (8 CD)

Compilation albums Year

Title

US UK GER NLD CH [13] [12] [3] [] []

Notes

1986 Brief Encounter

67

—

—

—

—

1988 B'Sides Themselves

—

64

—

—

—

1992 A Singles Collection

—

27

46

—

38

1997 The Best of Both Worlds

—

—

—

58

—

2000 The Singles '82-'88 (box set)

—

—

—

—

— Reissued as 3CD box in 2009

2002 The Singles '89-'95 (box set)

—

—

—

—

— Reissued as 4CD box in 2013

2003 The Best of Marillion

—

—

—

—

—

The table above only lists the compilations whose release was approved by the band. There have also been several unofficial compilations, generally issued on budget labels without the band's consent or approval over track list, artwork etc.

Retail VHS tapes

Marillion discography

Year

50

Title

Notes

1983 Recital of the Script

Live performance from Hammersmith Odeon, 1983

1984 Grendel / The Web EP

Two additional live tracks from same performance as Recital of the Script

1986 The Videos 1982-1986

Compilation of promo videos for singles from first three albums

1987 Incommunicado / Sugar Mice

Promo videos for first two singles from Clutching at Straws

1987 Live from Loreley

Live performance from Clutching at Straws tour in Germany, 1987

1990 From Stoke Row to Ipanema ('A Year in the Life...')

Documentary about making of Seasons End and excerpts of live performance from Leicester, 1990

1992 A Singles Collection

Compilation of promo videos for singles from first six albums

1995 Brave: The Movie

Film based on Brave album

Retail DVDs Year

Title

Notes

2002 The EMI Singles Collection

Includes These Chains as Easter egg

2003 Recital of the Script

Includes all tracks from original VHS release and Grendel / The Web EP

2003 From Stoke Row To Ipanema ('A Year in the Life...')

Includes original VHS documentary and complete live performance from Leicester, 1990

2004 Live from Loreley

As original VHS release

2004 Brave: The Movie

As original VHS release

Racket Records releases Racket Records is Marillion's own label - Racket releases are only available direct from Marillion's online shop. Some of the early releases are now out of print as CDs and DVDs, but most are available as audio downloads.

Audio releases Year

Catalogue #

Title

Notes

1992 Racket 1

Live at the Borderline

The Web fan club convention show in London, 1992, later repackaged as a Front Row Club release

1992 Racket 2

Live in Caracas

Live performance in South America, 1992

1993 Racket 3

Live in Glasgow

Live performance in Scotland, 1989, later repackaged as a Front Row Club release

1995 Racket 6

The Making of Brave (2 CD)

The Making of Brave, reissued 2001 to match other From Dusk 'til Dot releases

1998 Racket 7

Tales from the Engine Room

Remixes of tracks from This Strange Engine by The Positive Light, subsequently released to retail with an extra track

1998 Racket 8

Rochester (2 CD)

Live performance in USA, 1997, given away to those who contributed to the "Tour Fund"

1998 Racket 9

Piston Broke (2 CD)

Live performances from This Strange Engine tour in Europe, 1997

1999 Racket 10

Unplugged at the Walls (2 CD)

Acoustic performance in Oswestry, 1998

1999 Racket 11

Zodiac

The Web fan club convention show in Oxford, 1999

2000 Racket 12

marillion.co.uk

Free companion disc to marillion.com, reissued with different tracklist 2002 & 2005

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2001 Racket 15

Crash Course - An Introduction to Marillion

Free sampler, reissued with different tracklist 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012

2001 Racket 17

ReFracted! (2 CD)

From Dusk 'til Dot volume 1 - The Making of Afraid Of Sunlight

2001 Racket 18

Another DAT at the Office (2 CD)

From Dusk 'til Dot volume 2 - The Making of This Strange Engine

2002 Racket 19

Fallout (2 CD)

From Dusk 'til Dot volume 3 - The Making of Radiation

2002 Racket 20

Caught in the Net (2 CD)

From Dusk 'til Dot volume 4 - The Making of marillion.com

2002 Racket 22

Brave Live 2002

Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2002 - performance of entire Brave album

2003 Racket 23

View from the Balcony

Front Row Club sampler, reissued with different tracklist 2005

2004 Racket 24

Remixomatosis (2 CD)

Fan remixes of tracks from Anoraknophobia

2005 Racket 25

Popular Music (2 CD)

Saturday night from Marillion Weekend 2003 - setlist of songs voted for by fans

2005 Racket 26

Marbles by the Sea (2 CD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2005 - performance of entire Marbles album

2006 Racket 27

Unzipped (2 CD)

The Making of Anoraknophobia

2006 Racket 28

Smoke

Saturday night from Marillion Weekend 2005 - setlist of uptempo songs

2006 Racket 29

Mirrors (2 CD)

Sunday night from Marillion Weekend 2005 - setlist of mellow songs

2007 Racket 30

Friends

Saturday night from Marillion Weekend 2007 - setlist of covers and rarities

2007 Racket 31

Family (2 CD)

Sunday night from Marillion Weekend 2007 - setlist of 'classic' Marillion songs

2009 Racket 32

Happiness is Cologne (2 CD)

Live performance from Happiness is the Road tour in Germany, 2008

2010 Racket 33

Tumbling Down the Years (2 CD)

Saturday night from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2009 - setlist of one track per year in chronological order

2010 Racket 34

Size Matters (2 CD)

Sunday night from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2009 - setlist of long 'epic' songs

2010 Racket 35

Keep the Noise Down

Sampler from Less Is More acoustic tour

2010 Racket 36

Live in Montréal - Saturday (2 CD)

Saturday night from Marillion Weekend (Canada) 2009 - setlist of one track per year in chronological order

2010 Racket 37

Live in Montréal - Sunday (2 CD)

Sunday night from Marillion Weekend (Canada) 2009 - setlist of long 'epic' songs

2010 Racket 38

Live from Cadogan Hall (2 CD)

Live performance from Less Is More acoustic tour in London, 2009

2011 Racket 39

Afraid of Sunlight Live 2003

Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2003 - performance of entire Afraid Of Sunlight album

2011 Racket 40

This Strange Engine Live 2007

Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2007 - performance of entire This Strange Engine album

2011 Racket 41

Live in Montréal - Friday (2 CD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend (Canada) 2009 - performance of entire Seasons End album

2011 Racket 42

Seasons End Live 2009 (2 CD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2009 - performance of entire Seasons End album

2011 Racket 43

Holidays in Eden Live 2011 (2 CD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2011 - performance of entire Holidays in Eden album

2011 Racket 44

Best. Live (2 CD)

Compilation of tracks from previous Racket live releases

2012 Racket 45

A-Z (3 CD)

Saturday night from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2011 - setlist in alphabetical order, one track per letter

2012 Racket 47

The Glow Must Go On (2 CD)

Sunday night from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2011 - setlist voted for by fans on the night with glowsticks

2013 Racket 48

Best of Montréal (2 CD)

Highlights from Marillion Weekend (Canada) 2011

2013 Racket 50

Best of Leamington (2 CD)

Highlights from Marillion Weekend (UK) 2011

Marillion discography

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Note that unlisted catalogue numbers are material by other artists (usually band members' side projects) that was released by Racket.

Video releases Year

Catalogue #

Title

Notes

2000 Racket 91

Shot in the Dark (DVD)

The Web fan club convention show in Oxford, 1999

2002 Racket 92

A Piss-Up in a Brewery (DVD)

Webcast of live performance from Bass Museum, 2000

2002 Racket 93

Brave Live 2002 (DVD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2002 - complete performance of Brave album

2003 Racket 94

Before First Light (DVD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2003 - complete performance of Afraid Of Sunlight album

2003 Racket 95

Christmas In The Chapel (DVD)

Live performance in London, 2002

2004 Racket 96

Marbles on the Road (DVD / 2 DVD)

Live performance from Marbles tour in London, 2004

2005 Racket 97

Wish You Were Here (4 DVD)

Live performances from first two Marillion Weekends in 2002 and 2003

2006 Racket 98

Colours and Sound (DVD)

Behind-the-scenes documentary of Marbles tour

2007 Racket 99

Bootleg Butlins (DVD)

Saturday and Sunday nights from Marillion Weekend 2005

2007 Racket 100

Somewhere in London (2 DVD)

Live performance from Somewhere Else tour in London, 2007

2008 Racket 101

This Strange Convention (2 DVD)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from Marillion Weekend 2007

2010 Racket 102

Out of Season (3 DVD)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2009

2010 Racket 103

Live from Cadogan Hall (2 DVD / BD)

Live performance from Less Is More acoustic tour in London, 2009

2011 Racket 104

Live in Montréal (3 DVD)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from Marillion Weekend (Canada) 2009

2012 Racket 105

Holidays in Zélande (5 DVD / 3 Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from Marillion Weekend (Holland) 2011 BD)

2013 Racket 106

Clock's Already Ticking (2 DVD + 3 CD)

Friday night from Marillion Weekend (UK) 2013 - complete performance of Radiation album, includes both DVDs and CDs

2013 Racket 107

Brave Live 2002 (DVD + CD)

Reissue of Friday night from Marillion Weekend 2002, includes both DVD and CD

Christmas CDs / DVDs Free issue to Fan Club members only, very limited runs. All titles now out of print, although are available for purchase as download only when taking out or renewing Fan Club membership.

Marillion discography

Year

53

Catalogue #

Title

1998 WEBFREE1

Happy Christmas Everybody

1999 WEBFREE2

Marillion.Christmas

2000 WEBFREE3

A Piss-up in a Brewery

2001 WEBFREE4

A Very Barry Christmas

2002 WEBFREE5

Santa and his Elvis

2003 WEBFREE6

Say Cheese!

2004 WEBFREE7

Baubles

2005 WEBFREE8

Merry XMas to our Flock

2006 WEBFREE9

The Jingle Book

Notes

Now repackaged as part of the Front Row Club (FRC-11)

2007 WEBFREE10 Somewhere Elf 2008 WEBFREE11 Pudding on the Ritz 2009 WEBFREE12 Snow De Cologne 2010 WEBFREE13 Ding, Dong Loreley On High... 2011 WEBFREE14 Live at German Space Day 2004 (DVD) 2012 WEBFREE15 Sleighed Again (DVD)

HMV Forum, London, 2012-09-16 (four tracks); Elysee Montmartre, Paris, 2007-12-13 (1 track)

Front Row Club releases The Front Row Club was a subscription-only service by which CDs of raw concert recordings, originally made by the band for their own reference, were released. Members paid for a subscription (initially lasting six releases; later reduced to four releases), and as the shows were released, they were automatically mailed to members. There were also occasional optional releases, which were only mailed on request - these were generally repackagings of previously-released material. The only FRC issue which was available to non-subscribers was the Curtain Call box set - this was the only FRC release of material before Steve Hogarth joined the band, and was sold via both Marillion and Fish's online stores, as well as being an optional FRC release. After the release of FRC-040 in January 2008, the FRC changed to a download-only digital distribution format. This lasted for a further three issues - after FRC-043, the FRC was closed. (Starting with the Happiness On The Road tour,[14] Marillion moved to publishing the majority of their live performances from desk recordings as digital downloads, rendering the FRC redundant.) Only a limited number of copies were manufactured for each FRC release (believed to be no more than 3,000) and were not re-issued once sold out. Most of the FRC releases are now out of print on CD, but are still available from the band's website as downloads.

Marillion discography

Year

Catalogue #

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Recorded

Venue

City

Country

Notes

2002 FRC-001

1998-11-09 Ludwigshalle

Dieburg

Germany

2002 FRC-002

1999-11-18 Academy

Manchester

England

2002 FRC-003

1995-06-23 Luxor

Arnhem

Netherlands Supplied with free exclusive FRC t-shirt

2002 FRC-004

1992-05-09 The Borderline

London

England

Optional release - repackage of Racket release

2002 FRC-005

1989-12-04 Barrowlands

Glasgow

Scotland

Optional release - repackage of Racket release

2002 FRC-006

N/A

N/A

N/A

Optional release - Michael Hunter, River

2002 FRC-007

1991-10-19 Salle de Fetes Beaulieu

Lausanne

Switzerland

2002 FRC-008

1997-09-06 Le Spectrum

Montréal

Canada

2002 FRC-009

1996-04-28 Forum

London

England

2003 FRC-010

1990-12-12 Moles Club

Bath

England

2003 FRC-011

2000-11-17 Bass Brewery Museum

Burton-On-Trent

England

2003 FRC-012

2000-12-12 Sala Bikini

Barcelona

Spain

2003 FRC-013

1995-09-29 Ahoy

Rotterdam

Netherlands

2003 FRC-014

1990-02-22 The Ritz

Roseville, MI

USA

2004 FRC-015A

1983-10-01 Rundsporthalle

Baunatal

Germany

Optional release - Curtain Call box set of Fish-era shows

2004 FRC-015B

1986-02-03 Hammersmith Odeon

London

England

Optional release - Curtain Call box set of Fish-era shows

2004 FRC-015C

1988-01-26 Palatrussardi

Milan

Italy

Optional release - Curtain Call box set of Fish-era shows

2003 FRC-016

1998-01-10 Ateneu Popular de Nou Barris

Barcelona

Spain

2003 FRC-017

2001-10-13 013

Tilburg

Netherlands

2004 FRC-018

1992-09-02 E-Werk

Köln

Germany

2004 FRC-019

1998-11-04 Civic

Wolverhampton

England

2004 FRC-020

1994-05-27 Pumpehuset

Copenhagen

Denmark

2004 FRC-021

2001-02-28 Dingwalls

London

England

2004 FRC-022

1997-05-29 Tivoli

Utrecht

Netherlands

2004 FRC-023

2004-04-30 Civic Centre

Aylesbury

England

2005 FRC-024

1998-11-18 Elysée Montmartre

Paris

France

2005 FRC-025

1999-12-04 Capitol

Mannheim

Germany

2005 FRC-026

1999-07-25 Zodiac

Oxford

England

2005 FRC-027

1995-09-17 Corn Exchange

Cambridge

England

2005 FRC-028

1992-10-05 Olympia

São Paulo

Brazil

2005 FRC-029

2004-10-08 Theater of the Living Arts

Philadelphia, PA

USA

2005 FRC-030

1994-03-20 PC69

Bielefeld

Germany

2006 FRC-031

1997-09-20 The Rave

Milwaukee, WI

USA

2006 FRC-032

2002-08-03 Richmond Live Festival

Richmond

England

2006 FRC-033

1992-09-05 Wembley Arena

London

England

N/A

Optional release - repackage of Fan Club CD

Recording from both 27 and 28 May

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2006 FRC-034

2005-12-03 Vredenburg Muziekcentrum Utrecht

Netherlands

2006 FRC-035

2005-12-05 Forum

London

England

2007 FRC-036

1989-10-05 Palais Des Sports

Bensancon

France

2007 FRC-037

2005-06-12 Bowery Ballroom

New York City, NY

USA

2007 FRC-038

2007-05-22 Klub Stodola

Warsaw

Poland

2007 FRC-039

1991-09-16 Royal Court Theatre

Liverpool

England

2008 FRC-040

2007-12-12 Paradiso

Amsterdam

Netherlands

2008 FRC-041

1995-08-15 The Chance

Poughkeepsie, NY

USA

Download only

2008 FRC-042

2005-09-11 The Great American Music Hall

San Francisco, CA

USA

Download only

2008 FRC-043

2007-11-30 The Academy

Manchester

England

Download only

Free bonus issue with FRC-34

References [1] [ US Charting] [2] (http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ searchsec. php) Search for: "Marillion" [3] German Album Charting (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ MARILLION?sort=exit& type=longplay) [4] [ US Singles Charting] [5] [ US Mainstream Rock Singles Charting] [6] (http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ searchsec. php) [7] UK Singles Charting (http:/ / www. polyhex. com/ music/ chartruns/ chartruns. php) [8] Chart Log UK: M (http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ CLUK_M. HTM) Zobbel.de [10] German Singles Charting (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ MARILLION/ single) [11] Norwegian Charting (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Marillion) [12] http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ searchsec. php

External links • Official discography of Marillion (http://www.marillion.com/music/discography.htm) • Bibliography: Jacqueline Chekroun, Marillion, l'ère du Poisson, France 1994. JC éditions, 99 Vallon des Vaux 06 800 Cagnes-sur-mer,France

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Studio albums Script for a Jester's Tear Script for a Jester's Tear Studio album by Marillion Released

March 1983 September 1997 (two-disc edition)

Recorded Marquee Studios, London, December 1982 - February 1983 Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock

Length

46:58

Label

EMI Records Capitol Records

Producer Nick Tauber Marillion chronology

Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)

Fugazi (1984)

Singles from Script for a Jester's Tear 1.

"He Knows You Know" Released: 31 January 1983

2.

"Garden Party" Released: 6 June 1983

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

Music Street Journal (very favourable)[2]

Script for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1983. It reached number seven on the UK album chart and stayed on the chart for 31 weeks, the second longest chart residency of a Marillion album.[3] The single released before the album was "Market Square Heroes", with the double B-sides "Three Boats Down from the Candy" and the 17 minute epic "Grendel". "He Knows You Know" and "Garden Party" were also released as singles, and became Top 40 hits in the UK. This is the only Marillion album to feature Mick Pointer, the founding and current drummer for Arena.

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Track listing (original release) • All songs written by Derek Dick, Steve Rothery, Peter Trewavas, Michael Pointer, Mark Kelly, Diz Minnett & Brian Jelliman unless otherwise noted. (Copyright Marillion Music/Charisma Music/Chappell)

Side one 1. "Script for a Jester's Tear" (Derek Dick/Steve Rothery/Peter Trewavas/Michael Pointer/Mark Kelly) – 8:44 2. "He Knows You Know" – 5:23 3. "The Web" (Derek Dick/Steve Rothery/Peter Trewavas/Michael Pointer/Mark Kelly/Brian Jelliman) – 8:52

Side two 1. "Garden Party" – 7:19 2. "Chelsea Monday" (Derek Dick/Steve Rothery/Peter Trewavas/Michael Pointer/Mark Kelly) – 8:17 3. "Forgotten Sons" – 8:23

Remastered CD bonus tracks In addition to the above, the 1997 remaster version has the following additional tracks on a second CD: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Market Square Heroes" (Battle Priest Version) – 4:18 "Three Boats Down from the Candy" – 4:31 "Grendel" (Fair Deal Studios Version) – 19:10 "Chelsea Monday" (Manchester Square Demo) – 6:54 "He Knows You Know" (Manchester Square Demo) – 4:29 "Charting the Single" (Alternative Version) – 4:51 "Market Square Heroes" (Alternative Version) – 4:48

Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on Cassette, vinyl LP and 12" Picture Disc. The album was released on CD sometime afterwards. In 1997, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Script for a Jester's Tear with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material, listed above. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc. A new 180 gram vinyl pressing was released in February 2012 by EMI release from 1983.

[4]

. It was identical to the original vinyl

Personnel • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums

• "Marquee Club's Parents Association Children's Choir" - backing vocals on "Forgotten Sons" (short fragment of "Ring a Ring o' Roses"). • Peter Cockburn – newcaster's voice on "Forgotten Sons".

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Production • Produced by Nick Tauber • Recorded and Mixed by Simon Hanhart • Digitally remastered by Peter Mew and Mark Kelly at Abbey Road Studios London April - July 1997

Notes • Although their first single "Market Square Heroes" never appeared on the original album, it can be briefly heard during a short radio segment prior to 'Forgotten Sons'. • According to Fish, Script for a Jesters Tear is the first of a trilogy of albums, and classified as 'bedsit thoughts'. Fugazi was deemed 'hotel thoughts' and Misplaced Childhood as 'home thoughts'. This was to enable the listener to understand the feelings and surroundings that shaped the songwriting. • There was supposed to be a rubber plant featured on the album's cover, per Fish's request - part of Fish's stage theatrics at the time included tearing apart a rubber plant at the climax of The Web. However, Mark Wilkinson, who air-brushed this and several other albums for Marillion, forgot to include it. • The version of "Grendel" on the remastered CD is not the same version as the original 1983 17 minute B-side single release.

