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Poll Question: Which is your favourite?
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33 [34.02%]
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Kingsnake Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2017 at 06:56
My personal favorite is marillion.com
I chose Marbles in this poll.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Barbu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2017 at 08:59



Bring the Fish back!!!
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Marbles is my favorite Marillion album by a large margin.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2017 at 09:13
Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:




Bring the Fish back!!!

seriously? 

Fish has some nice solo albums you could try. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Barbu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2017 at 10:36
^ Ben non/kidding, Hogarth is just perfect.

Four strong 4* afaic, Afraid is the most enjoyable personally.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jude111 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2017 at 10:41
I think Brave is more cohesive album, but I went with Marbles. All I really need from that album are Invisible Man, Neverland, and Ocean Cloud, but considering the combined time of those 3 songs adds up to the length of a traditional vinyl album (and it would be one of my all time favorite albums ever if it only contained those 3 songs), that's the one I voted for.
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Marbles, then Brave
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iluvmarillion Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2017 at 01:19
Actually my two favourite H - Marillion albums are This Strange Engine and Happiness Is The Road, but I'm happy to endorse Marbles on the above list. Seasons End and Brave have flat spots for me and I've never liked the first two tracks on Afraid Of Sunlight.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Progmind Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2017 at 19:08
1 - Brave
2 a / 2 b - Afraid Of Sunlight - Marbles
3 -Seasons End
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote YESESIS Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2017 at 20:54
But I'm a Fish-only snob, does that mean this poll is not for me?

No, I'm KIDDING everyone. But I do have their first 4 studio albums, so I guess it's time to try something with the other guy now. So I actually appreciate this poll.. I'll give Marbles a try and see if I like it. Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote YESESIS Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 15 2017 at 19:56
WOW. I just listened to that whole album(meditated to it actually) and it was fantastic! Really great all the way through the last song. Man I'm glad I found this one.
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Brave.  It edges Seasons End.  Marbles is too patchy.

So I bring Brave back to parity with MarblesTongue
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2018 at 02:08
Marbles

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bump! 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote suitkees Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2021 at 12:03
Funny, my preferred Marillion albums of these are the ones with the least votes: Season's End and Afraid of Sunlight. I find Brave and Marbles too subdued to really conquer me compared to those other two albums... Will vote for Afraid of Sunlight.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lazland Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2021 at 12:35
Virtually impossible to choose between Brave and Marbles, but today it is the former. Just about the finest concept album ever released. Perfect in every way.

EDIT. I see that 11 years ago, I chose Marbles. Oh well!LOL


Edited by lazland - November 06 2021 at 12:36
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Marbles...by a very large margin.  I was really disappointed by it at first but it really grew on me, especially the longer tracks.  Ocean Cloud in particular is just amazing.  I might skip over Drilling Holes here and there, though.

Brave, for some reason, is a bit too poppy for me.  I remember people telling me how dark they thought it was.  Apparently, I am darker...  Anyway, I listen to it every once in a while but do skip a few tracks.

Seasons End is ok.  Can't say I have felt compelled to listen to more than the first four songs (skipping Uninvited Guest) in years.

Afraid of Sunlight is ok, but really just the wrong direction from this band for me.  Too uneven, and the best songs are still too...something...  Simple?  Poppy?  I don't know, but I might listen to it once a year at most.  Oh, and I cannot listen to Cannibal Surf Babe ever.




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iluvmarillion Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2021 at 21:04
Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

Actually my two favourite H - Marillion albums are This Strange Engine and Happiness Is The Road, but I'm happy to endorse Marbles on the above list. Seasons End and Brave have flat spots for me and I've never liked the first two tracks on Afraid Of Sunlight.

Just to edit my previous post, my opinion of Seasons End has lifted since I made those comments. Also to a degree so has my opinion of Brave, both fine albums. At times you can be too close to an album you've played many times. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dellinger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2021 at 19:38
Not sure about this. I have actually heard very few of the albums with Hogarth, but have heard several live albums, including ones with the whole Brave and Marbles, with which I must say I ended up rather disappointed, given how much hipe they get, and I just found little to love (except for the wonderful Neverland, which is among my very favourite Marillion songs). Yet, I get the impression that if I heard them all, my favourite as a whole album would end up being Sounds that can't be Made.
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1. Marbles
2. Brave
3. Afraid Of Sunlight
4. Seasons End
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