LAUGHING STOCK

There's nothing I can add to the other reviews (especially those who praise this masterpiece, as well as its two predecessors). However, what surprises me is that no one has made the connection to Marillion's great albums with Hogarth, particularly MARBLES. To be honest, I've only discovered MARBLES in the past week - I finally got around to listening to it, to see what all the commotion's been about. As it played, what it reminded me of again and again was Talk Talk's great albums. Surely these albums, MARBLES and Talk Talk's last 3 albums, are some kind of strange siblings. (I always suspected Talk Talk must've been closet Floyd fans. I know Floyd - at least, Mason - or was that Wright? 'can't remember offhand - praised Talk Talk at the time...) Lovers of MARBLES are directed to Talk Talk's brilliant masterpieces, of which LAUGHING STOCK is probably the best.