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1983 UK Album Chart 7

References [3] David Roberts British Hit Singles and Albums, Guinness World Records Limited [4] http:/ / marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ script-vinyl. htm

External links • Band page (http://www.marillion.com)

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Fugazi Fugazi Studio album by Marillion Released

12 March 1984

Recorded Manor Studio, Sarm East, Eel Pie and Maison Rouge Studios, London, November 1983 - February 1984 Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock

Length

45:57

Label

EMI Capitol

Producer Nick Tauber Marillion chronology

Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)

Fugazi (1984)

Real to Reel (1984)

Singles from Fugazi 1.

"Punch And Judy" Released: 30 January 1984

2.

"Assassing" Released: 30 April 1984

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

Music Street Journal (favourable) [2]

Fugazi is the second studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1984 and was the first album with Ian Mosley on drums. It reached no. 5 on the UK album charts, stayed on the chart for a total of 20 weeks and contained the UK top 40 singles Punch And Judy (no. 29) and Assassing (no. 22).[3] A 2-CD remastered version with additional B-sides and demos was released in 1998. The album is so titled because it was produced under difficult circumstances, with the band employing and ejecting a number of drummers in quick succession following the departure of Mick Pointer, before finally settling on Mosley.

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Track listing Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Assassing" – 7:02 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) "Punch and Judy" – 3:21 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mover) "Jigsaw" – 6:49 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) "Emerald Lies" – 5:08 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley)

Side two 1. "She Chameleon" – 6:52 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) 2. "Incubus" – 8:30 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) 3. "Fugazi" – 8:12 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley)

Remastered CD bonus tracks 1. "Cinderella Search" (12" version) – 5:31 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley) 2. "Assassing" (Alternate Mix) – 7:40 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) 3. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" (1984 Re-recording) – 4:00 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Pointer/Minnett) 4. "Punch and Judy" (Demo) – 3:50 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mover) 5. "She Chameleon" (Demo) – 6:34 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) 6. "Emerald Lies" (Demo) – 5:32 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas/Mosley) 7. "Incubus" (Demo) – 8:09 (Dick/Kelly/Rothery/Trewavas) All individual writing credits taken from the 1998 remastered version; the original 1984 version credited "Marillion" collectively.

Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on Cassette, vinyl LP and 12" Picture Disc. The album was released on CD sometime afterwards. In 1998, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Fugazi with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material, listed above. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc. A new 180 gram vinyl pressing was released in February 2012 by EMI release from 1984.

Personnel • • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums Linda Pyke - backing vocals on "Incubus"

[4]

. It was identical to the original vinyl

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Trivia • The 1984 re-recorded version of "Market Square Heroes" that was released on the reverse of the "Punch and Judy" single appears instead on the re-mastered edition of Script for a Jester's Tear as "Market Square Heroes (Alternative Version)."

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1984 UK Album Chart 5

References [3] David Roberts British Hit Singles and Albums, Guinness World Records Limited [4] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ fugazi-vinyl. htm

External links • Liner notes (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/fugazi.htm#band) for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com (http://www.marillion.com) band page):

Misplaced Childhood Misplaced Childhood Studio album by Marillion Released

17 June 1985

Recorded Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin, March - May 1985 Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock

Length

41:16

Label

EMI UK Capitol U.S.

Producer Chris Kimsey for Wonderknob Ltd. Marillion chronology

Real to Reel (1984)

Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Brief Encounter (1986)

Singles from Misplaced Childhood 1.

"Kayleigh" Released: 7 April 1985

2.

"Lavender" Released: 27 August 1985

3.

"Heart of Lothian" Released: 18 November 1985

Misplaced Childhood

Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1985 and has been their most commercially successful album, reaching number one in the UK album charts in June 1985 and spending a total of 41 weeks on the chart, the longest chart residency of a Marillion album. [1] The album features the band's two most successful singles, the guitar-led "Kayleigh", which reached No. 2 in the UK and was a worldwide success, and the piano-led "Lavender", which reached No. 5. The name Kayleigh was devised by Fish to slightly obscure the name of a former girlfriend named "Kay Lee" (with "Lee" being the middle name), whom the song was mostly about. Misplaced Childhood was the band's first full concept album, consisting of two continuous pieces of music on the two sides of the vinyl. In live concerts preceding the album, Fish had originally claimed as a teaser that the next album would consist of only two tracks, 'Side One' and 'Side Two'. Then, during the Misplaced Childhood tour, Fish would announce "Now there is time for one more track... the name of the track is 'Misplaced Childhood'", and the band performed the entire album in sequence. The story has thematic elements of lost love, sudden success, acceptance, and lost childhood, along with an upbeat ending. As Fish explains, he conceived the concept during a 10-hour acid trip.[2] Several of the songs and titles contain notable autobiographical references; one example is that track 2 ("Kayleigh") references past girlfriends. Another example is track 5 ("I was born with the heart of Lothian"), which is a reference to a traditional region of Scotland - Fish himself being from Midlothian - and a reference to the Heart of Midlothian (Royal Mile) - a mosaic heart in the pavement of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. A 2-CD remastered version with additional B-sides and demos was released in 1998.

Track listing Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Pseudo Silk Kimono" – 2:14 "Kayleigh" – 4:03 "Lavender" – 2:25 "Bitter Suite" – 7:56

1. "Brief Encounter" 2. "Lost Weekend" 3. "Blue Angel" 4. "Misplaced Rendezvous" 5. "Windswept Thumb" 5. "Heart of Lothian" – 4:02 1. "Wide Boy" 2. "Curtain Call"

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Side two 1. "Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)" – 2:13 2. "Lords of the Backstage" – 1:52 3. "Blind Curve" – 9:29 1. "Vocal Under a Bloodlight" 2. "Passing Strangers" 3. "Mylo" 4. "Perimeter Walk" 5. "Threshold" 4. "Childhoods End?" – 4:33 5. "White Feather" – 2:25

Remastered CD bonus tracks 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Lady Nina" (Extended 12" Version) – 5:50 "Freaks" (Single Version) – 4:08 "Kayleigh" (Alternative Mix) – 4:03 "Lavender Blue" (Lavender Remix) – 4:22

5. "Heart of Lothian" (Extended Mix) – 5:54 6. "Pseudo Silk Kimono" (Demo) – 2:11 7. "Kayleigh" (Demo) – 4:06 8. "Lavender" (Demo) – 2:37 9. "Bitter Suite" (Demo) – 2:54 10. "Lords of the Backstage" (Demo) – 1:46 11. "Blue Angel" (Demo) – 1:46 12. "Misplaced Randezvous" (Demo) – 1:56 13. "Heart of Lothian" (Demo) – 3:49 14. "Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)" (Demo) – 2:00 15. "Passing Strangers" (Demo) – 9:17 16. "Childhoods End?" (Demo) – 2:23 17. "White Feather" (Demo) – 2:18

Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on Cassette, vinyl LP, 12" Picture Disc and CD. In 1998, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Misplaced Childhood with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material, listed above. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc. A new 180 gram vinyl pressing will be released in May 2013 by EMI release from 1985.

[3]

. It will be identical to the original vinyl

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Song references The album contains several references to song titles or lyrics by Marillion and other artists. These include: • "Home Thoughts from Abroad" by Clifford T. Ward referenced in "Kayleigh" ("By the way, how's your broken heart"/"By the way, didn't I break your heart?") • "Script for a Jester's Tear" by Marillion, referenced in "Kayleigh" ("I never did write that love song"/"I'm still trying to write that love song") • "Love, Reign O'er Me" by The Who, referenced in "Windswept Thumb" ("Rain on me" - NB not in lyric sheet) • "Ashes are Burning" by Renaissance, referenced in "Lords of the Backstage" ("Ashes are burning, burning") • "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Van der Graaf Generator, referenced in "Lords of the Backstage" ("I'm so far out [and] I'm too far in") • "Childlike Faith in Childhood's End" by Van der Graaf Generator, referenced in "Childhoods End?" • "Lavender Blue", originally an English folk song dating to the 17th century. This song became very popular during the 1950s rock and roll era, when it was sung by Sammy Turner, Bigtop 3016, 1959. A hit version of the song, sung by Burl Ives, was featured in the Walt Disney movie "So Dear to My Heart".

Artwork The boy on the front cover art is Robert Mead, a then-ten-year-old who lived next door to sleeve artist Mark Wilkinson. Mead also appeared in the music video for "Kayleigh" and was portrayed on the album sleeves for three of the singles from the album, "Kayleigh", "Lavender" and "Heart of Lothian".

Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Q Allmusic

[4]

Music Street Journal (very favourable) link [5]

The album topped the 1985 readers' poll for best album in Sounds magazine and came sixth in Kerrang! magazine's Albums Of The Year 1985.[6] The album came fourth in Classic Rock's list of the 30 greatest concept albums of all time. [7] In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #17 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". [8]

Misplaced Childhood

Notes The album was the inspiration for comedian Will Smith’s Edinburgh Fringe show “Misplaced Childhood” in 2005, which also led to a successful tour in 2006.

Personnel • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

David Roberts British Hit Singles and Albums, Guinness World Records Limited Fish. Misplaced Childhood reissue liner notes, pp. 9-10. 1998. http:/ / marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ misplaced-vinyl. htm [ Allmusic Review] http:/ / www. musicstreetjournal. com/ cdreviews_display. cfm?id=101395

[6] "Readers' Poll 1985", Sounds, 11 January 1986, p. 19 [7] Classic Rock, March 2003. [8] Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.

External links More information available (on the marillion.com (http://www.marillion.com) album page ): • Reflections from some of the band written in 1998 (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/misplaced. htm#band) • More album details and song lyrics (http://www.marillion.com/music/lyrics/misplaced.htm) • Kayleigh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dphpDdfZUGw) on YouTube • Lavender (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sIzWKHGwQ) on YouTube • Heart of Lothian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50FoorIc_c) on YouTube Preceded by UK number one album Succeeded by Boys and Girls by Bryan Ferry June 29, 1985 – July 5, 1985 Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

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Clutching at Straws Clutching at Straws Studio album by Marillion Released

22 June 1987

Recorded

Westside Studios, London, 1987

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock

Length

49:31

Label

EMI

Producer

Chris Kimsey Marillion chronology

Brief Encounter (1985)

Clutching at Straws (1987)

B'Sides Themselves (1988)

Singles from Clutching at Straws 1.

"Incommunicado" Released: 11 May 1987

2.

"Sugar Mice" Released: 13 July 1987

3.

"Warm Wet Circles" Released: 26 October 1987

Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988. Although commercially not quite as successful as its 1985 predecessor Misplaced Childhood – Clutching at Straws spent 15 weeks on the UK album chart (the shortest chart residency of any of Marillion's first four studio albums) – it still reached number two (the second highest chart placing for a Marillion album) and it is considered to be among the best work of Marillion's "Fish era" by many fans and critics, and also Fish himself, as he has stated in several interviews.[1] In 1999 a 2-CD 'Remastered Version' with additional B-sides and demos was released, with detailed liner notes from all of the original members including Fish.

Concept The character of Torch (supposedly a descendant of the Jester from earlier album sleeves) is a 29 year old out-of-work man whose life is a mess. He seeks comfort mostly in alcohol to numb himself. He is trying, but failing, to forget what lies at his feet—a failed marriage, being a deadbeat father, and his lack of commercial success as a singer in a band. As he gets drunk, he also writes about his surroundings and his laments. Since Torch has no other real outlet at his disposal, he ends up in bars, hotel rooms, and on the road, screaming and drunk, thus, he is described as beyond redemption or hope. Marillion took a break after their tour in support of the album (with Fish eventually quitting) after it was released. The song "Incommunicado" describes the pitfalls of the business, and how pressures in real life exerted by the band's US label Capitol Records were crushing in from outside for them to either succeed or get dropped by the company, which would happen to Marillion anyway a few years later.

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Cover artwork The front and back covers of the album describe Fish's inspiration for the album's lyrics as well as some of his heroes. There are allusions to them throughout the album. The setting is in a British pub (the Bakers Arms in Colchester), and the people represented are the following: • On the front from left to right: Robert Burns, Dylan Thomas, Truman Capote and Lenny Bruce • On the back from left to right: John Lennon, James Dean and Jack Kerouac Sleeve artist Mark Wilkinson has expressed his disappointment with the sleeve, which he intended to be more detailed and feature more characters but was rushed due to the release date of the album being brought forward: “It was torture to do. Especially as I got a call almost by the day from EMI or John (manager John Arnison) that if I missed this deadline, the time slot would go, and the tour / album symbiosis put in jeopardy. Somehow I did it, clutching at sleep! EMI were relieved. Fish seemed OK. The rest of the band were a bit unmoved, it was so different to the previous sleeves. I was bloody disappointed! I loved this album, still do. It was some kind of pinnacle as far as I am concerned. Probably my favourite of theirs. And I felt cheated! It was not the sleeve I had imagined. You don't win them all, believe me!” [2]

Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

[3]

Q

[4]

Music Street Journal (very favourable) link [5] Kerrang!

[6]

Q magazine: “Were it not for the swirling curlicues of the arrangements against which he explores his relationship with the demon drink this could almost be Fish's country and western record, so conspicuously soaked is it in the self-pity that follows straight on the heels of self-indulgence … Musically, Clutching At Straws doesn't depart far from the educated arrangements of previous albums. However somebody has been applying a stop watch to the individual songs and to the solos within them; thus we have eleven distinct songs, each with its own melodic virtues and most with quite acceptable hook lines barked out by Fish in his by now familiar conflation of Roger Daltrey and Peter Gabriel … There are tracks here that could have snuck into Sting's live act quite easily … Marillion may represent the inelegant, unglamorous, public bar end of the current Rock Renaissance but they are no less part of it for that. Clutching At Straws suggests that they may be finally coming in from the cold.” [4] The album came sixth in Kerrang! magazine's Albums Of The Year 1987.

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Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on Cassette, vinyl LP, 12" Picture Disc and CD. In 1999 the album was re-released in a remastered version, with the addition of a second cd consisting of demo tapes from the writing sessions for the then-planned untitled and subsequently aborted fifth album, right before Fish left. Much of the leftover musical material was then used on the official fifth Marillion album Seasons End, with new lyrics penned by John Helmer and the new singer Steve Hogarth, while some of the original lyrics for the music ended up in one form or another on Fish's solo albums – for example, the "Voice in the Crowd" concept would inform much of Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc.

Track listing All songs were written by Fish, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas. Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Hotel Hobbies" – 3:35 "Warm Wet Circles" – 4:25 "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)" – 6:00 "Going Under" – 2:47 (not on the original vinyl LP)

5. "Just for the Record" – 3:09 6. "White Russian" – 6:27 Side two 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Incommunicado" – 5:16 "Torch Song" – 4:05 "Slàinte Mhath" – 4:44 "Sugar Mice" – 5:46 "The Last Straw" – 5:58 "Happy Ending" – 0:00 (this is listed as a track on the back of the album, but in a statement of irony, it is not an actual track – it merely consists of someone yelling "No!", then echoing muffled laughter from Fish, fading off into silence.)

1999 remastered CD edition Disc 2 (bonus tracks) 1. "Incommunicado" (alternative version) – 5:57 2. "Tux On" – 5:13 3. "Going Under" (extended version) – 2:48 4. "Beaujolais Day" – 4:51 5. "Story from a Thin Wall" – 6:47 6. "Shadows on the Barley" – 2:07 7. "Sunset Hill" – 4:21 8. "Tic-Tac-Toe" – 2:59 9. "Voice in the Crowd" – 3:29 10. "Exile on Princes Street" – 5:29 11. "White Russians" (demo) – 6:15 12. "Sugar Mice in the Rain" (demo) – 5:54

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Personnel Band members • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Pete Trewavas – bass Ian Mosley – drums

Additional musicians • Tessa Niles – backing vocals on "That Time of the Night" and "The Last Straw" • Chris Kimsey (credited as "Christopher 'Robbin' Kimsey") – backing vocals on "Incommunicado" • John Cavanaugh – "Dr. Finlay" voice on "Torch Song"

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1987 UK Albums Chart 2[7] 1987 Austrian Charts

[8]

16

1987 Norwegian Charts 4[9] [10]

1987 Swedish Charts

9

1987 Swiss Charts

3

[11]

References [3] [ Allmusic Review] [4] David Hepworth Q, July 1987. [5] http:/ / www. musicstreetjournal. com/ cdreviews_display. cfm?id=100019

External links Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com (http:/ / www. marillion. com) band page): • Fish (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/cas.htm#fish), giving a verbose and interesting insight about the breakup • Mark Kelly (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/cas.htm#mark) • Ian Mosley (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/cas.htm#ian) • Incommunicado (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXwlorEn1lY) on YouTube • Sugar Mice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIPrJmzG7Ss) on YouTube • Warm Wet Circles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GD3jr7-5yg) on YouTube

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Seasons End Seasons End Studio album by Marillion Released

25 September 1989 29 September 1997 (two-disc edition)

Recorded

Outside Studios, Oxfordshire, 1989

Genre

Progressive rock Neo-progressive rock Pop rock

Length

47:35 (vinyl edition) 50:55 (single CD edition) 1:39:25 (double CD edition)

Label

EMI (Worldwide) Capitol Records (Canada, U.S.)

Producer

Marillion & Nick Davis Marillion chronology

The Thieving Magpie (1988)

Seasons End (1989)

Holidays in Eden (1991)

Singles from Seasons End 1.

"Hooks in You" Released: 24 August 1989

2.

"The Uninvited Guest" Released: 27 November 1989

3.

"Easter" Released: 19 March 1990 (cassette), 26 March 1990 (other formats)

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Seasons End is the fifth studio album by English band Marillion, released in 1989. The album was the first to feature current lead singer Steve Hogarth, following the departure of former vocalist Fish in late 1988. It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart.

Seasons End

Overview Following the departure of Fish, Marillion started to audition singers while writing the new album, and they eventually chose Steve Hogarth. The music for Seasons End was mostly finished by the time Hogarth joined Marillion, and only a couple of songs on it actually have some pieces written by him, most notably "Easter" and "The Space". A number of the lyrics were written by John Helmer, who the band had commissioned before Hogarth joining. He would continue to contribute lyrics throughout the 1990s. Much of the music on Seasons End had been composed while Fish was still in the band. The bonus disc of the 1999 re-issue of Clutching at Straws contains a number of nascent versions of songs that would end up on Seasons End with vocals and lyrics by Fish, these demos having been produced during the writing sessions for the ill-fated fifth studio album with Fish. (A number of the lyrical concepts from these demos, such as The Voice In the Crowd, would later resurface on Fish's debut studio album, Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors.) The album was produced jointly by Marillion and Nick Davis (who would go on to work with Genesis and associated acts).

Singles As with Marillion's previous two studio albums, three singles were released from Seasons End. The first single was "Hooks in You" in August 1989, followed by "The Uninvited Guest" in November and "Easter" in March 1990.

Cover art As Mark Wilkinson, who had designed all previous Marillion covers, had left together with Fish, the album also marked a turning point in the band's visual style, towards a more "modern", photographic look created by Bill Smith Studio. The four square fields dominating the cover symbolise the four classical elements, earth, air, water and fire (clockwise from top left). At the same time, the cover contained some references to the past: It used the band's original logo, which had been replaced with a "modernised" version on the previous album Clutching at Straws and related releases as well as on B'Sides Themselves (although the 1988 live retrospective The Thieving Magpie also used it). The feather in the "desert" square is a reference to the image of the "magpie" found on Misplaced Childhood (1985), the "sky" square contains a fragment of the "Jester's" dress introduced on Script for a Jester's Tear (1983), the chameleon in the "fire" square appears on Script for a Jester's Tear, Fugazi (1984) and Misplaced Childhood; the painting with the clown's face falling into the water upside-down is taken from the Fugazi cover. Also, the vinyl version returned to the gatefold format that had been abandoned on the previous studio album.

