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Xonty 
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 10:30 |
2 very similarly rated albums (the first being 4.21, second being 4.23). Both were obviously released by neo-prog giants Marillion and essential to forming the sub-genre. Their debut "Script For A Jester's Tear" is perhaps truer to prog rock, whereas "Misplaced Childhood" is slightly more commercial/pop-influenced with songs such as "Kayleigh" and "Lavender". My question, simply which is better?
For me, "Script For A Jester's Tear" is much more consistent on the whole, and feels more completed than "Misplaced Childhood", which feels a bit more patchy to me(although the first 3 songs are excellent). I've posted the covers of each album below too.
As always, thanks for any feedback! 
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 10:37 |
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Script did never grab me as much as Misplaced Childhood did.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 10:41 |
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Misplaced Childhood
There is only one sheer masterpiece song on the debut LP and it's the title track.
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This night wounds time.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 10:45 |
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Script.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 10:46 |
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Clutching At Straws.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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ScorchedFirth
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 10:50 |
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My two all time favorite albums! I guess I would go for Misplaced Childhood by the narrowest of margins, but I love all of Fish-era Marillion significantly more than anything else.
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tamijo
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 11:21 |
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Script For A Jester's Tear
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Argor
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 11:31 |
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Script is very good, while Misplaced Childhood is much too pop-oriented for me.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 11:43 |
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Script with the added Market Boat Grendel tracks especially
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Help me I'm falling!
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Wanorak
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 11:53 |
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Script for me. If the first side of Childhood was less poppy I'd pick it. The second side of Childhood is sublime!
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Moogtron III
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:18 |
Very difficult. Okay, Misplaced Childhood it is.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:23 |
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I'm going for the Script. I lost touch with Marillion after that.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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genbanks
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 13:25 |
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I must admit that Missplaced is a prog masterpiece for its time (middle 80s) but Script is the best Marillion album.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 14:08 |
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Script is the album which made Marillion a "Genesis clone". Misplaced Childhood is a concept album full of good songs and is when the band became mature and started walking on its own legs, even if on a pop side. Personally I've never liked Script too much.
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 15:02 |
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Script....
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 15:11 |
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From what I know from them, this are the two albums that make them the giants of prog they are, as good as anything from the 70's, in a decade when you would think you would not find prog again. I got them in a single package, and what a great way to get to know this band I had only read about before. However, I like better Script, it's just a wonderful album as a whole (even is Misplaced Childhood is a more cohesive album). For me, the two most magical moments I've heard from them are the beginning of this two albums, the title track of their debut, and the pair of songs "Pseudo Silk Kimono / Kayleigh" (even though Kayleigh is suposed to be the "hit" on the album - for good or bad - for me that song is nothing without Pseudo Silk Kimono at the beginning).
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 18:20 |
 someone_else wrote:
Script did never grab me as much as Misplaced Childhood did. |
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 18:52 |
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Script, easily.
MC is by far my least favorite Fish Marillion.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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iluvmarillion
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Posted: March 23 2014 at 23:34 |
Horizons wrote:
Clutching At Straws. |
Take out Warm Wet Circles from Clutching At Straws and what remains is just an ordinary album. Take out any one song from either Script or Misplaced Childhood and both albums hold up extraordinarily well.
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genbanks
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Posted: March 24 2014 at 00:20 |
iluvmarillion wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Clutching At Straws. |
Take out Warm Wet Circles from Clutching At Straws and what remains is just an ordinary album. Take out any one song from either Script or Misplaced Childhood and both albums hold up extraordinarily well. |
Agree Script > Childhood > Clutching, but At that time of the night and Slaintemath are stunning tracks too IMO. And this Kelly's solo on Just for the record...
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