Lyrics The lyrics on Seasons End, unlike on the two previous albums, are not tied together by a common storyline. The opener, "The King of Sunset Town", in John Helmer's original version, was about poverty; however, Hogarth modified it under the impression of the brutal oppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 by the Chinese government; the line "And everyone assembled here / Remembers how it used to be / Before the 27th came" refers to the 27th Army involved in the massacre.[3] "Easter" addresses The Troubles of Northern Ireland (a topic Fish had previously dealt with in "Forgotten Sons" in 1983);[4] more indirectly, this also goes for "Holloway Girl", which refers to the imprisonment of Judith Ward in Holloway Prison for IRA bombings.[5] "Seasons End" addresses climate change (a topic Marillion lyrics would return to in 1998 and 2007) [6] - the spelling of the title is intentional, referring not to the end of a season (which would be "Season's End"), but the end of all seasons as a result of global warming eliminating winter altogether. "Berlin" describes the situation in the divided city of Berlin, where Marillion had recorded Misplaced Childhood; the Berlin Wall would eventually come down just weeks after the release of Seasons End.[7]

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Seasons End About "The Space", Steve Hogarth has said that "this song kind of started life in Amsterdam. When I was quite young I saw a tram come down the road and someone had parked a car too close to the tram line. It came down the road and it just tore the side of this car because it couldn't do anything else. It made the most fantastic noise as it did so. Fortunately there was nobody in the car and fortunately the trams in Amsterdam are very thick so I'm not sure the driver even noticed it happen. Years later when I was feeling a bit more like a rock star than I did when I say it happen, I was thinking about my life. It occurred to me that I was a bit like that tram when I when I probably ripped the side of a few things I hadn't even felt and I hadn't slowed down either and I probably hadn't noticed. So the words to this song came from that realization. It was one of the first songs we put together when we met in January of 1989." [8]

Critical reception "Musically, it's pretty much business as usual: the mature and busy percussion work of Ian Mosley always a delight to hear; Pete Trewavas' supple bass lines underpinning the beat with soft, wooded textures; Mark Kelly's keyboards and synthesizers as pert and delicate as ever; Steve Rothery's aching guitar lines used like brandy to lace the milk of the melodies. Tracks like 'King Of Sunset Town', 'Uninvited Guest', 'Hooks in You' (the first single) and the title track itself, 'Season's End', all cover familiar Marillion territory, endlessly refining the themes that have come to characterize their sound. 'Hooks in You', for example, is a direct descendant of 'Incommunicado', itself a not-so-distant relative of 'Market Square Heroes'. While the origins of 'Season's End' (the track) can be located quite easily in something like 'Warm Wet Circles', some of the less cluttered instrumental passages of Misplaced Childhood or, from the distant past 'The Web'. Vocally and lyrically, of course, we find ourselves on new ground. Hogarth's certainly got a voice, smooth as glass and emotive as hell. And, in common with his more famous predecessor, it's a very un-American voice, the vowel sounds are all Queen's English. But there the comparisons end. Steve Hogarth is no Fish clone. He's no Peter Gabriel nor Phil Collins apologist, either. He doesn't need to be. He's got a voice of his own - and when you listen to it on tracks like 'Easter', and 'Season's End' or 'After Me', you can almost forget the band ever had another singer."[9]

Track listing Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"The King of Sunset Town" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Helmer)– 8:04 "Easter" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley) – 5:58 "The Uninvited Guest" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Helmer)– 3:52 "Seasons End' (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Helmer) – 8:10

Side two 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Holloway Girl" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley) – 4:30 "Berlin" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Helmer)– 7:48 "After Me" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley)– 3:20 (Only included on CD and MC) "Hooks in You" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Helmer)– 2:57 "The Space..." (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Woore/Dugmore/Harper) – 6:14

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Remastered CD bonus tracks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"The Uninvited Guest" (12" Version) – 5:05 "The Bell in the Sea" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley/Helmer) – 4:21 "The Release" (Hogarth/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley) – 3:45 "The King of Sunset Town" (Demo) – 5:34 "Holloway Girl" (Demo) – 4:48 "Seasons End" (Demo) – 8:02 "The Uninvited Guest" (Demo) – 3:56 "Berlin" (Demo) – 8:03 "The Bell in the Sea" (Demo) – 4:52

Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on CD, Cassette, vinyl LP and 12" Picture Disc. "After Me", the b-side of "Hooks in You", was included as a bonus track on the original CD and cassette versions. In 1997, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Seasons End with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material. The bonus disc contained the extended 12" version of the album's second single, "The Uninvited Guest", that single's b-side "The Bell in the Sea", the third single "Easter"'s b-side, "The Release", and six demo versions. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc. A new 180 gram vinyl pressing was released in February 2012 by EMI release from 1989, namely 'After Me' was not included.

Personnel • • • • • • •

Steve Hogarth: vocals Steve Rothery: guitars Mark Kelly: keyboards Pete Trewavas: bass Ian Mosley: drums Phil Todd: saxophone on "Berlin" Jean-Pierre Rasle: pipes on "Easter"

Charts Album Year

Chart

1989 UK Album Chart

Position [11]

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References [6] Seasons End (http:/ / marillion. baldyslaphead. co. uk/ albums/ Seasons/ seasons. htm) [8] Marillion: Live from Cadogan Hall (DVD 1, track 5) [9] Mick Wall, Kerrang!, 23 September 1989. [10] http:/ / marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ seasons-vinyl. htm

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External links Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members and associated people (on the marillion.com (http:/ / www.marillion.com) band page): • Steve Hogarth (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/seasons.htm#h) • Pete Trewavas (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/seasons.htm#pete) • Carl Glover (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/seasons.htm#carl)

Holidays in Eden Holidays in Eden Studio album by Marillion Released

24 June 1991 February 1998 (two-disc edition)

Recorded Outside Studios, Oxfordshire, January - June 1991 Genre

Pop rock Neo-progressive rock Progressive rock

Length

48:17 (single-disc edition) 1:51:25 (two-disc edition)

Label

EMI IRS Records

Producer Chris Neil Marillion chronology

Seasons End (1989)

Holidays In Eden (1991)

A Singles Collection (1992)

Original US release cover Singles from Holidays in Eden 1.

"Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" Released: 28 May 1991

2.

"No One Can" Released: 22 July 1991

3.

"Dry Land" Released: 23 September 1991

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Holidays in Eden is the sixth studio album by the British band Marillion and their second with vocalist Steve Hogarth, released in 1991. Produced by Christopher Neil, it features a more mainstream sound than the band's previous albums. It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart. The lead single "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" was a re-write of Hogarth's earlier band How We Live's song "Simon's Car". "Dry Land", the third single, had previously been the title track of How We Live's only album released in 1987.

Cover art As with the previous album Seasons End, the cover was designed by Bill Smith Studio using a monochromatic painting by illustrator Sarah Ball (born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1965[4][5]) showing various stylized animals, a tree with a snake around it at the centre, and dominated by a darkish blue colour for the front cover. This was Marillion's first album not to feature their familiar original logo in any recognizable form, using the band name in a normal typeface instead.

Track listing Original UK Version Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Splintering Heart" – 6:54 "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" – 3:54 "The Party" – 5:36 "No One Can" – 4:41

Side two 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Holidays in Eden" – 5:38 "Dry Land" – 4:43 "Waiting to Happen" – 5:01 "This Town" – 3:18 "The Rakes Progress" – 1:54 "100 Nights" – 6:41

Holidays in Eden

U.S. Version The U.S. Version, released about 6 months after the original UK version, added 2 new tracks: "A Collection" and "How Can It Hurt", which were the B-Sides of the original "No One Can" and "Cover My Eyes" singles, respectively. In addition, the track order was rearranged and the title for "No One Can" was lengthened. Finally, slightly different cover art was used, featuring the original cover overlaid with the new "MAR" "ILL" "ION" logo and the album title in the middle left of the cover in a straight line, rather than the original circle around the moon at the centre top. 1. "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" - 3:56 2. "No One Can" - 4:39 3. "Splintering Heart" - 6:51 4. "The Party" - 5:36 5. "A Collection" - 3:00 6. "Holidays in Eden" - 5:28 7. "How Can It Hurt" - 4:10 8. "Dry Land" - 4:43 9. "Waiting to Happen" - 4:56 10. "This Town" - 3:18 11. "The Rakes Progress" - 1:54 12. "100 Nights" - 6:41

Remastered CD bonus tracks The remaster, released 23 February 1998, has the same track listing as the original UK release. In addition, a second CD is included, with the following additional tracks: 1. "Sympathy" – 3:30 2. "How Can It Hurt" – 4:11 (b side from cover my eyes) 3. "A Collection" – 3:00 4. "Cover My Eyes" (acoustic version) – 2:34 (b side from no one can part 1 cdmaxi) 5. "Sympathy" (acoustic version) – 2:30 (b side from no one can part 2 cdmaxi) 6. "I Will Walk on Water" (alternative mix) – 5:14 7. "Splintering Heart" (live at the Moles Club) – 6:42 8. "You Don't Need Anyone" (Moles Club demo) – 4:04 9. "No One Can" (Moles Club demo) – 4:51 10. "The Party" (Moles Club demo) – 5:45 11. "This Town" (Moles Club demo) – 4:16 12. "Waiting to Happen" (Moles Club demo) – 5:31 13. "Eric" – 2:32 14. "The Epic (Fairground)" (Mushroom Farm demo) – 8:31

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Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on CD, Cassette, vinyl LP. In 1998, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Holidays in Eden with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material, listed above. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc. A new 180 gram vinyl pressing was released in May 2012 by EMI from 1991.

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. It was identical to the original vinyl release

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1991 UK Album Chart 7[7]

External links Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com [8] band page): • Steve Hogarth [9] • Mark Kelly [10] • Pete Trewavas [11]

References [1] Henderson, Dave. Holidays in Eden review. Q. July 1991. [4] http:/ / www. artwales. com/ artists-detail-mtg-en. php?artistID=2 [5] http:/ / www. sarah-ball. co. uk/ biography/ [6] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ hie-vinyl. htm [8] http:/ / www. marillion. com [9] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ holidays. htm#h [10] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ holidays. htm#mark [11] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ holidays. htm#pete

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Brave Brave Studio album by Marillion Released

7 February 1994 17 October 1998 (two-disc edition)

Recorded Marouatte Castle, France, November 1992 - August 1993 Genre

Progressive rock

Length

71:08 (single-disc edition) 123:01 (two-disc edition)

Label

EMI (Europe) I.R.S. Records (United States)

Producer Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

A Singles Collection (1992)

Brave (1994)

Afraid of Sunlight (1995)

Singles from Brave 1.

"The Great Escape" Released: 10 January 1994

2.

"The Hollow Man" Released: 14 March 1994

3.

"Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" Released: 25 April 1994

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Brave is the seventh studio album by Marillion, released in 1994. It charted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, being the last of the band's albums to reach the Top 10. Raw ranked Brave as one of the 20 greatest albums of 1994.[3] In 2000 it was selected by Classic Rock as one of the "30 Best Albums of the 90s", and in 2003 as one of "Rock's 30 Greatest Concept Albums".[4]

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Background After trying and failing to reach a wider audience with Holidays in Eden, Marillion figured it was time to go back to their roots and make a more progressive rock-oriented album again. Brave is a concept album, based on a news story Steve Hogarth heard on the radio about a girl who was taken into police custody after being found wandering the Severn Bridge. She did not know who she was, where she came from and refused to even speak. This inspired Hogarth to write a fictional story about this girl and what might have led to her being on the Severn Bridge in this state. The band relocated to Marouatte castle in France for the duration of the recording of Brave. The influence of these surroundings can be heard throughout the album in a lot of haunting atmospherics. They even went into a cave which lay in the nearby area and taped some cave sounds which were used as background ambiance on the album. This recording concept was later used by Radiohead for their OK Computer album. As engineer, they recruited Dave Meegan, who had previously worked with Marillion on Fugazi. As for EMI, they really wanted the band to do a 'quick record' to gain some revenue, but this project progressively escalated, taking the band nine months to write and produce, partly because of Dave who would go through 'every single new tape made every day' each night listening for any riff or melody which sounded good enough to be included in the songs. This hard and tedious work paid off in the end. Three singles from the album were released: "The Great Escape." (February 1994), "The Hollow Man" (March 1994) and "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" (April 1994). The double-LP vinyl release of Brave features a double groove on the final side of the album, providing two endings to the story of this concept album. The first groove plays "The Great Escape" as heard on the CD, followed by 'Made Again', providing the happy ending; the second groove plays "The Great Escape (Spiral Remake)" and 20 minutes of water noise, providing the downer ending. "The Great Escape (Spiral Remake)" was later included as a bonus track on the remastered re-issue, along with one minute of the water noise. Richard Stanley directed a 50 minute film version of Brave which was released one year after the album. This film takes the downer ending presented by the second double groove.

Track listing All music by Steve Hogarth/Steve Rothery/Mark Kelly/Pete Trewavas/Ian Mosley. All lyrics by Hogarth except as indicated.

Vinyl edition Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Bridge" – 2:55 "Living With The Big Lie" – 6:46 "Runaway" (Hogarth/John Helmer) – 4:40 "Goodbye To All That" – 0:49

Side two 1. "Goodbye To All That (continued)" – 11:51 1. 2. 3. 4.

"(i) Wave" "(ii) Mad" "(iii) The Opium Den" "(iv) The Slide"

5. "(v) Standing in the Swing" 2. "Hard As Love" (Hogarth/Helmer) – 6:41

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3. "The Hollow Man" – 4:08 Side three 1. "Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury" – 8:13 1. "(i) Now wash your hands" 2. "Paper Lies" (Hogarth/Helmer) – 5:47 3. "Brave" – 7:56 Side four, groove one 1. "The Great Escape" (Hogarth/Helmer) – 6:30 1. "(i) The last of you" 2. "(ii) Falling from the moon" 2. "Made Again" (Helmer) – 5:02 Side four, groove two 1. "The Great Escape" (Hogarth/Helmer) – 5:48 2. "[unlisted water noises]" (Helmer) – 20:00

CD edition 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Bridge" – 2:52 "Living with the Big Lie" – 6:46 "Runaway" – 4:41 "Goodbye to all That" – 12:26

1. "i) Wave" 2. "ii) Mad" 3. "iii) The Opium Den" 4. "iv) The Slide" 5. "v) Standing in the Swing" 5. "Hard as Love" – 6:42 6. "The Hollow Man" – 4:08 7. "Alone again in the Lap of Luxury" – 8:13 1. "i) Now wash your hands" 8. "Paper Lies" – 5:49 9. "Brave" – 7:54 10. "The Great Escape" – 6:29 1. "i) The last of you" 2. "ii) Falling from the moon" 11. "Made Again" – 5:02

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Remastered CD bonus tracks 1. "The Great Escape" (orchestral version) – 5:18 2. "Marouatte Jam" – 9:44 3. "The Hollow Man" (Acoustic) – 4:10 4. "Winter Trees" – 1:47 5. "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" (Acoustic) – 2:43 6. "Runaway" (Acoustic) – 4:27 7. "Hard as Love" (Instrumental) – 6:48 8. "Living with the Big Lie" (Demo) – 5:12 9. "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" (Demo) – 3:17 10. "Dream Sequence" (Demo) – 2:36 11. "The Great Escape" (Spiral Remake) – 5:48 The second CD also includes a hidden track. Some 26 minutes after "The Great Escape" there is an "instrumental" recording of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer", followed by a snatch of studio chatter.

Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on Cassette, double-vinyl LP and CD. In 1998, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Brave with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material, listed above. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc. A new 180 gram vinyl pressing will be released in May 2013 by EMI release from 1994, and will include the double-grooved Side 4.

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums

Charts Album Year

Chart

1994 UK Album Chart

References [3] http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ raw. htm [4] http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ steveparker/ classicrock. htm [5] http:/ / marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ brave-vinyl. htm

Position [6]

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External links Comments by some of the band members (on the marillion.com (http://www.marillion.com) band page): • Steve Hogarth (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/brave.htm#h) • Steve Rothery (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/brave.htm#rothers) • Pete Trewavas (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/brave.htm#pete)

Afraid of Sunlight Afraid of Sunlight Studio album by Marillion Released

24 June 1995 22 March 1999 (two-disc edition)

Recorded The Racket Club, Aylesbury, January–June 1995 Genre

Progressive rock Neo-progressive rock Pop rock

Length

51:25 (single-disc edition) 1:40:12 (two-disc edition)

Label

EMI (Europe) I.R.S. Records (U.S.)

Producer Marillion, Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

Brave (1994)

Afraid of Sunlight (1995)

Made Again (1996)

Singles from Afraid of Sunlight 1.

"Beautiful" Released: 29 May 1995

2.

"Cannibal Surf Babe (U.S. promo only)" Released: June 1995

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Afraid of Sunlight is Marillion's eighth studio album, released in 1995. It was their last for EMI (who would, however, continue to release back-catalogue material on compilations and re-issues, as well as distribute some later recordings). It was the first Marillion studio album to fail to reach the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 16 and falling out of the Top 40 after two weeks. Nonetheless, Afraid of Sunlight was included in Q

Afraid of Sunlight magazine's "Recordings of The Year" for 1995,[2] and retrospectively described by Jeri Montesano of Allmusic as "the peak of Marillion's growing, impressive body of work."[3]

Writing While not a concept album as such, Afraid of Sunlight repeatedly examines the destructive side of celebrity. In particular, "Afraid of Sunlight" refers to self-destructive thrill-seekers such as James Dean; "Out of This World" is about world land and water speed record holder Donald Campbell, killed in 1967, while "Gazpacho" seems to refer to Mike Tyson. "King" refers to Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, and Michael Jackson. The song "Beyond You" is reminiscent of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound productions, and is recorded monaurally rather than in stereo. The first half of the album has a more satirical tone. "Gazpacho" lampoons the Hollywood lifestyle, "Cannibal Surf Babe" is a Beach Boys pastiche also inspired by late-night horror movies, and "Beautiful"'s utopian lyrics may be written from the perspective of an unmoored celebrity. Steve Hogarth named the 1980 Martin Scorsese film Raging Bull, about a boxer's inability to deal with fame, as a strong influence on the album. Hogarth also cited O.J. Simpson, on trial for murder at the time the album was recorded, as another influence on its theme; the wind-down of "Gazpacho" ends with a sample from a news report on Simpson's infamous flight from the police. The wreckage of Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 and Campbell's remains were not recovered until 28 May 2001 when diver Bill Smith was inspired to look for the wreck after hearing "Out of This World". Both Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery were present at the raising.[]

Track listing Side one 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Gazpacho" – 7:28 (John Helmer, Steve Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas) "Cannibal Surf Babe" – 5:25 (Helmer, Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) "Beautiful" – 5:12 (Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) "Afraid of Sunrise" – 5:01 (Helmer, Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas)

Side two 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Out of This World" – 7:54 (Helmer, Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) "Afraid of Sunlight" – 6:49 (Helmer, Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) "Beyond You" – 6:10 (Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) "King" – 7:03 (Hogarth, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas)

Remastered CD bonus tracks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Icon" – 6:04 "Live Forever" – 4:34 "Second Chance" (Dave Meegan Mix of Beautiful) – 5:14 "Beyond You" (Demo) – 5:17 "Cannibal Surf Babe" (Studio Outtake) – 5:59 "Out of This World" (Studio Outtake) – 7:27 "Bass Frenzy" – 1:17 "Mirages" (Demo) – 6:02

9. "Afraid of Sunlight" (Acoustic Demo) – 6:49 10. "Sympathy (For The Road Crew)"

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Note: The last track on CD 2 can only be accessed via a computer and a passcode. The passcode can be found on the Marillion.com [4] – Afraid of Sunlight page.

Formats and re-issues The album was originally released on Cassette, vinyl LP and CD. In 1998, as part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI re-released Afraid of Sunlight with remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus material, listed above. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc.

Reception Q (magazine) 4/5 "...a 40-minute journey that touches on the legacy of Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren and The Beatles, while hinting at the experimental trivialities of Jellyfish or Split Enz. There is a preposterous tone at times, but Steve Hogarth's voice is lovable, tear-jerking and even beautiful..." [5]

Personnel Marillion • • • • •

Steve Hogarth (aka "H") – vocals, keyboards, percussion Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Pete Trewavas – bass Ian Mosley – drums

Additional Musicians • Barbara Lemzy: Additional Vocals

Production • • • • •

Arranged & Produced By Marillion & Dave Meegan Engineered By Dave Meegan Assistant Engineers: Stuart Every, Michael Hunter, Andrea Wright Mixing: Michael Bauer, Nick Davies, Dave Meegan Digital Editing & Mastering: Peter Mew

Charts Album Year

Chart

1995 UK Album Chart

References [2] http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ qlists. html [4] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ aos. htm [5] Q, August 1995.

Position [6]

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External links Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com (http:/ / www. marillion. com) band page): • Mark Kelly (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/aos.htm#mark) • Steve Hogarth (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/aos.htm#h)

This Strange Engine This Strange Engine Studio album by Marillion Released

March 1997

Recorded August–November 1996 at The Racket Club in Buckinghamshire, England Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, alternative rock

Length

70:49

Label

Castle Communications (Europe, U.S.), Pony Canyon (Japan)

Producer Marillion Marillion chronology

The Best of Both Worlds (1997)

This Strange Engine (1997)

Radiation (1998)

Singles from This Strange Engine 1.

"Man of a Thousand Faces" Released: 15 May 1997

2.

"Eighty Days" Released: 29 September 1997

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This Strange Engine is the ninth studio album by British rock band Marillion, released in 1997. It is the first of three discs the band released on Castle Communications label after leaving EMI Records. This Strange Engine reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed there for two weeks.[] The first single released from the album was "Man of a Thousand Faces". A music video was also released of this track. The second single from the album was "Eighty Days". The song "Estonia" was written after singer Steve Hogarth met Paul Barney,[3] the only British survivor from the accident where the passenger ferry Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea on 28 September 1994, killing 852 people. The track "This Strange Engine" is an autobiographical account of Steve Hogarth's life.[4]

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On the UK version, if you let the last track carry on playing, there is a hidden track of Steve Hogarth having a fit of laughing. The Japanese release of This Strange Engine (on the Pony Canyon label, released in March 1997) contains the bonus tracks "Beautiful (Acoustic)" and "Made Again (Acoustic)". The US release of This Strange Engine (on the Velvel label, released in October 1997) contains the bonus tracks "Estonia (Positive Light Remix)" and "80 Days (Acoustic)". A remix version of the album, titled Tales from the Engine Room, was released in January 1998.

Track listing All music composed by Marillion. No. Title

Lyrics

Length

1. "Man of a Thousand Faces" Steve Hogarth, John Helmer

7:33

2. "One Fine Day"

Hogarth, Helmer

5:31

3. "80 Days"

Hogarth

5:01

4. "Estonia"

Hogarth

7:56

5. "Memory of Water"

Hogarth, Helmer

3:02

6. "An Accidental Man"

Hogarth, Helmer

6:12

7. "Hope for the Future"

Hogarth, Helmer

5:10

8. "This Strange Engine"

Hogarth

30:24 (actual music 15:33)

Total length:

70:49

Japanese release bonus tracks No. Title 9. "Beautiful (Acoustic)"

Lyrics

Length

Hogarth

4:50

10. "Made Again (Acoustic)" Helmer

5:15

US release bonus tracks No. Title

Lyrics

9. "Estonia (Positive Light Remix)" Hogarth 10. "80 Days (Acoustic)"

Hogarth

Length 11:44 4:20

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Credits Marillion

Production

• • • • •

• • • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – voice, backing vocals, additional keyboards and percussion Steve Rothery – guitar Mark Kelly – keyboards, backing vocals Peter Trewavas – bass, backing vocals Ian Mosley – drums, percussion

Additional personnel • • • •

Charlton & Newbottle School Choir – choir on "Man of a Thousand Faces" Tim Perkins – balalaika on "Estonia" Phil Todd – saxophone on "This Strange Engine" Paula Savage – trumpet on "Hope for the Future"

Marillion – producer Stuart Every – engineer Dave Meegan – mixing engineer Andrea Wright, Michael Hunter – mixing assistants John Arnison – manager Annabelle Farina – managing assistant Hugh Gilmour – art direction, design

Chart positions Year

Chart

1997 UK Albums Chart

Position []

27

[]

German Albums Chart

48

Netherlands Albums Chart

10

[]

References [3] SH: I had a chance meeting ... with the only British survivor of the Estonia tragedy (http:/ / www. musicweb-international. com/ rock/ zine/ 183. htm), musicweb-international.com, Retrieved 8 April 2012. [4] SH: The story of my early life (http:/ / www. musicweb-international. com/ rock/ zine/ 183. htm), musicweb-international.com, Retrieved 8 April 2012.

External links • This Strange Engine page on Marillion's official website (http://marillion.com/music/albums/tse.htm)

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Radiation Radiation Studio album by Marillion Released

21 September 1998

Recorded November 1997 – June 1998 at The Racket Club in Buckinghamshire, England Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, alternative rock

Length

48:17

Label

Castle Communications

Producer Marillion, Stewart Every Marillion chronology

This Strange Engine (1997)

Radiation marillion.com (1998) (1999)

Singles from Radiation 1.

"These Chains" Released: 14 September 1998 Radiation 2013 Cover of 2013 remix version

Radiation is the tenth studio album by British rock band Marillion, released in 1998. It reached #35 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed there for one week,[] making it the last Marillion album to enter the top 40 until 2007. The only single released from Radiation is "These Chains", which failed to chart in the UK.[] Radiation is the second of three albums in three consecutive years that Marillion released on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. Due to an announcement on Marillion's official website before the album's release, many suppliers and distributors have incorrectly listed the album's title as either "Don't Try This at Home" or "Radiation Leak".[] As Marillion's tenth studio album, the number 10 can be seen in the "io" in both "marillion" and "radiation" on the cover; previously, the album had been rumoured to be self-titled as "Marill10n" (i.e., with the number "10" replacing the letters "io"). The US release of Radiation (on the Velvel label) contains the bonus tracks "Estonia (Acoustic)" and "Memory of Water (Big Beat Mix)", whose original versions appeared on the previous album, This Strange Engine. The Japanese release of Radiation (on the Pony Canyon label) contains the bonus tracks "The Space (Live Acoustic)" and the Radiohead cover "Fake Plastic Trees (Live Acoustic)", both taken from the Racket Records album Unplugged at the Walls. The latter also featured as a b-side on the single "These Chains". A 2CD version of the album containing a remixed and remastered version of all tracks was released on the Madfish label in March 2013. The album will also be played in its entirety at the fanclub conventions in 2013.[]

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Track listing All lyrics written by Steve Hogarth, all music composed by Marillion. No. Title

Length

1. "Costa del Slough"

1:27

2. "Under the Sun"

4:10

3. "The Answering Machine"

3:48

4. "Three Minute Boy"

5:59

5. "Now She'll Never Know"

4:59

6. "These Chains"

4:50

7. "Born to Run"

5:12

8. "Cathedral Wall"

7:20

9. "A Few Words for the Dead"

10:32

Total length:

48:17

US release bonus tracks No. Title

Length

10. "Estonia (Acoustic)"

6:43

11. "Memory of Water (Big Beat Mix)"

8:05

Japanese release bonus tracks No. Title

Length

10. "The Space (Live Acoustic)"

4:12

11. "Fake Plastic Trees (Live Acoustic) (Radiohead cover)"

4:56

Credits Marillion

Production

• • • •

• •

•

Steve Hogarth – voice, backing vocals, additional piano, anorak and percussion Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards, backing vocals Peter Trewavas – bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "Now She'll Never Know" Ian Mosley – drums, percussion

Additional personnel •

Jo Rothery, Viki Price – additional backing vocals on "Three Minute Boy"

• • • •

Marillion – producer Stewart Every – co-producer, engineer, mixing engineer Rod Smallwood – manager Bill Smith Studio – graphic design Carl Glover – photography Niels van Iperen – portrait photography

Radiation

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Chart positions Year

Chart

Position []

1998 UK Albums Chart

35

[]

German Albums Chart

46

Netherlands Albums Chart

26

[]

References

Marillion.com marillion.com Studio album by Marillion Released

18 October 1999

Recorded December 1998 – August 1999 at The Racket Club in Buckinghamshire, England Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, alternative rock, pop rock

Length

62:28

Label

Castle Communications

Producer Marillion, Steven Wilson Marillion chronology

Radiation marillion.com Anoraknophobia (1998) (1999) (2001)

marillion.co.uk Front cover of marillion.co.uk

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marillion.com is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Marillion, released in 1999. It was the last of three albums in three consecutive years that Marillion released on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. Among fans, it is widely considered to be their weakest effort. It was the first Marillion studio album to fail to reach UK Top 40, peaking at #53 and staying on the chart for one week.[] It was also the first Marillion album from which no singles were released officially. However, "Deserve" was released as a promo single, and "Rich" served as a radio single in Brazil. There was also a video made for the track "Deserve", featuring tour and backstage footage.[citation needed]

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marillion.com was self-produced with additional production from Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson on five out of nine tracks. The last track, "House", features a dance (trip-hop) influence and had the working title "the Massive Attack song".[3] The band would go on to explore this territory on their next album Anoraknophobia. Among fans, the album was received more favourably than its predecessor, but it still belongs to their least popular work; in particular, the track "Built-in Bastard Radar" is considered to be one of their worst ever by many fans. The album's title is a reference to Marillion's then-new approach in using the internet to communicate with their fans, and in particular to ensure the financing of projects, which would later become known as "crowdfunding": In 1997, fans had funded a U.S. tour (which would otherwise not have happened as Castle Communications refused to support it); the next album, Anoraknophobia would be completely financed by pre-orders, this making the band independent from record company support (except for distribution). The line "thank God for the internet" from the track "Interior Lulu" (although used ironically in the original context) can also be read as a reference to the band's internet activities, and was in fact used as a slogan later. While preparing the album, the band's management invited fans to send them passport photographs and 732 of these were then used to make up the artwork for the booklet. The songs "Tumble Down the Years" and "Interior Lulu" were recorded and mixed during the recording sessions for Radiation (1998). It was decided not to include the tracks on that album as the band thought they were incomplete.[] Marillion made a companion disc to marillion.com, which was named marillion.co.uk and was available for free to everyone who bought the album. The companion disc had a collection of tracks from various live and demo releases, as well as a short interview video (which was originally from a press kit for the album). marillion.co.uk had been regularly updated with newer songs but now is out of print and only available from Marillion's official website as a digital download.[4]

Track listing All music composed by Marillion. No. Title

Lyrics

Length

1. "A Legacy"

John Helmer

6:16

2. "Deserve"

Steve Hogarth

4:23

3. "Go!"

Hogarth

6:11

4. "Rich"

Hogarth

5:43

5. "Enlightened"

Hogarth

5:00

6. "Built-in Bastard Radar"

Helmer

4:52

7. "Tumble Down the Years" Helmer

4:34

8. "Interior Lulu"

Hogarth, Helmer

15:14

9. "House"

Hogarth

10:15

Total length:

62:28

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Credits Marillion • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – voice, backing vocals, additional piano and percussion Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Peter Trewavas – bass, backing vocals, additional guitar on "Tumble Down the Years" Ian Mosley – drums, percussion

Additional personnel • Ben Castle – saxophone on "Deserve" • Neil Yates – trumpet on "House" and "Deserve" • Andy Rotherham – additional hand-clapping on "Rich" Production • • • •

Marillion – producer Steven Wilson – additional production and mixing engineer on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8 Nick Davis – mixing engineer on tracks 2, 4 & 7 Trevor Vallis – mixing engineer on track 9

• • • • • •

Stewart Every – recording engineer Carl Glover – photography Justine Layland – laptop dancing Niels van Iperen – group photography Bill Smith Studio – sleeve Rod Smallwood – management

Chart positions Year

Chart

1999 UK Albums Chart

References [3] http:/ / www. bigbangmag. com/ cmarillion4. php

External links • www.marillion.com (http://marillion.com)

Position []

53

[]

German Albums Chart

55

Netherlands Albums Chart

40

[]

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Anoraknophobia Anoraknophobia Studio album by Marillion Released

May 15, 2001

Recorded

The Racket Club, Aylesbury, 2000/early 2001

Genre

Progressive rock, alternative rock

Length

63:40

Label

Intact/Liberty Records (UK)

Producer

Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

marillion.com Anoraknophobia Marbles (1999) (2001) (2004)

Singles from Anoraknophobia 1.

"Between You and Me/Map of the World" Released: April 2001

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Anoraknophobia is Marillion's 12th studio album, released in 2001. Following the success of their previous North American tour, underwritten by the band's fans themselves, Marillion turned to their fans to finance the making of Anoraknophobia, asking them to pre-order the album before it was even recorded. This was as unprecedented as it was successful, as more than 12,500 fans pre-ordered it. All who pre-ordered the album received a special double-CD version. Everyone who pre-ordered the album before a set date also got their names printed in the booklet of the 2-CD version. The album title appears to be a portmanteau of "anorak" (or its slang equivalent) and "arachnophobia", although according to Steve Hogarth the point of the title is no fear of anoraks ("anorak no phobia").[] Anoraknophobia was the first of the band's studio albums to fail to chart at all in the UK. Its sole single, "Between You and Me", also failed to chart.

Anoraknophobia

Track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Between You and Me" – 6:27 "Quartz" – 9:06 "Map of the World" – 5:02 "When I Meet God" – 9:17 "The Fruit of the Wild Rose" – 6:57 "Separated Out" – 6:17 "This is the 21st Century" – 11:07 "If My Heart Were a Ball It Would Roll Uphill" – 9:28

The bonus CD also has these tracks: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Number One" – 2:48 "The Fruit of the Wild Rose" (Demo) – 6:20 "Separated Out" (Demo) – 6:03 "Between You and Me" (Mark Kelly Remix) – 5:08 "Number One" (Recording Demo Video) "Map of the World" (Recording Demo Video)

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums

References [2] Philip Wilding Classic Rock, May 2001. [3] Catherine Chambers Kerrang!, May 2001.

External links Comments on the album by some of the band members on Marillion's website (http://www.marillion.com): • • • •

Steve Hogarth (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/anorak.htm#h) Pete Trewavas (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/anorak.htm#pete) Ian Mosley (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/anorak.htm#ian) Steve Rothery (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/anorak.htm#rothers)

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Marbles Marbles Studio album by Marillion Released

27 April 2004 (preorder) 3 May 2004

Recorded The Racket Club, Aylesbury, "for the whole of 2002, 2003 and the beginning of 2004" Genre

Progressive rock, Neo-progressive rock, Art rock

Length

1:38:48 (2CD version) 1:08:11 (1CD version)

Label

Intact Records

Producer Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

Anoraknophobia Marbles (2001) (2004)

Somewhere Else (2007)

Singles from Marbles 1.

"You're Gone" Released: 19 April 2004

2.

"Don't Hurt Yourself" Released: July 2004

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Marbles is the 13th studio album from rock band Marillion, released in 2004. Unlike their previous studio album, Anoraknophobia (2001), which was financed largely by a preorder campaign, it was the publicity campaign that fans financed for the album. Those fans who pre-ordered the album received an exclusive 2-CD "Deluxe Campaign Edition" with a booklet containing the names of everyone who pre-ordered before a certain date. The public release date of the retail single-CD version of the album was 3 May 2004 while a plain 2CD version could still be obtained from the band's website. A limited (500 copy) edition was released on white multicoloured vinyl by Racket Records on 13 November 2006. The album failed to chart in the UK, however its first single "You're Gone" reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart, thus becoming their first UK top ten hit since 1987's "Incommunicado". The follow-up single "Don't Hurt Yourself"

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peaked at #16. Classic Rock ranked Marbles #11 on their end-of-year list for 2004.[6]

Track listing All songs written by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley.

Double-CD version Disc one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"The Invisible Man" – 13:37 "Marbles I" – 1:42 "Genie" – 4:54 "Fantastic Place" – 6:12 "The Only Unforgivable Thing" – 7:13 "Marbles II" – 2:02 "Ocean Cloud" – 17:58

Disc two 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Marbles III" – 1:51 "The Damage" – 4:35 "Don't Hurt Yourself" – 5:48 "You're Gone" – 6:25 "Angelina" – 7:42 "Drilling Holes" – 5:11 "Marbles IV" – 1:26 "Neverland" – 12:10

Single-CD version 1. "The Invisible Man" – 13:37 2. "Marbles I" – 1:42 3. "You're Gone" – 6:25 4. "Angelina" – 7:42 5. "Marbles II" – 2:02 6. "Don't Hurt Yourself" – 5:48 7. "Fantastic Place" – 6:12 8. "Marbles III" – 1:51 9. "Drilling Holes" – 5:11 10. "Marbles IV" – 1:26 11. "Neverland" – 12:10 12. Bonus track (in Europe): "You're Gone" (single mix) – 4:05 13. Bonus track (in North America): "Don't Hurt Yourself" (music video)

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Limited edition vinyl reissue Side one 1. "The Invisible Man" – 13:37 2. "Marbles I" – 1:42 Side two 1. "You're Gone" – 6:25 2. "Angelina" – 7:42 3. "Marbles II" – 2:02 Side three 1. "Don't Hurt Yourself" – 5:48 2. "Fantastic Place" – 6:12 3. "Marbles III" – 1:51 Side four 1. "Drilling Holes" – 5:11 2. "Marbles IV" – 1:26 3. "Neverland" – 12:10

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Mark Kelly – keyboards Ian Mosley – drums Steve Rothery – guitar Pete Trewavas – bass guitar

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

[ Allmusic review] Betty Clarke The Guardian, 30th April 2004. Tim Jones Record Collector, May 2004, Issue 297. Jon Hotten Classic Rock, May 2004, Issue 66. Roger Newell Guitarist, June 2004 http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ steveparker/ classicrock2. htm

External links • Album information (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/marbles.htm)

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Somewhere Else Somewhere Else Studio album by Marillion Released

9 April 2007

Recorded 2006 at The Racket Club in Buckinghamshire Genre

Progressive rock

Length

52:07

Label

Intact

Producer Michael Hunter Marillion chronology

Marbles (2004)

Somewhere Else (2007)

Happiness Is the Road (2008)

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Somewhere Else is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Marillion, released in 2007.

Chart success Somewhere Else was issued in the UK on 9 April 2007 via Intact Records.[] It reached #24 in the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's first to enter the Top 40 since 1998's Radiation, and their last to do so.[] The first single from the album was "See It Like a Baby", a download-only release, which peaked at #45. Follow-up "Thankyou Whoever You Are" fared better, reaching #15 and giving Marillion their third Top 20 hit of the 2000s in the UK Albums Chart.[]

2011 Madfish reissues Unlike their previous two albums, the band decided not to ask fans to pre-order Somewhere Else before it was recorded because they did not need the money. This left some fans disappointed[1] as there was no special edition released. However a similar 36-page deluxe "digibook" edition with additional artwork, designed by Carl Glover, was released on 25 April 2011 by the independent label Madfish, a division of Snapper Music.[2] Moreover, a limited double vinyl edition, featuring a modified track order and three extra live tracks, was issued by Madfish on 11 July 2011.[3]

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Critical reception Stephen Dalton of Uncut, describing Somewhere Else in a three-star review, stated that "some tracks chime and soar like Coldplay. Others are just a post-rock whimper away from Radiohead". Dalton concluded that "Marillion deserve a fair hearing".[] Richard Mann of Guitarist was less impressed, claiming "with its bombastic production, meandering instrumentation and anthemic AOR choruses it's no doubt precisely the sort of thing owners of the other 13 albums by the band will lap up. But for the innocent bystander, there's really nothing to see here...Steve Rothery's guitars often seem weighed down with unnecessary effects from the Museum of Abandoned Guitar Sounds: the solos, usually a strong point, seem tossed off and inconsequential...in places, the album's lyrics beggar belief" and concluded "on Faith, the barely disguised aping of McCartney's Blackbird fingerpicking offers the final proof that there's little invention left in the tank."[] Classic Rock ranked the album #24 on their end-of-year list for 2007.[4]

Track listing All lyrics written by Steve Hogarth with thanks to Ale Dozal for "Most Toys", all music composed by Marillion. No. Title 1. "The Other Half"

4:23

2. "See It Like a Baby"

4:32

3. "Thankyou Whoever You Are"

4:51

4. "Most Toys"

2:48

5. "Somewhere Else"

7:51

6. "A Voice from the Past"

6:22

7. "No Such Thing"

3:58

8. "The Wound"

7:18

9. "The Last Century for Man"

5:52

10. "Faith"

4:12

Total length:

52:07

2011 Madfish double vinyl edition Side one 1. "The Other Half" 2. "See It Like a Baby" 3. "Somewhere Else" Side two 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Thank You Whoever You" "Most Toys" "Last Century for Man" "Faith"

Side three 1. "A Voice from the Past" 2. "No Such Thing" 3. "The Wound"

Length

Somewhere Else

100

Side four 1. "The Other Half (Live)" 2. "Somewhere Else (Live)" 3. "Voice from the Past (Live)"

Credits Marillion • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals, occasional piano and percussion Mark Kelly – keyboards Ian Mosley – drums Steve Rothery – guitars Pete Trewavas – bass, occasional electric guitar, acoustic guitar on "Faith"

Additional musicians • Sam Morris – French horn on "Faith"

Technical personnel • • • •

Produced, recorded and mixed by Michael Hunter Assistant engineer – Roderick Brunton Mastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Written, recorded and mixed during 2006 at The Racket Club in Buckinghamshire apart from "Faith" written and recorded the year before • Design and photography by Carl Glover

Release history Region

Date

UK

9 April 2007

Germany

13 April 2007

North America 24 April 2007

Charts Album Year

Chart

2007 UK Albums Chart

Singles

Position []

24

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Year

Single

Release date

2007 "See It Like a Baby"

Chart

26 March 2007 UK Singles Chart

"Thankyou Whoever You Are" 11 June 2007

Position []

45

[]

15

References [1] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=CI_OlG3FV5s

External links • Somewhere Else page on the Marillion official website (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/swe.htm)

Happiness Is the Road Happiness Is the Road Double-album cover Studio album by Marillion Released

October 20, 2008 (Physical Release)

Recorded

The Racket Club, Buckinghamshire, 2007/2008

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

108:06

Label

Intact Records EMI (CD only)

Producer

Michael Hunter & Marillion Marillion chronology

Somewhere Else (2007)

Happiness Is the Road (2008)

Early Stages (2008)

Volume 1: Essence cover Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder cover Singles from Happiness Is the Road 1.

"Whatever Is Wrong With You" Released: 1 October 2008 (download only)

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Happiness Is the Road is Marillion's 15th studio album, released as two separate album-length volumes respectively titled Essence and The Hard Shoulder. The overall playing time is 110 minutes (116 including a hidden track), taking it to double album length. According to the band, the album combines their rock sound with "elements of pop, dub and soul and draws influence from artists as diverse as The Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye to Interpol, The Doors, Traffic, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. The album also sees Marillion experimenting with a host of new instruments including, Dulcimers, Glockenspiels, a Harmonium, French Horns and even Sleigh bells, a Harp and Zither." The title track "Happiness Is the Road" was inspired by Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now.[3] The album's artwork was created by the Spanish artist Antonio Seijas in cooperation with Marillion's long-time designer Carl Glover.

Formats It is available in various formats: Two separate jewel case CDs, high-quality (256 kbit/s) download (by purchasing "Front Row Club" credits at their web page), standard-quality download (128 kbit/s) (legally available on file-sharing networks), and a "deluxe campaign edition" containing both CDs and special artwork (see below). In most of the world, initially the physical formats were only available via mail-order from the band's website; only in the US and Poland has the album been available in retail shops from the start. However, when only about a third of the expected sales were achieved via mail-order, Marillion decided to release a worldwide retail version distributed by EMI. This version has been available since 2 February 2009. In December 2009, the album was made available on vinyl, consisting of two double-LPs pressed at 45rpm rather than the usual 33 and 1/3rpm. Both LPs were specifically mastered for vinyl and only 2000 copies of each (Volume 1: Essence and Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder) were pressed. The track listing on Volume 1: Essence was identical to the CD, but the track listing in Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder differed greatly from the CD and included hitherto unreleased live versions of "Nothing Fills the Hole" and "Woke Up" to close the LP.

Promotional activities The recording was financed by a pre-ordering scheme, which asked fans to order about a year in advance. In return, buyers would receive a special edition box-set with book-style special artwork containing both volumes. The band had used the same approach with the albums Anoraknophobia (2001) and Marbles (2004). As with Marbles, the names of everyone who pre-ordered before a certain date are listed in the special edition. The first single released ("Whatever Is Wrong With You") was released as a download, and fans were invited to enter a competition to make their own video to the track. Videos were to be uploaded to YouTube and the video with the most views by 1 December 2008 won £5000. In addition, there was a further £5000 prize for the video judged by the band to be the best.[4] On September 19, Marillion made the album available for free on peer-to-peer file sharing networks as 128 kbit/s WMA files. When any of these tracks is first played, a pop-up box appears asking listeners to give the band their email address in return. This was used to contact downloaders with offers on Marillion merchandise.[5] Everyone who submitted their e-mail address is also given the option to download the tracks as 128 kbit/s MP3 files without DRM, but is asked not to share these on any networks.

Happiness Is the Road

Tracklisting All music written by Marillion, lyrics by Steve Hogarth

Volume 1: Essence 1. "Dreamy Street" – 2:02 2. "This Train Is My Life" – 4:50 3. "Essence" – 6:29 4. "Wrapped Up in Time" – 5:06 5. "Liquidity" – 2:12 6. "Nothing Fills the Hole" – 3:23 7. "Woke Up" – 3:40 8. "Trap the Spark" – 5:43 9. "A State of Mind" – 4:33 10. "Happiness Is the Road" – 10:05 11. (blank) – 1:59 12. "Half-Full Jam" – 6:48 (hidden track) Track 12 is listed as Half-Empty Jam on the download version, but was changed just prior to the CD release of the album. This could be seen as a play on words, as the lyrics of the song begin with "I used to be half empty, but now I'm half full..." Track 11 does not appear on the download version.

Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Thunder Fly" – 6:24 "The Man from the Planet Marzipan" – 7:55 "Asylum Satellite #1" – 9:32 "Older Than Me" – 3:11 "Throw Me Out" – 4:01 "Half the World" – 5:08 "Whatever Is Wrong with You" – 4:16 "Especially True" – 4:37 "Real Tears for Sale" – 7:34

Volume 1: Essence - Vinyl edition Side one 1. "Dreamy Street" – 2:02 2. "This Train Is My Life" – 4:50 3. "Essence" – 6:29 Side two 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Wrapped Up in Time" – 5:06 "Liquidity" – 2:12 "Nothing Fills the Hole" – 3:23 "Woke Up" – 3:40

Side three 1. "Trap the Spark" – 5:43 2. "A State of Mind" – 4:33 Side four

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Happiness Is the Road 1. "Happiness Is the Road" – 10:05 2. "Half-Full Jam" – 6:48

Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder - Vinyl edition Side one 1. "The Man from the Planet Marzipan" – 7:55 2. "Asylum Satellite #1" – 9:32 Side two 1. "Thunder Fly" – 6:24 2. "Whatever Is Wrong with You" – 4:16 3. "Especially True" – 4:37 Side three 1. "Older Than Me" – 3:11 2. "Throw Me Out" – 4:01 3. "Half the World" – 5:08 Side four 1. "Real Tears for Sale" – 7:34 2. "Nothing Fills the Hole" / "Woke Up" (Live In Cologne) – 7:32

Personnel Band members • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals, keyboards Mark Kelly - keyboards, backing vocals Ian Mosley - drums, backing vocals Steve Rothery - guitars, backing vocals Pete Trewavas - bass guitar, backing vocals, guitars, clarinet on "Throw Me Out"

Additional musicians • • • • • • •

Sam Morris – French horn on "Real Tears For Sale" S. Claydon – Arco Bass S. Audley – Dulcimer P. Bisset – "Additional Tuned Percussion" Jon Hotten – "Overworked Tambourine" Emil Hogarth – "Ultrasound Heartbeat" on "Dreamy Street" Dawn Roberts – Finger Cymbal on "Essence"

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Production • • • • • •

Produced by Michael Hunter and Marillion Recorded and Mixed by Michael Hunter Assistant Engineers: Roderick Brunton, Jon Cameron Mastered by Simon Heyworth Artwork and Photography by Antonio Seijas Graphic design and Layout by Carl Glover

References [5] BBC NEWS | New Marillion album free to share (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 7606029. stm).

Less Is More Less Is More Studio album by Marillion Released

2 October 2009

Recorded

Spring-Summer 2009

Genre

Acoustic rock

Length

57:24

Label

Intact Records, Edel Music Marillion chronology

Recital of the Script (2009)

Less Is More (2009)

The Singles '82-'88 (2009)

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[1]

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Less Is More is an acoustic music studio album by Marillion, released on the band's own label on 2 October 2009. A retail version is distributed by Edel Music. It contains re-arranged songs from the period that Steve Hogarth has been their singer (since 1989) plus the previously unreleased track, "It's Not Your Fault".

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Track listing No. Title

Length

1. "Go!" (from marillion.com, 1999)

5:02

2. "Interior Lulu" (from marillion.com, 1999)

7:32

3. "Out of This World" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995)

5:08

4. "Wrapped Up in Time" (from Happiness Is the Road, 2008)

3:40

5. "The Space..." (from Seasons End, 1989)

4:52

6. "Hard as Love" (from Brave, 1994)

4:58

7. "Quartz" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001)

5:48

8. "If My Heart Were a Ball It Would Roll Uphill" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001)

5:12

9. "It's Not Your Fault" (previously unreleased)

3:33

10. "Memory of Water" (from This Strange Engine, 1997)

2:37

11. "This Is the 21st Century" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001)

5:40

12. "Hidden Bonus Track - Cannibal Surf Babe" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995)

3:27

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Pete Trewavas – bass Ian Mosley – drums

Reception Guitarist magazine rated the album 4/5 and described it as "an intimate musical experience" and "a credit to all concerned." [4]

Notes [1] Guitarist, Issue 323, December 2009, p.199 [3] Classic Rock, January 2010. [4] Guitarist, December 2009.

External links • Entry on marillion.com (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/less.htm) • "Marillion - Less Is More at Discogs" (http://www.discogs.com/Marillion-Less-Is-More/master/195471). www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-05.

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Compilations Brief Encounter Brief Encounter EP by Marillion Released

June 1986 June 1997 (two-disc repackage with Real to Reel)

Recorded

Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin, March - May 1985 Hammersmith Odeon, London, January 9&10, 1986

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock

Length

30:16

Label

Capitol

Producer

Chris Kimsey, Mark Freegard Marillion chronology

Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Brief Encounter (1986)

Clutching at Straws (1987)

Singles from Brief Encounter 1.

"Lady Nina" Released: April 1986

Brief Encounter is the title of a compilation EP by Marillion with two studio and three live tracks that EMI's American label Capitol Records released there in 1986, coinciding with the band's tour of the U.S. and Canada that year. The band was Rush's support act on the Power Windows tour and also played headline gigs at smaller theatres. The "mini album" contained five tracks: the band's European breakthrough single "Kayleigh" (which had also entered the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100); its b-side "Lady Nina"; "Freaks", released in Europe as the b-side of the follow-up single "Lavender"; and live recordings of the first two albums' title tracks, Fugazi (1984) and Script for a Jester's Tear (1984). "Lady Nina" was also released as a single with a promo video on the U.S. market, with "Heart of Lothian", the third European single from Misplaced Childhood (1985), on the flip side, but failed to chart. The title of the album is identical with that of a subsection of the track "Bitter Suite" on Misplaced Childhood, which alludes to the 1945 British film of the same title. However, neither "Bitter Suite" nor its subsection "Brief Encounter" are found on this record. Brief Encounter was Marillion's only commercial release not to feature cover art by Mark Wilkinson prior to his and Fish's departure from the band in late 1988. Although aimed strictly at the American market and not officially released elsewhere, this EP was very much in demand in Europe because Marillion's major breakthrough had just happened the previous year and the band not releasing any new material in 1986, which was their first "gap year" in terms of studio albums. Also, Brief Encounter included two non-album tracks. As a result, the EP was widely available as an import in record shops in the UK and mainland Europe in late 1980s. Brief Encounter was released on vinyl and cassette only, and was not available on

Brief Encounter CD until 1997, when EMI re-released it worldwide in a two-disc set together with the 1984 live album Real to Reel. At the same time, EMI also released a series of remastered 2-disc editions of Marillion's EMI years studio albums; although not being officially part of that series, the Real to Reel/Brief Encounter set was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Brian Fifield. According to the EP itself, all live tracks were recorded at "Hammersmith Odeon, January 9&10, 1986". However, this information may be inaccurate, as Fish can be heard saying "Goodnight Leicester" at the end of "Fugazi". Instead, "Script" and "Fugazi" were probably recorded during the concert at Leicester De Montfort Hall on 5 March 1984, parts of which also feature on Real to Reel. The live version of "Kayleigh" is identical with the one on The Thieving Magpie.

Track listing Side 1 1. "Lady Nina" - 5:45 2. "Freaks" - 4:05 3. "Kayleigh" - 3:52

Side 2 • "Fugazi" - 8:14 2. "Script For a Jester's Tear" - 8:20 1: Produced by Chris Kimsey for Wonderknob Ltd., 2: Produced by Chris Kimsey for Chris Kimsey Productions Ltd., 3-5: Produced and Engineered by Mark Freegard.) All songs written by Marillion Times taken from the 1986 vinyl version.

Personnel • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums

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B'Sides Themselves

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B'Sides Themselves B'Sides Themselves Compilation album by Marillion Released

January 4, 1988 (CD) June 1988 (vinyl LP, cassette)

Recorded

1982 - 1987

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock

Length

59:42

Label

EMI

Producer

Chris Kimsey, Nick Tauber, Simon Hanhart/Marillion Marillion chronology

Clutching at Straws (1987)

B'Sides Themselves (1988)

The Thieving Magpie (1988)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

B'Sides Themselves is a compilation of single B-sides by the rock band Marillion released on CD only in January 1988. This was the first time that those B-sides were made available in the then still relatively new Compact Disc format (with the exception of "Tux On", which had featured on a limited edition CD single of "Sugar Mice" that was only sold at concerts). However, vinyl LP and cassette versions were issued in June 1988. The compilation includes "Market Square Heroes", originally the A-side track for Marillion's 1982 debut single release, but here is included because it was re-recorded for the B-side of "Punch and Judy" (1984). "Three Boats Down From The Candy" was originally the B-side of "Market Square Heroes", but the version on this album is the re-recorded B-side of "Punch and Judy". Also included is the 17-minute epic "Grendel", originally a B-side on the 12" version of the 1982 A-side "Market Square Heroes" single. B'Sides Themselves would turn out to be the last Marillion record to be released while singer Fish, who left in October 1988, was still in the band.

B'Sides Themselves

Cover art The cover artwork was created by permanent contributor Mark Wilkinson. It is a collage combining fragments of front and back-cover artwork from previous singles: • The spades-shaped head of the central is taken from the back cover of "Assassing", a reference to that single's b-side "Cinderella Search", • The blue-lipped mouth is from the front cover of the single "He Knows You Know" (which had no back cover illustration), in reference to its b-side "Charting the Single", • The suit and tie of refer to "Tux On", the b-side of the single "Sugar Mice", which had a similar back cover illustration, • The fragments on the left of the face are from the front cover of the singles "Market Square Heroes" (both the a-side and the 7" b-side "Three Boats Down From the Candy" are included on this compilation), the back covers of "Kayleigh" and "Incommunicado"; the fragments on the right side are from "Incommunicado", "Kayleigh" and The Video EP (featuring "Grendel" - the fragment shows the "Grendel" mask Fish wore on stage).

Track listing 1. "Grendel" (Single Version) – 17:15 (B-Side of 12" version of "Market Square Heroes", 1982) 2. "Charting The Single" – 4:48 (B-Side of "He Knows You Know", 1983) 3. "Market Square Heroes" (Alternative Version - Edit) – 3:56 (originally released as an A-Side (1982), this version is from the B-Side of "Punch and Judy", 1984)

4. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" (Alternative Version) – 4:01 (originally released as the B-Side of "Market Square Heroes" (1982), this version is from the B-Side of "Punch and Judy", 1984)

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Cinderella Search" (Single Edit) – 4:21 (B-Side of "Assassing", 1984) "Lady Nina" – 3:43 (B-Side of "Kayleigh", 1985, released as a separate single in the USA, 1986) "Freaks" – 4:04 (B-Side of "Lavender", 1985, live version released as a separate single in 1988) "Tux On" – 5:12 (B-Side of "Sugar Mice", 1987) "Margaret" (Live) – 12:17 (B-Side of "Garden Party", recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983)

Tracks 1-4 and 9 produced by Nick Tauber; Track 5 produced by Simon Hanhart and Marillion; Tracks 6-8 produced by Chris Kimsey.

Missing tracks and variations Not all the B-sides of the singles that had been released at that point were included. Missing are "Chelsea Monday" from "Heart of Lothian" (1985), as well as "White Russian" and "Incommunicado" from "Warm Wet Circles" (1987), as these were live versions of album tracks. The B-side of "Incommunicado" (1987), "Going Under" is also not included, despite having a different mix (it contains an extra piece of lead guitar) than the one contained on the original Clutching at Straws CD. The version of "Going Under" from the B-side of "Incommunicado" did eventually appear on the bonus disc of the 1999 remastered edition of Clutching at Straws. "Cinderella Search" also differs between the CD and vinyl releases - the CD version contains the original version, while the vinyl version is edited (shortened).

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Personnel • • • • • • •

Fish - vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums on tracks 1, 2, 9 John Marter (credited as "John Martyr") - drums on tracks 3, 4 Ian Mosley - drums on tracks 5, 6, 7, 8

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1988 UK Album Chart 64[2]

References External links • Lady Nina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBoL-DjMptk&feature=related) YouTube • Tux On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9OS96mmVA&feature=related) YouTube • Market Square Heroes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2M6PoLTi4&feature=related) YouTube

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A Singles Collection A Singles Collection Compilation album by Marillion Released

1992

Recorded

1982-92

Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Label

EMI I.R.S. Records

Producer

Nick Tauber Chris Kimsey Chris Neil Nick Davis Marillion chronology

Holidays in Eden (1991)

A Singles Collection (1992)

Brave (1994)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

A Singles Collection (released as Six of One, Half-Dozen of the Other in the U.S.) is a compilation album of Marillion singles from both the Fish era and the Steve Hogarth era, celebrating the band's ten year jubilee (taking 1982, when their debut single was released, as the starting point). It includes the band's six most successful singles of the Fish era, plus all six Steve Hogarth singles up to that year. The tracks on it are not ordered chronologically, unlike on the later compilations The Best of Both Worlds (1997) and The Best of Marillion (2003) that likewise cover both vocalists' eras. Additionally, it contains two new recordings with Hogarth on vocals, "I Will Walk On Water" and a cover version of the Rare Bird song "Sympathy". This was also released as a single, which peaked at no. 16 in the UK Singles Chart (May 1992), making it the band's highest charting single between 1987 and 2004. In August 1992, "No One Can", a re-packaged version of the August 1991 single from Holidays in Eden, was released as the second single, peaking at no. 26 (original version no. 33).[2]

A Singles Collection

Track listing 1. "Cover My Eyes" 2. "Kayleigh" 3. "Easter" 4. "Warm Wet Circles" 5. "The Uninvited Guest" 6. "Assassing" (Alternate Mix) 7. "Hooks In You" 8. "Garden Party" 9. "No One Can" 10. "Incommunicado" 11. "Dry Land" 12. "Lavender" 13. "I Will Walk On Water" 14. "Sympathy"

Personnel • • • • • • •

Fish – vocals on tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Steve Hogarth – vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Pete Trewavas – bass Mick Pointer – drums on track 8 Ian Mosley – drums on tracks 1-7, 9-14

References [2] marillion.com | MUSIC – Discography – A Singles Collection | The Official Marillion Website (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ singles. htm)

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The Best of Both Worlds

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The Best of Both Worlds Best of Both Worlds Greatest hits album by Marillion Released

February 1997

Recorded

1982-96

Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Label

EMI

Producer

Nick Tauber Chris Kimsey Chris Neil Nick Davis Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

Made Again (1996)

The Best of Both Worlds (1997)

This Strange Engine (1997)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

The Best of Both Worlds compilation album from the band Marillion. The songs come from both the Fish era and Steve Hogarth era of the band. This was put together by Lucy Jordache who was working for EMI at the time. This release came after the band were dropped from the EMI roster, and it was a close collaboration between Miss Jordache and The Freaks Mailinglist. The record contains two discs. The first disc is from the Fish era and the second contains material from the Steve Hogarth era. It contains no previously unreleased material.

Track listing Disc one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Script for a Jester's Tear" "Market Square Heroes" (B'Sides version) "He Knows You Know" "Forgotten Sons" "Garden Party" "Assassing" (Single version)

7. "Punch and Judy" 8. "Kayleigh" (Single version) 9. "Lavender" (Single version)

The Best of Both Worlds 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

"Heart of Lothian" (Single version) "Inncommunicado" "Warm Wet Circles" (Single version) "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)" "Sugar Mice"

Disc two 1. "Uninvited Guest" 2. "Easter" 3. "Hooks In You" (Meaty Mix) 4. "The Space" 5. "Cover My Eyes" 6. "No One Can" 7. "Dry Land" 8. "Waiting To Happen" 9. "The Great Escape" 10. "Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury" (Radio Edit) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

"Made Again" "King" "Afraid Of Sunlight" "Beautiful" (Radio Edit) "Cannibal Surf Babe"

Although it is not mentioned in the album credits, the version of Easter presented here is the single/video edit.

Personnel • • • • • • • •

Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums, percussion (except CD 1, tracks 1-5) Fish - vocals (CD 1) Steve Hogarth - vocals and keyboards (CD 2) Mick Pointer - drums, percussion (CD 1, tracks 1, 3-5) John Marter - drums, percussion (CD 1, track 2)

References

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The Best of Marillion

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The Best of Marillion The Best of Marillion Greatest hits album by Marillion Released

2003

Recorded

1982-2001

Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Label

EMI

Producer

Nick Tauber Chris Kimsey Chris Neil Nick Davis Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

Anorak in the UK (2002)

The Best of Marillion (2003)

Marbles (2004)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

The Best of Marillion is a compilation album from the band Marillion. The songs come from both the Fish era and Steve Hogarth era of the band. It was released in mainland Europe only.[2] It contains no previously unreleased material.

Track listing 1. "Garden Party" (Edited Version) - 4:34 2. "Assassing" (7" Version) - 3:38 3. "Kayleigh" (Single Version) - 3:36 4. "Lavender" - 3:43 5. "Heart of Lothian" - 3:37 6. "Incommunicado" - 3:58 7. "Sugar Mice" (Radio Edit) - 5:01 8. "Warm Wet Circles" - 4:24 9. "Hooks in You" - 2:56 10. "Easter" (7" Edit) - 4:31 11. "Cover My Eyes"* (Pain & Heaven) - 3:54 12. "No One Can"* - 4:42 13. "Dry Land" (7" Edit) - 4:04 14. "Sympathy"* - 3:27

The Best of Marillion 15. 16. 17. 18.

"Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" (Radio Edit) - 4:28 "Beautiful" (Radio Edit) - 4:24 "Man of a Thousand Faces" - 3:36 "Between You and Me" (Mark Kelly Remix) - 4:13

All are single edits unless indicated with * which are album versions.

Personnel • • • • • • •

Fish - vocals on tracks 1-8 Steve Hogarth – vocals on tracks 9-18 Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums on track 1 Ian Mosley - drums on tracks 2-18

References [2] www.marillion.com/music/albums/bestof2003.htm (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ bestof2003. htm)

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The Singles '8288'

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The Singles '82–88' The Singles '82-'88 Compilation album by Marillion Released

16 October 2009

Recorded 1982-1987 Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, soft rock, pop rock

Label

EMI Marillion chronology

Less Is More (2009)

The Singles '82-'88 (2009)

Sounds That Can't Be Made (2012)

The Singles '82-'88 is a three-CD box set containing the first twelve singles by Marillion, all from the period with Fish, released by EMI Records on 16 October 2009. It is a re-release of the 2000 box set of the same title, which contained 12 individually packaged CD "replica" singles in mini-slip covers, each with the original cover art. All B-sides that appeared on different formats of the original singles have been included. Neither Fish nor Marillion were involved with this release.

Track listing Disc 1 1. Market Square Heroes 2. Three Boats Down From The Candy (1997 Digital Remaster) 3. Grendel 4. He Knows You Know (Edited 7" Version) 5. Charting The Single 6. He Knows You Know (Edited 12" Version) 7. Garden Party (Edited Version) 8. Margaret (Live Edit) 9. Garden Party 10. Charting The Single (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 18/4/83) 11. Margaret (Live) 12. Punch and Judy (7" Version)

The Singles '8288'

Disc 2 1. Market Square Heroes (Re-recorded Version;Edit) 2. Three Boats Down From The Candy (Re-recorded Version) 3. Market Square Heroes (Re-recorded Version) 4. Assassing (7" Version) 5. Cinderella Search (7" Version) 6. Assassing 7. Cinderella Search (12" Version) 8. Kayleigh (Single Edit) 9. Lady Nina (Single Edit) 10. Kayleigh (Alternative Mix) 11. Kayleigh 12. Lady Nina 13. Lavender 14. Freaks 15. Lavender Blue 16. Heart Of Lothian 17. Chelsea Monday (Live In The Netherlands)

Disc 3 1. Heart Of Lothian (Extended Mix) 2. Incommunicado (Edit) 3. Going Under 4. Incommunicado 5. Incommunicado (Alternative Version) 6. Sugar Mice 7. Tux On 8. Sugar Mice (Radio Edit) 9. Sugar Mice (Extended Version) 10. Warm Wet Circles (7" Remix) 11. White Russian (Live In Germany) 12. Incommunicado (Live In Germany) 13. Freaks (Live In Germany) 14. Kayleigh (Live In London) 15. Childhood's End? (Live In London) 16. White Feather (Live In London)

External links • marillion.com - discography entry for the eponymous 2000 12-disc box-set [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ fishbox. htm

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Live albums Real to Reel Real to Reel Live album by Marillion Released

November 1984

Recorded

5 March and 19–20 June 1984

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock

Length

52:04

Label

EMI Capitol

Producer

Marillion and Simon Hanhart Marillion chronology

Fugazi (1984)

Real to Reel (1984)

Misplaced Childhood (1985)

Cover of the 1997 re-issue, also including Brief Encounter

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

Real to Reel is Marillion's first live album, recorded at the Spectrum, Montreal, Canada, and De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England. In addition to two songs each from the first two albums, Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) and Fugazi, the original standard (vinyl) version contained two tracks not previously available on any albums, the a-side of the band's 1982 debut single "Market Square Heroes", and "Cinderella Search", the b-side of "Assassing" (1984). The track "Emerald Lies" (from Fugazi) was originally a bonus track on the CD and cassette versions. The album, from which no singles were released, reached #8 on the UK album charts[2][3] and stayed on the charts for 22 weeks. It was produced by Marillion and Simon Hanhart, who had mixed the first two studio albums and co-produced the studio version of "Cinderella Search".

Real to Reel

1997 re-issue In 1997, the album was re-released as a two-disc set bundled with Brief Encounter, an EP originally released by EMI's American label Capitol Records to promote the band's 1986 U.S. tour. The 1997 edition was not part of the remastered series of Marillion's first eight studio albums that EMI released in 1997/1998. However, the two-disc set was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Brian Fifield.

2005 re-issue (Japan) In 2005, a "vinyl replica" CD version was released in Japan. This edition includes two additional bonus tracks, "Margaret" and "Charting the Single", both originally from the 1983 Garden Party single and its 12" version, respectively.

Track listing Side one 1. "Assassing" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:29 2. "Incubus" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:43 3. "Cinderella Search" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:45

Side two 1. "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Marillion, Rothery) – 10:36 2. "Garden Party" (Dick, Rothery) – 6:32 3. "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnitt, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:32

CD track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Assassing" – 7:29 "Incubus" – 8:43 "Cinderella Search" – 5:45 "Emerald Lies" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:28 "Forgotten Sons" – 10:36 "Garden Party" – 6:32 "Market Square Heroes" – 7:32

1-4: recorded 19 & 20 June 1984, Montreal Spectrum, 5-7: recorded 5 March 1984, Leicester De Montfort Hall Japan "vinyl replica" re-issue, 2005 • "Charting the Single" – 6:37 (recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, 18 April 1983) 2. "Margaret" – 12:22 (recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983)

Brief Encounter (EP) 1. "Lady Nina (extended mix)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:47 2. "Freaks (single edit)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:09 3. "Kayleigh (live)" (Kelly, Rothery) – 4:11 4. "Fugazi (live)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:32 5. "Script for a Jester's tear (live)" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:52

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Personnel • • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Pete Trewavas – bass Ian Mosley – drums Mick Pointer – drums on tracks 8 & 9, 2005 Japan re-issue.

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1984 UK Albums Chart 8[4] 1984 Swedish Charts

[5]

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References External links • More information on the album on the band's official page (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/rtr.htm)

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The Thieving Magpie The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) Live album by Marillion Released

29 November 1988

Recorded 1984, 1986, 1987 Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, soft rock, pop rock

Length

112:18

Label

EMI Capitol Records

Producer Marillion and Privet Hedge Marillion chronology

B'Sides Themselves (1988)

The Thieving Magpie (1988)

Seasons End (1989)

Singles from The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) 1.

"Freaks (live)" Released: 21 November 1988

The Thieving Magpie (La Gazza Ladra) is a double live album by Marillion, named after the introductory piece of classical music the band used before coming on stage during the Clutching at Straws tour 1987-1988, the overture to Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which translates as "The Thieving Magpie". The album was released shortly after singer Fish's departure from the band (and before Steve Hogarth's arrival) and was intended to document the "Fish years". It complements the band's first live album Real to Reel insofar as there are no overlaps. The Thieving Magpie is not a continuous live recording, but a compilation of tracks recorded at different times and places, with audible gaps between them and different moods on the individual tracks. However, the double vinyl version does include the first side of the UK no. 1 concept album Misplaced Childhood (1985). The CD and cassette version includes the full album, as well as the track "Freaks" - originally the b-side to "Lavender", it was used as the lead single for The Thieving Magpie peaking at no. 18 in the UK. The album was produced by Christopher "Privet" Hedge, who had been Marillion's sound engineer from early on in their career.

Cover art The cover was designed by regular Marillion contributor Mark Wilkinson, who went on to work for Fish. The front part contains photorealistic airbrushed renderings of the band members. The back cover features characters found on the covers of the previous albums, i.e. "The Jester" (Script for a Jester's Tear), "The Boy" (Misplaced Childhood), and "Torch" Clutching at Straws). The inside of the vinyl gatefold sleeve consists of a rather blurred photograph of the band on stage, circa 1986.

The Thieving Magpie

Release history Originally, the album was released on double vinyl and the above-mentioned extended double CD/cassette set. In 2005, EMI Japan released a "vinyl replica" edition, i.e. a CD in a miniaturised version of the original vinyl packaging. The track listing, however, is the same as on the original 2CD version. On 22 June 2009, EMI released a digitally remastered version (along with Recital of the Script and Live From Loreley).

Track listing Double LP version Side 1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Intro: La Gazza Ladra" - 2:45 "Slàinte Mhath" - 4:49 from Clutching at Straws (1987), recorded live at Edinburgh "The Playhouse", December 17/18/19th 1987 "He Knows You Know" - 5:12 from Script for a Jester's Tear (1983), recorded live at Sheffield "City Hall", March 6, 1984 "Chelsea Monday" - 8:00 from Script for a Jester's Tear (1983), recorded live at Leicester "De Montford Hall", March 5, 1984

Side 2 (Misplaced Childhood Part 1) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Pseudo Silk Kimono" - 2:19 "Kayleigh" - 3:52 "Lavender" - 2:27 "Bitter Suite" - 7:38 "Heart of Lothian" - 5:12

All 5 tracks recorded live at London "Hammersmith Odeon", January 9/10th 1986

Side 3 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Jigsaw" - 6:24 from Fugazi (1984), recorded live at Sheffield "City Hall", March 6, 1984 "Punch & Judy" - 3:23 from Fugazi (1984), recorded live at Sheffield "City Hall", March 6, 1984 "Sugar Mice" - 6:03 from Clutching at Straws (1987), recorded live at Edinburgh "The Playhouse", December 17/18/19th 1987 "Fugazi" - 8:39 from Fugazi (1984), recorded live at Sheffield "City Hall", March 6, 1984

Side 4 1. "Script for a Jester's Tear" - 8:45 from Script for a Jester's Tear (1983), recorded live at Sheffield "City Hall", March 6, 1984 2. "Incommunicado" - 5:23 from Clutching at Straws (1987), recorded live at Edinburgh "The Playhouse", December 17/18/19th 1987 3. "White Russian" - 6:14 from Clutching at Straws (1987), recorded live at Edinburgh "The Playhouse", December 17/18/19th 1987

Double CD version CD 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Intro: La Gazza Ladra" - 2:45 "Slàinte Mhath" - 4:49 "He Knows You Know" - 5:12 "Chelsea Monday" - 8:00 "Freaks" - 4:06 * recorded live at Mannheim, Germany "Maimarktgelände", June 21, 1986 "Jigsaw" - 6:24

7. "Punch & Judy" - 3:23 8. "Sugar Mice" - 6:03 9. "Fugazi" - 8:39

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10. "Script For A Jester's Tear" - 8:45 11. "Incommunicado" - 5:23 12. "White Russian" - 6:14 * CD only

CD 2 (Complete performance of Misplaced Childhood) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Pseudo Silk Kimono" - 2:19 "Kayleigh" - 3:52 "Lavender" - 2:27 "Bitter Suite" - 7:38 "Heart of Lothian" - 5:12 "Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)" - 2:16 "Lords of the Backstage" - 6:07 (the track is not divided properly here, and continues into the first three parts of Blind Curve) 8. "Blind Curve" - 5:34 (this track is parts four and five of Blind Curve) 9. "Childhoods End?" - 2:48 10. "White Feather" - 4:22 All 10 tracks recorded live at London "Hammersmith Odeon", January 9/10th 1986

Made Again Made Again Live album by Marillion Released

March 1996

Recorded

September 1991, September 1995, April 1994

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, pop rock

Label

EMI

Producer

Marillion Marillion chronology

Afraid of Sunlight (1995)

Made Again (1996)

The Best of Both Worlds (1997)

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Made Again is a 1996 double live album by Marillion, their first live recording with singer Steve Hogarth. The first disc contains material recorded in London on the Holidays in Eden tour (1991) and in Rotterdam on the Afraid of Sunlight tour (1995); the second disc consists of a full live version of the album Brave recorded in Paris in 1994. Outside of the UK, distribution would be handled by the then independent record label Castle Communications, who would also release the band's next three studio albums.

Background Made Again's format echoes that of the previous live album The Thieving Magpie (1988), which also documented a four studio-album period, also contained a complete concept album on one disc (in that case, Misplaced Childhood) and also marked the end of an era (Fish's departure). Made Again, in turn, was the final album Marillion released under their then-current contract with EMI Records.

Track listing Disc 1 1. "Splintering Heart" – 6:33 2. "Easter" – 6:23 3. "No One Can" – 4:44 4. "Waiting to Happen" – 5:07 5. "Cover My Eyes" – 4:05 6. "The Space" – 6:34 7. "Hooks In You" – 3:01 8. "Beautiful" – 5:37 9. "Kayleigh" – 4:00 10. "Lavender" – 4:18 11. "Afraid of Sunlight" – 6:54 12. "King" – 7:25 Taken from the albums: • • • •

Misplaced Childhood (1985) - tracks 9, 10; Seasons End (1989) – tracks 2, 6, 7; Holidays in Eden (1991) - tracks 1, 3, 4, 5; Afraid of Sunlight (1995) - tracks 8, 11, 12.

Recorded at: • Hammersmith Odeon, London, 29 September 1991 - tracks 1-6; • Ahoy, Rotterdam, 29 September 1995 - tracks 7-12. Disc 2 A complete performance of the album Brave (1994), recorded at La Cigale, Paris, 29 April 1994. 1. "Bridge" – 3:25 2. "Living with the Big Lie" – 6:47

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3. "Runaway" – 4:45 4. "Goodbye to All That" – 0:40 5. "Wave" – 1:21 6. "Mad" – 1:23 7. "The Opium Den" – 2:37 8. "The Slide" – 4:09 9. "Standing in the Swing" – 2:11 10. "Hard As Love" – 6:57 11. "Hollow Man" – 4:32 12. "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" – 6:43 13. "Now Wash Your Hands" – 1:14 14. "Paper Lies" – 5:33 15. "Brave" – 8:38 16. "The Great Escape" – 1:17 17. "The Last of You" – 2:41 18. "Falling from the Moon" – 3:27 19. "Made Again" – 5:24

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Pete Trewavas – bass Ian Mosley – drums

Charts Album Year Chart

Position

1996 UK Album Chart 37

References

Anorak in the UK

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Anorak in the UK Anorak in the UK Live album by Marillion Released

8 April 2002 (mail order, 2 discs) 22 April 2002 (retail, 1 disc)

Recorded 19–22 May 2001, Manchester Academy, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, London Forum Genre

Progressive rock

Length

70:24 (retail, 1 disc)

Label

Racket Records (mail order, 2 discs) EMI

Producer Dave Meegan Marillion chronology

Anoraknophobia (2001)

Anorak in the UK (2002)

The Best of Marillion (2003)

Anorak in the UK is a live album by Marillion released in April 2002 and documenting the previous year's Anoraknophobia tour. Most songs were recorded on three nights in May 2001 (Manchester Academy, May 19, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, May 20, London Forum, May 22) using a mobile studio, while two tracks ("When I Meet God" and "This is the 21st Century") were recorded in front of a small private audience at the band's own studio after the October leg of the tour. The album was released in two versions: A two-disc set only distributed via Marillion's own mail-order business, and a one-disc retail edition distributed by EMI. Under this deal, EMI required the band to provide one exclusive song on the retail edition that would not be found on the two-disc version. The band chose "Easter" from 1989, as it is available on several previous official and semi-official live albums and therefore would not "force" fans to purchase both versions of the album. Anorak in the UK is Marillion's first official retail live album since Made Again (1996), and the second with Steve Hogarth. The title takes its cues from the Sex Pistols single "Anarchy in the U.K." and, self-mockingly, the British slang term anorak (a person with unfathomable interest in arcane, detailed information regarded as boring by the rest of the population) often applied to Marillion fans. The cover shows a crowd consisting of "Barry" featured on Anoraknophobia.

Track listing Two-disc version Disc 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Intro / Separated Out" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 6:36 "Rich" (from marillion.com, 1999) - 5:36 "Man of a Thousand Faces" (from This Strange Engine, 1997) - 7:51 "Quartz" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 9:27 "Go!" (from marillion.com, 1999) - 6:13

6. "Map of the World" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 5:04 7. "Out of This World" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995) - 7:09 8. "Afraid of Sunlight" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995) - 7:09

Anorak in the UK 9. "Mad" (from Brave, 1994) - 5:28 Disc 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Between You and Me" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 6:11 "The Great Escape" (from Brave, 1994) - 6:10 "If My Heart Were a Ball it Would Roll Uphill" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 9:22 "Waiting to Happen" (from Holidays in Eden, 1991) - 5:55 "The Answering Machine" (from Radiation, 1998) - 2:59 "King" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995) - 8:41 "This is the 21st Century" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 10:17 "When I Meet God" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) - 10:08

One-disc version 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Intro / Separated Out" – 6:36 (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) "Quartz" – 9:27 (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) "Map of the World" – 5:04 (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) "Out of This World" – 7:09 (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995)

5. "Between You and Me" – 6:11 (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) 6. "The Great Escape" – 5:56 (from Brave, 1994) 7. "King" – 7:48 (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995) 8. "If My Heart Were a Ball it Would Roll Uphill" – 9:22 (from Anoraknophobia, 2001) 9. "Waiting To Happen" – 5:43 (from Holidays in Eden, 1991) 10. "Easter" – 7:03 (from Seasons End, 1989)

Personnel • • • • •

Steve Hogarth – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums

External links • marillion.com [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ anorak-live. htm

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Early Stages Early Stages (Official Bootleg Box Set 1982-1987) Box set by Marillion Released

17 November 2008

Recorded

various venues, 1982-1987

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock

Label

EMI Marillion chronology

Happiness Is the Road (2008)

Early Stages (2008)

Live from Loreley (2009)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

Early Stages (Official Bootleg Box Set 1982-1987) is a box set containing six separate live albums by Marillion with their former singer Fish, recorded at various venues in the UK between 1982 and 1987 and released to retail by EMI on 17 November 2008. The packaging was designed by Mark Wilkinson, who had designed all Marillion covers of the 1980s and went on to work with Fish after his departure. A similar box set (containing different performances), titled Curtain Call, was released in 2004, but was only made available via mail order directly from the websites of Marillion and Fish.[2] The set contains the following recordings: • • • • •

Live at the Mayfair, Glasgow 13 September 1982 (CD 1) Live at the Marquee, 30 December 1982 (CD 2 & 3) Live at the Reading Festival, 27 August 1983 (CD 4) Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 14 December 1984 (CD 5) Live at Wembley Arena, 5 November 1987 (CD 6)

Early Stages

Track listing Disc 1 Live at the Mayfair, Glasgow, 13 September 1982 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:19 "The Web" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:29 "He Knows You Know" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:22 "She Chameleon" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:39 "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:19 "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:20 "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:24

Disc 2 Live at the Marquee, Part 1, 30 December 1982 1. "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:29 2. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:49 3. "Grendel" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 19:54 4. "Chelsea Monday" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 9:21

Disc 3 Live at the Marquee, Part 2, 30 December 1982 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"He Knows You Know" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:24 "The Web" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 11:49 "Script for a Jester's Tear" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:20 "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 12:03 "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:39 "Margaret" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 11:15

Disc 4 Live at Reading Festival, 27 August 1983 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Grendel" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 18:07 "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:46 "Script for a Jester's Tear" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 9:00 "Assassing" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:45 "Charting the Single" (Dick, Kelly, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:22 "Forgotten Sons" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 11:41 "He Knows You Know" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:42 "Market Square Heroes" (Dick, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:22

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Disc 5 Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 14 December 1984 1. "Assassing" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:50 2. "Garden Party" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:53 3. "Cinderella Search" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:16 4. "Punch and Judy" (Dick, Kelly, Mover, Rothery, Trewavas) – 3:30 5. "Jigsaw" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:02 6. "Chelsea Monday" (Dick, Jelliman, Kelly, Minnett, Pointer, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:13 7. "Pseudo-silk Kimono" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 2:53 8. "Kayleigh" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 3:53 9. "Bitter Suite" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:01 10. "Heart of Lothian" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:24 11. "Incubus" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 9:08 12. "Fugazi" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 10:32

Disc 6 Live at Wembley Arena, 5 November 1987 1. "Slainte Mhath" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:03 2. "White Russian" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:01 3. "Incubus" (Dick, Kelly, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:56 4. "Sugar Mice" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 7:03 5. "Fugazi" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:15 6. "Hotel Hobbies" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:07 7. "Warm Wet Circles" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:30 8. "That Time of the Night" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 5:53 9. "The Last Straw" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 6:13 10. "Kayleigh" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 4:28 11. "Lavender" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 2:24 12. "Bitter Suite" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 8:07 13. "Heart of Lothian" (Dick, Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, Trewavas) – 3:56

Personnel • • • • • • • • • 1)

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards Peter Trewavas – bass Mick Pointer – drums & percussion 1) John Martyr – drums and percussion 2) Andy Ward – drums and percussion 2) Ian Mosley – drums and percussion 3) Corie Jonas – backing vocals 4)

discs 1, 2 & 3 disc 4 3) discs 5 & 6 4) disc 6 only 2)

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References External links • Entry on marillion.com (http://marillion.com/music/albums/stages.htm) • Entry on Fish's site the-company.com (http://www.the-company.com/disco/daes.htm)

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Live from Loreley

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Live from Loreley Live from Loreley Live album by Marillion Released

22 June 2009

Recorded Lorelei Freilichtbühne Loreley, Germany, 18 July 1987 Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock, soft rock, pop rock

Length

118:13 (2009 CD version)

Label

EMI

[1]

Marillion chronology

Early Stages (2008)

Live from Loreley (2009)

Recital of the Script (2009)

Live from Loreley is a live album by Marillion, recorded at a concert at the Freilichtbühne Loreley (Open-Air Stage) Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany on 18 July 1987. The recording, made during the first leg of the 1987 Clutching at Straws tour, documents the band at the peak of their commercial success in the mid/late 1980s. The show was attended by an audience of 20,000; support acts were Magnum, The Cult (cancelled), and It Bites. Featuring Fish on vocals, it comprises songs from the four studio albums they released up to that point, i.e. Script for a Jester's Tear (1983), Fugazi (1984), Misplaced Childhood (1985), and Clutching at Straws (1987). Also, the non-album debut single "Market Square Heroes" is included. The cover uses the original 1987 concert poster designed by Fish-era Marillion (and later Fish solo) graphic artist Mark Wilkinson. It shows the central character from the cover of the then-current single "Incommunicado" above a drawing of the characteristic marquee above the venue's stage.

Release history A video recording of this concert had first been released on VHS tape in November 1987, and re-released in 1995, then packaged together with an audio CD (one disc) including the soundtrack of the VHS tape except "Incubus". This video recording, since out of print, was re-issued on DVD in August 2004. On 22 June 2009, EMI released the recording a fourth time, this time as a digitally remastered double audio CD including four tracks that had been omitted from the previous video and audio versions ("White Russian", "Fugazi", "Garden Party" and "Market Square Heroes").[2] The version of "White Russian" found on the 2009 issue had previously been released on the b-side "Warm Wet Circles" (1987). On the same day, EMI released Recital of the Script, another first-time audio version of a 1980s live video. Although neither Marillion nor ex-singer Fish were involved in the decision to re-release this material, they officially approved it and Fish has written liner notes for both. Fish commented that "as contractually we have no control over the material [we] decided it would be more advisable to help out rather than relinquish total responsibility. (...) I understand there will be accusations of "scraping the barrel" directed at EMI, and perhaps there is some justification, but (...) our choice was to walk away and let Amazon and the like benefit or get involved and at least try and get some return above the pennies we get as royalties as a band under our old contract."[3]

Live from Loreley

Track listing (2009 double audio CD) Disc 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Slàinte Mhath" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 5:14 "Assassing" (from Fugazi, 1984) - 7:07 "Script for a Jester's Tear" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) - 9:45 "White Russian" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 6:48 "Incubus" (from Fugazi, 1984) - 9:21 "Sugar Mice" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 6:34 "Fugazi" (from Fugazi, 1984) - 8:23

Disc 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Hotel Hobbies" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 4:15 "Warm Wet Circles" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 4:19 "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 6:03 "Kayleigh" (from Misplaced Childhood, 1985) - 4:22 "Lavender" (from Misplaced Childhood, 1985) - 2:38

6. "Bitter Suite (Medley)" (from Misplaced Childhood, 1985) - 7:39 7. "Heart of Lothian" (from Misplaced Childhood, 1985) - 4:24 8. "The Last Straw" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 6:23 9. "Incommunicado" (from Clutching at Straws, 1987) - 6:13 10. "Garden Party" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) - 7:13 11. "Market Square Heroes" (non-album track, 1982) - 11:32

Track listing (earlier versions) 1987 VHS tape, 1995 VHS tape+audio CD package, 2004 DVD 1. "Slàinte Mhath" 2. "Assassing" 3. "Script for a Jester's Tear" 4. ("Incubus") – not on the 1995 audio CD 5. "Sugar Mice" 6. "Hotel Hobbies" 7. "Warm Wet Circles" 8. "That Time of the Night" 9. "Kayleigh" 10. "Lavender" 11. "Bitter Suite" 12. "Heart of Lothian" 13. "The Last Straw" 14. "Incommunicado"

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Personnel • • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums Cori Josias - backing vocals

References [1] http:/ / www. amazon. de/ Live-From-Loreley/ dp/ B002F7INDW/ ref=pd_sim_sbs_dmusic_a_11

External links • Entry on marillion.com (http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/loreley.htm) • Entry on Fish's site the-company.com (http://the-company.com/disco/dalorrem.html)

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Recital of the Script

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Recital of the Script Recital of the Script Live album by Marillion Released

22 June 2009

Recorded

Hammersmith Odeon, London, 18 April 1983

Genre

Progressive rock, neo-progressive rock

Length

97:27 (2009 CD version)

Label

EMI

[1]

Marillion chronology

Live from Loreley (2009)

Recital of the Script (2009)

Less Is More (2009)

Recital of the Script is a live album by Marillion, recorded at a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon (as it was called then), London on 18 April 1983. The recording was made on the final date of the tour promoting their 1983 debut album Script for a Jester's Tear. Featuring former members Fish on vocals and Mick Pointer on drums, it comprises songs from that album as well as all tracks of the 1982 debut EP "Market Square Heroes" and the b-side of "He Knows You Know" (1983).

Release history A video recording of this concert, entitled Recital of the Script[2] and containing only six tracks, had first been released on VHS tape in October 1983. In April 1984, this was supplemented by The Video E.P. which contained another two tracks, including the 17-minute-plus "Grendel" (see track listing below for details). In July 2003, EMI released a DVD under the title Recital of the Script[3] combining the material of the 1983 and 1984 VHS tapes. Additionally, this DVD contained another two tracks, footage and an interview with Fish recorded at the Marquee Club (then in Wardour Street) in December 1982.[4] On 22 June 2009, EMI released the full sound recording of the 1983 Hammersmith Odeon gig on a double CD set. This version includes two tracks not found on the VHS or DVD: "Charting the Single" (b-side to "He Knows You Know"), previously released as a b-side to the "Garden Party" 12", and "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (b-side to "Market Square Heroes"), which was not previously released.[5] On the same day, EMI released Live from Loreley, another first-time audio version of a 1980s live video. Although neither Marillion nor ex-singer Fish were involved in the decision to re-release this material, they officially approved it and Fish has written liner notes for both. Fish commented that "as contractually we have no control over the material [we] decided it would be more advisable to help out rather than relinquish total responsibility. (...) I understand there will be accusations of "scraping the barrel" directed at EMI, and perhaps there is some justification, but (...) our choice was to walk away and let Amazon and the like benefit or get involved and at least try and get some return above the pennies we get as royalties as a band under our old contract."[6]

Recital of the Script

Track listing (2009 double audio CD) Disc one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Script for a Jester's Tear" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) – 8:46 "Garden Party" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) – 7:15 "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (from "Market Square Heroes", 1982) – 7:44 "The Web" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) – 12:00 "Charting the Single" (from "He Knows You Know", 1982) – 6:18 "Chelsea Monday" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) – 7:48

Disc two 1. 2. 3. 4.

"He Knows You Know" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) – 6:17 "Forgotten Sons" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) – 14:17 "Market Square Heroes" (from "Market Square Heroes", 1982) – 8:05 "Grendel" (from "Market Square Heroes", 1982) – 18:54

Track listing (earlier versions) 1983 VHS tape Recital of the Script (*), 1984 VHS tape The Video E.P. (**), 2003 DVD 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Script for a Jester's Tear" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) (*) "Garden Party" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) (*) "The Web" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) (**) "Chelsea Monday" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) (*) "He Knows You Know" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) (*) "Forgotten Sons" (from Script for a Jester's Tear, 1983) (*) "Market Square Heroes" (from "Market Square Heroes", 1982) (*) "Grendel" (from "Market Square Heroes", 1982) (**)

Bonus tracks on the 2003 DVD • "He Knows You Know" 2. "Backstage" 3. "Market Square Heroes (Excerpt)" 4. "Fish Interview"

Personnel • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums

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References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. amazon. de/ Recital-Of-The-Script/ dp/ B002F7H4WI/ ref=mb_oe_o Discogs Master Entry (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ master/ 398438) Marillion.com Discography for DVD (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ shop/ dvd/ recital. htm) Marillion.com Discography for CD (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ recital. htm) Marillion.com Discography for CD (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ shop/ albums/ recital. htm)

External links • Entry on Fish's website (http://fish-thecompany.com/disco/darecrem.html) • "Marillion - Recital of the Script (2xCD, Album) at Discogs" (http://www.discogs.com/release/1926051). www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-24. • Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Entry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347499/)

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Singles "Market Square Heroes" "Market Square Heroes" Single by Marillion B-side

"Three Boats Down from the Candy" / "Grendel"

Released

25 October 1982 (UK)

Format

7", 12", picture disc

Recorded Park Gate Studios, Battle, East Sussex, September/October 1982 Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Length

8:52 (7"), 26:07 (12")

Label

EMI

Producer David Hitchcock Marillion singles chronology

"Market Square Heroes" (1982)

"He Knows You Know" (1983)

Music sample Market Square Heroes

"Market Square Heroes" is the debut single of neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1982 with "Three Boats Down from the Candy" as the B-side. The 12" single included an additional track, the 17:15 minute long "Grendel", making it an EP in terms of overall length.

Themes The A-side is an anthemic rock song whose lyric vaguely describes the rise of civil unrest under some charismatic leader in the face of increasing unemployment; the original title was "UB 2,000,001". According to Marillion's singer and lyricist Fish, the "market square hero" is a "would-be revolutionary with all the necessary charisma and presence of a leader without direction or goals, just a sense of frustration and anger".[1] The track was the band's "first attempt at deliberately writing a hit record and a 'simple' rock song to juxtapose against our meandering but dynamic 'epics'."[2] Members of the band have attributed the inspiration behind the main character in the song lyrics to a person they knew in Aylesbury who went by the nickname of 'Brick'. In a 2009 interview, Mark Kelly stated: "I don't know whether Brick was a leftie, a militant or a skinhead but he was the inspiration for the character singing, "I'm a Market Square Hero"[3] Fish made reference to this theme and introduced Brick as a "leftie hero" before he performed the song with his former Marillion bandmates in Aylesbury at the 'Hobble on the Cobbles' concert in 2007.[4] Brick died in 2011.[5]

"Market Square Heroes"

B-sides Musically, "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (the first song co-written by keyboardist Mark Kelly[2]) and "Grendel" are more typical of the progressive rock style. "Grendel" is a long and complex composition that drew frequent (mostly unfavourable) comparisons with "Supper's Ready" by Genesis. As Fish himself admitted later, "We were concerned about the similarity to the lengthy composition by Genesis called "Supper's Ready" which also meandered and burst into sections, the end one in particular, which would add conviction to the many critics opinions that Marillion were more than influenced by Genesis." Inspired by John Gardner's novel Grendel, the lyric looks at the Beowulf myth from the perspective of the monster. Neither Marillion nor Fish have ever played the track live after 1983. In spite (or possibly because) of this, it developed into a cult favourite among die-hard fans; it is not uncommon to hear someone in the audience yell "Grendel!" at Marillion's or Fish's concerts even in the late 2000s. Having categorically refused to play "Grendel" again for almost 30 years, Fish announced in May 2012 that he will be performing "Grendel", as a one-off event, at a fan club convention to be held in Leamington Spa in October that year.[6] In 2008, on the 25th anniversary of the release of Marillion's debut album, their founder and first drummer Mick Pointer (later with Arena) who had been dismissed from the band after the 1983 tour, formed a band which took that tour's setlist and a detailed recreation of its stage show back on the road as "Script for a Jester's Tour". This band, which makes heavy use of a slightly modified version of Marillion's classic-era logo and is sometimes promoted as "Mick Pointer's Marillion" (despite Pointer being the only former Marillion member in the lineup), continues to play occasional shows which always include "Grendel", "Market Square Heroes" and "Three Boats Down from the Candy".[7]

Production The record was produced by David Hitchcock, who had incidentally also produced the Genesis album Foxtrot with "Supper's Ready" on it. Hitchcock was also contracted to produce Marillion's upcoming debut album, but was heavily injured in a car accident when he drove home in a state of physical exhaustion after finishing work on the single. EMI used this occasion to convince the band to replace him with Nick Tauber, a more "modern" producer best known for his work with Toyah.

Cover art The cover art was designed by Mark Wilkinson, who went on to create all Marillion artwork until 1988 and most of Fish's solo artwork after that. The cover introduced two distinctive visual elements that would identify the band in the years to come: the figure of the "Jester" and the logo, designed by Jo Mirowski.

Variations The radio edit replaces the line "I am your antichrist" with "I am your battle priest". A limited edition (2,500 copies) picture disk of the 12" for "Market Square Heroes" was available through an offer made by The Web, Marillion's fan club.

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Reception The single did not enter the upper reaches of the UK singles charts, peaking at no. 60; however, sales remained stable for some time due to people backtracking on the strength of later, more successful releases. The song came fourth in Kerrang! magazine's Singles of the Year 1982.

Subsequent releases None of the tracks on this release were included on Marillion's debut album Script for a Jester's Tear, which appeared in early 1983. Re-recorded versions of "Market Square Heroes" and "Three Boats Down from the Candy" would form the B-side to the 1984 single "Punch and Judy". These re-recorded versions would later be included on the 1988 compilation album B'Sides Themselves, along with "Grendel"; "Market Square Heroes" is also on the 1997 compilation The Best of Both Worlds. The original single versions of "Market Square Heroes" and "Three Boats Down from the Candy" would eventually become available on CD in 1997, when EMI released them on the bonus CD of the remastered Script for a Jester's Tear album. A CD replica of the single was also part of a collectors box-set released in July 2000 which contained Marillion's first twelve singles, and the subsequent facsimile of the collectors box-set, The Singles '82-'88.

Live versions The first time that a version of "Market Square Heroes" would become available on an album was on the 1984 live album Real to Reel, although a live version of "Three Boats Down from the Candy", recorded at the 1982 Reading Festival, was included on the "Reading Rock" festival album. All three tracks also appear on the albums Early Stages (2008) and Recital of the Script (2009), and "Market Square Heroes" is on Live from Loreley (2009).

Aylesbury Market Square, the place that inspired the lyrics for "Market Square Heroes" and the scene of a one-off reunion performance of the song by Fish and Marillion in 2007.

On 26 August 2007, Fish performed "Market Square Heroes" at the Hobble on the Cobbles festival in the market square of Aylesbury, the original "setting" of the song in the town where Marillion was formed. The other members of the band (except singer Steve Hogarth) joined Fish on stage for this song. This surprise one-off reunion was the first occasion the 1984-88 lineup has shared one stage since the split in 1988.

"Market Square Heroes"

Track listing 7" version Side A 1. "Market Square Heroes" – 4:20 Side B 1. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" – 4:32

12" version Side A 1. "Market Square Heroes" – 4:20 2. "Three Boats Down from the Candy" – 4:32 Side B 1. "Grendel" – 17:15

Personnel • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums

References [1] http:/ / marillion. baldyslaphead. co. uk/ albums/ Market/ MSH. htm [2] http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ script. htm [3] 2009 Interview with Mark Kelly of Marillion at Aylesbury Friars website (http:/ / www. aylesburyfriars. co. uk/ interviewsmarillionmark. html) [4] Hobble on the Cobbles 2007, Market Square Aylesbury. Fish and Marillion perform "Market Square Heroes" at www.buckstv.co.uk (https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=lBmXcbbNA_8& feature=related) [5] Announcement of Brick's death on Aylesbury Friars Facebook page, 2 May 2011 (https:/ / www. facebook. com/ groups/ friarsaylesbury/ permalink/ 10150265385625996/ ) [6] Fish to perform Marillion epic Grendel at convention (http:/ / www. progrockmag. com/ news/ fish-to-resurrect-grendel-for-convention/ ), access date 2012-07-09 [7] "Mick is joined by Nick Barrett (Pendragon), Mike Varty (Credo/Landmarq/Shadowland/Janison Edge), Ian Salmon (Arena/Shadowland/Janison Edge) and Brian Cummins (Carpet Crawlers) for some very special shows across Europe. Script for a Jester’s Tour faithfully recreates the energy and drama of the original “Recital of the Script” tour that took the UK by storm in the early ‘80s. Fans can expect to hear the remarkable “Script for a Jesters Tear” album performed in its entirety, together with favourite tracks of the time, such as “Market Square Heroes” and the cult epic “Grendel”." Mick Pointer Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tour (http:/ / www. mickpointer. com/ ), access date 2012-07-09

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External links • Original music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2M6PoLTi4) on YouTube • Audience video recording (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwy2nFSyASU) of 2007 reunion performance

"He Knows You Know" "He Knows You Know" Single by Marillion from the album Script For A Jester's Tear Released

31 January 1983 (UK)

Format

vinyl record (7"), vinyl record (12")

Recorded Marquee Studios, London, December 1982 - February 1983 Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Length

3:30 (7"); 5:05 (12")

Label

EMI

Producer Nick Tauber Marillion singles chronology

"Market Square Heroes" (1982)

"He Knows You Know" (1983)

"Garden Party" (1983)

Music sample He Knows You Know

"He Knows You Know" is Marillion's second single, with "Charting the Single" as the B-side. It was released from their first album, Script for a Jester's Tear, and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's theme is drug abuse, and alludes particularly to intravenous drug use. In a live situation lead vocalist Fish would often introduce it as "The Drug Song". As with all Marillion songs during this period, the lyrics were written by Fish. The music video for this song features Fish struggling in a straitjacket having visions of a Jackson's Chameleon as featured on the album artwork of Marillion's first three albums. "He Knows You Know" was the only 12-inch single from Marillion's first three albums that was never produced as a picture disk.[1] The song was supposed to be performed live on Top Of The Pops in 1983 but as Fish explains on the Recital of the Script concert this never happened, however a live on TV version was later recorded for the BBC Oxford Road Show.

"He Knows You Know"

Track listing 7" version Side A 1. "He Knows You Know" (single edit) – 3:33 Side B 1. "Charting the Single" – 4:53

Track listing 12" version Side A 1. "He Knows You Know" (album version) – 5:07 Side B 1. "He Knows You Know" (single edit) – 3:33 2. "Charting the Single" – 4:53

Personnel • Fish – vocals • • • •

Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums

References [1] marillion.com | MUSIC - Discography - Script for a Jester's Tear | The Official Marillion Website (http:/ / www. marillion. com/ music/ albums/ script. htm)

External links • Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJs8qYc6_dc) on YouTube

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"Garden Party" "Garden Party" Single by Marillion from the album Script For A Jester's Tear Released

6 June 1983 (UK)

Format

vinyl record (7"), vinyl record (12")

Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Length

4:35 (7"); 7:15 (12")

Label

EMI

Producer

Nick Tauber Marillion singles chronology

"He Knows You Know" (1983)

"Garden Party" (1983)

"Punch and Judy" (1984)

Music sample Garden Party

"Garden Party (The Great Cucumber Massacre)" was the third single Marillion's debut album Script for a Jester's Tear, reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, the band's biggest singles chart success prior to 1985.[1] The song is a parody of social elitism and snobbery. The B-side is a live version of "Margaret" (recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983). The 12" single includes a live version of "Charting The Single" (recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, 18 April 1983).

"Garden Party"

Track listing 7" Versions Side A 1. "Garden Party" [Edited version] – 04:29 Side B 1. "Margaret" [Edited live version, Edinburgh Playhouse, April 7 '83] – 04:09

12" Versions Side A 1. "Garden Party" [Full version] – 07:11 2. "Charting the Single" [Live version, London Hammersmith Odeon, April 18 '83] – 06:30 Side B 1. "Margaret" [Full live version, Edinburgh Playhouse, April 7 '83] – 12:17

Controversy After the synth/guitar break in the middle of the song, a verse starts: I'm punting I'm beagling I'm wining Reclining I'm rucking I'm miming(So welcome) It's a party! The original lyrics read "I'm fucking", replaced by "I'm miming" in the shorter radio-friendly 7" single release.[2] "Rucking" in the previous line is a rugby term; the sport is referred to earlier in the song. Fish appeared on shows such as Top of the Pops, the UK's long running chart show and, at the point where he ought to be singing the broadcastable "miming", he shut his mouth and merely pointed at his lips as the words came over the PA. The album version (which was also included on the 12" release) contained the original lyric.

Personnel • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Mick Pointer - drums

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References External links • Garden Party lyrics explained (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/marillion-faq/part1/section-29.html) • Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OurjUT67Chk&feature=related) on YouTube

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"Punch and Judy" "Punch and Judy"

Single by Marillion from the album Fugazi Released

30 January 1984 (UK)

Format

7" vinyl record, 12" vinyl record

Genre

Pop rock, neo-progressive rock

Length

3:18

Label

EMI

Producer

Nick Tauber Marillion singles chronology

"Garden Party" (1983)

"Punch and Judy" (1984)

"Assassing" (1984)

Music sample Punch and Judy

"Punch and Judy" is the first single from Marillion's second studio album Fugazi. The lyrics of the song are about a marriage gone bad. The single reached no. 29 on the UK singles charts in February 1984.[1] This was the only single during the band's EMI years that no music video was shot for.

"Punch and Judy"

B-sides The B-side on all formats contained new versions of "Market Square Heroes" (originally the A-side of the band's debut single) and "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (the B-side of "Market Square Heroes"). Both versions were re-recorded with drummer John Marter (erroneously credited as 'John Martyr'), the only tracks Marillion ever recorded with him. The only difference between the 7" and 12" versions is found in "Market Square Heroes", which is 49 seconds longer on the 12" version. These re-recorded versions would also appear on the B'Sides Themselves compilation in 1988; "Market Square Hereos" is also on the 1997 compilation The Best of Both Worlds. The originally planned B-side, "Emerald Lies", ended up instead on the Fugazi album.

Track listing 7" versions Side 1 1. "Punch & Judy" – 3:19 Side 2 1. "Market Square Heroes" [Edited re-recorded version] – 3:56 2. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" [Re-recorded version] – 3:59

12" versions Side 1 1. "Punch & Judy" – 3:19 Side 2 1. "Market Square Heroes" [Full re-recorded version] – 4:45 2. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" [Re-recorded version] – 3:59

Personnel • • • • • •

Fish – vocals Steve Rothery - guitars Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums on "Punch and Judy" John Marter (credited as 'John Martyr') - drums on "Market Square Heroes", "Three Boats Down From the Candy"

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References [1] http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ searchsec. php

"Kayleigh" For the alternative spelling of the female given name Kayleigh, see Kaylee. For the country dance, see Céilidh.

"Kayleigh" Single by Marillion from the album Misplaced Childhood []

B-side

"Lady Nina"

Released

7 May 1985

Format

7" vinyl, 12" vinyl

[]

Recorded Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, March — May 1985 Genre

Neo-progressive rock Soft rock

Length

3:33 (7" version)

Label

EMI

[]

Writer(s) music: Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas lyrics: Fish Producer Chris Kimsey Marillion singles chronology

"Assassing" "Kayleigh" "Lavender" (1984) (1985) (1985)

"Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985.[] It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of 1985. It also made the top 10 in Ireland, Norway and France. "Kayleigh" is the band's sole appearance on the USA's Billboard Hot 100, hitting #74 in 1986.[] The song received a great deal of media exposure in the UK. 41 Independent Local Radio stations in Britain had the track A-rated on their playlists and it became the most played single on BBC Radio 1. The band also made appearances on television shows such as Wogan and Top of the Pops. The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictional in-game station "Vice City FM" and in the movie Late Night Shopping. The promotional video for the single was shot in Berlin, where the Misplaced Childhood album was recorded, and featured Tamara Nowy, a German woman who subsequently married lead singer Fish, and Robert Mead, the boy portrayed on the sleeve of the album and the single. The song was performed by Fish at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium, with Midge Ure on guitar and Phil Collins on drums.

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Composition Fish has said that his writing the song was 'his way of apologizing to some of the women he had dated in the past.' Although the lead singer and lyricist of the band, Fish, had at one point dated a woman whose forenames were Kay Leigh, the song was more a composite of several different women with whom he had had relationships.Wikipedia:Citation needed The guitar hook line through the verse came about, according to Steve Rothery, from him demonstrating to his then girlfriend what effects a chorus and a delay pedal could add to a guitar's sound. Rothery recorded the song on a chorused Stratocaster guitar, using the pick and his second and third fingers to play it.[1] The album version features an extended guitar solo by Rothery, 27 seconds of which is edited for the single version. On 24 October 2012, Marillion announced on Facebook that "Sad news via Fish - Kay - who inspired our song Kayleigh - has sadly died. RIP Kay."[2]

Legacy The song's popularity in the summer of 1985 was responsible for a significant rise in popularity of the name Kayleigh. In late 2005, 96% of Kayleighs living in the United Kingdom were born after 1985. Studies of girls' first names show that it was not in the top 100 most popular names in Scotland before 1975. By 1997, however, twelve years after the song's release, the name was the 30th most popular girls' name in the country. By 2001, Kayleigh had become the 75th most popular girls' name in England and Wales. The song's popularity and legacy was addressed by Harry Wallop, writing in The Daily Telegraph in 2011: Some names just didn’t exist a generation ago, but have taken off in popularity. The most famous of these is Kayleigh, which came into existence thanks to the neo-prog rock band Marillion, who had a number two hit with a single of this name in 1985. It was almost unheard of before the song. But since then it has taken hold, especially with parents who grew up with a love of long-haired bouffant power ballads. A few years ago, the name made it to the 30th most popular girl’s name in Britain, and it remains popular: 267 children were named it last year. Curiously, though, it has spawned a bewildering sub-sect of names, nearly all of which are unrelentingly bizarre. There were 101 Demi-Leighs last year, seven Chelsea-Leighs and four called Lilleigh, which sounds like a sanitary product.[3] In 2012, it was announced that the Scottish Borders Council was to inscribe extracts from the song's lyrics into the pavement at the newly-developed Market Square in Galashiels. Council engineer David Johnstone said the authority felt it was appropriate to mark the links between Galashiels and the song: "The lyrics from the song Kayleigh included reference to the old textiles college. Some of the lyrics referred to 'dawn escapes from moon-washed college halls' and 'do you remember cherry blossom in the market square?' There was a feeling that these lyrics were really appropriate and because of the connection between the singer and Galashiels that it would be appropriate to engrave some of those lyrics into the paving and make more of a feature of it." Mr Johnstone also said the original cherry trees referred to in the song had been removed due to disease but they would be replaced.[4] On 8th October 2012, Aberdeen based rappers Shy & DRS released "The Love is Gone", featuring lyrics and vocals from Sandi Thom. The song samples "Kayleigh". It reached no.7 in the iTunes Hip Hop Chart.

Chart performance

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Peak position

[]

2

Dutch GfK chart

[5]

12

Dutch Top 40

[6]

16

French Singles Chart

2

[7]

4

UK Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

[8]

Norwegian Singles Chart [9]

Swiss Singles Chart

[]

8 19

US Billboard Hot 100

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[] US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks

14

References [1] Total Guitar July 2001

External links • Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dphpDdfZUGw) on YouTube • Live performance from 1987 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIM_oba1g4) on YouTube

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"Lavender" "Lavender" Single by Marillion from the album Misplaced Childhood B-side

"Freaks"

Released

1985 (UK)

Format

Vinyl record (7" and 12")

Recorded Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, March–May 1985 Genre

Neo-progressive rock Soft rock Pop

Length

3:40 (7")

Label

EMI

Writer(s) Fish, Mark Kelly, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley Producer Chris Kimsey for Wonderknob Ltd Marillion singles chronology

"Kayleigh" "Lavender" (1984) (1985)

"Heart of Lothian" (1985)

Audio sample file info · help

"Lavender" is neo-progressive rock band Marillion's second single from their breakthrough album Misplaced Childhood. The follow-up to the big UK number 2 hit "Kayleigh", the song was their second Top 5 UK hit, entering the chart on 7 September 1985, reaching number 5 and staying on the chart for 9 weeks.[1] None of the group's other songs have reached the Top 5 and "Lavender" remains their second highest-charting song. The song received considerable media exposure in the UK, with 37 out of 43 Independent Local Radio stations A-rating the song on their playlists and becoming the 8th most played single on BBC Radio 1, gaining 16 plays in a day.[citation needed] The song features a number of verses that are reminiscent of the folk song "Lavender Blue". The song forms part of the concept of the Misplaced Childhood album. Like "Kayleigh" it is a love song, but whereas "Kayleigh" was about the failure of an adult relationship, "Lavender" recalls the innocence of childhood: "The childhood theme also brought up the idea of utilising an old children's song and "Lavender" was an obvious contender as one of the original pop songs of its time." [2] "Going through parks listening to Joni Mitchell, "Lavender" is the little boy's dream about you can walk through the park and bump into the lady of your dreams that you're going to fall instantaneously in love with."[3] The opening lines "I was walking in the park dreaming of a spark, when I heard the sprinklers whisper, shimmer in the haze of summer lawns" deliberately recall the title track of Joni Mitchell's The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

"Lavender" Unusually for a pop song from the mid-1980s, "Lavender" features a traditional grand piano rather than an electronic keyboard or electric piano. In the music video, keyboardist Mark Kelly is clearly seen playing a C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik but the original sleeve notes of the Misplaced Childhood album state that a Bosendorfer was used for the recording. The song was used in both series of the BBC sitcom Nighty Night.

References [1] David Roberts British Hit Singles and Albums, Guinness World Records Limited

External links • Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sIzWKHGwQ) on YouTube • Live performance from 1987 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc0siPZDsSY&feature=related) on YouTube

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"Incommunicado" "Incommunicado" Single by Marillion from the album Clutching at Straws A-side

Incommunicado

B-side

Going Under

Released

May 11, 1987

Format

7" single, 12" single, 12" picture disc, cassette single, CD single

Recorded 1987 Genre

Neo-progressive rock Soft rock Pop

Length

6:44 (7" single), 13:58 (12", CD single)

Label

EMI

Writer(s) Marillion Producer Chris Kimsey Marillion singles chronology

"Lady "Incommunicado" Nina" (1988) (U.S. only) (1986)

"Sugar Mice" (1988)

Audio sample file info · help

Incommunicado is the lead single of Marillion's fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws. Released 11 May 1987, it reached number six in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's third top-ten hit, the last until 2004's "You're Gone". It became a minor hit on the Dutch Top 40 reaching number 31. The A-side is a fast, anthemic rock song with a repetitive chorus and a dominant keyboard sound, somewhat reminiscent of "Market Square Heroes". The extended version on the twelve inch and CD singles is slightly longer than the album version and features some additional sound effects. The b-side, the short, slow and introspective "Going Under", would also appear as a bonus track on the CD version of Clutching at Straws, in a slightly different version. Both tracks were written and arranged by Marillion and produced by Chris Kimsey.

Cover art The cover was again designed by Mark Wilkinson; however, instead of the usual airbrush style, it was a collage based on a colourised photograph of fans waiting outside the Marquee Club, then still in Wardour Street (trivia: there are some posters advertising a Then Jericho gig on the door). Only the eccentrically dressed, pivotal "angel" character standing at the door apart from the crowd, was painted in Wilkinson's traditional style. The scene alludes to the song's main topic, success alienating artists from their fans and reality in general. On the back cover there is a

"Incommunicado" quotation supposedly from Seneca the Younger's Moral Epistles ("This mime of mortal life, in which we are apportioned roles we misinterpret.")

Track listing 7" single Side A 1. "Incommunicado" (single edit) – 4:00 Side B 1. "Going Under" – 2:44

12" single Side A 1. "Incommunicado" (album version)– 5:17 Side B 1. "Incommunicado" (alternative mix)– 5:57 2. "Going Under" – 2:44

External links • Music video [1] on YouTube • Live performance from 1987 [2] on YouTube

References [1] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=xXwlorEn1lY [2] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=H-ioIa8WUm0

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Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors File:Marillion2.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Marillion2.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath Image:Marillion Fish OpenAir Mannheim Maimarktgelaende 1986 06 21.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Marillion_Fish_OpenAir_Mannheim_Maimarktgelaende_1986_06_21.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0  Contributors: Sir James Image:MarillionEmpik2007.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:MarillionEmpik2007.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5  Contributors: Original uploader was Mike p at pl.wikipedia File:Rothery1.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Rothery1.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath File:Markkelly2009.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Markkelly2009.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath File:Trewavas1.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Trewavas1.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath File:Transatlantic2010 trewavas.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Transatlantic2010_trewavas.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike  Contributors: Michael Hanselmann - http://www.michaelhanselmann.de File:Mosley 2009.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mosley_2009.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath File:Hogarth2.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Hogarth2.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath File:Derek_Dick_("Fish")_June_2008.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Derek_Dick_("Fish")_June_2008.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Lrheath File:Fish Harmonie Bonn 20101123.JPG  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fish_Harmonie_Bonn_20101123.JPG  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0  Contributors: Sir James Image:Mick Pointer.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mick_Pointer.jpg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.0  Contributors: Igor Stawiarski Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: Anomie, Good Olfactory, Mifter Image:Flag of the United States.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: Anomie File:Star full.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Star_full.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: User:Conti from the original images by User:RedHotHeat File:Star half.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Star_half.svg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5  Contributors: User:Conti File:Star empty.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Star_empty.svg  License: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5  Contributors: Conti, Juiced lemon, Magasjukur2, Rocket000, Sarang, Tiptoety, 7 anonymous edits File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: Anomie, Good Olfactory, Mifter File:Flag of the United States.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: Anomie File:Flag of Europe.svg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flag_of_Europe.svg  License: Public Domain  Contributors: User:Verdy p, User:-xfi-, User:Paddu, User:Nightstallion, User:Funakoshi, User:Jeltz, User:Dbenbenn, User:Zscout370 Image:Aylesbury Market Square Bucks.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aylesbury_Market_Square_Bucks.jpg  License: GNU Free Documentation License  Contributors: Robert Stainforth File:Marillion_punch.jpg  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Marillion_punch.jpg  License: unknown  Contributors: FotoPhest, Jimmy Fleischer

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