PA's Battle to Stardom B1: Marillion v. Area

Hmm.....should I make this poll or should I let Alex do it....meh, he's a little slow on the uptake, so I guess I have to pick up for him. Anyway, we're at the end of Round 1 and the start of Round 2, and we're kicking things off with an apples and oranges poll, where we have the return of the masters and founders of neo-prog against Italian fusion band Area. Which one will triumph? That is for all of you to decide.

Please: If you are not familiar with one or both of the band's material, I urge that you use the links provided and at least listen to the samples on their respective pages.

Marillion's PA page: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=233
Area's PA page: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=26

And at the risk of sounding like a broken record, please feel more than free to discuss both bands.

Recap:
Round 1
A1:  Mahavishnu Orchestra v. Marillion      (24-28)
A2:  Gong v. Area    (18-19)
A3:  Emerson, Lake and Palmer v. The Flower Kings      (22-14)
A4:  The Residents v. Tangerine Dream    (12-15)
A5:  Can v. Dream Theater    (42-37)
A6:  Echolyn v. Opeth    (11-18)
A7:  Van der Graaf Generator v. The Mars Volta    (54-18)
A8:  Samla Mammas Manna v. Radiohead      (27-26)
A9:  Rush v. Tool    (55-21)
A10: Meshuggah v. Kayo Dot     (15-21)
A11: Henry Cow v. Amon Duul II      (17-12)
A12: Soft Machine v. Magma      (23-25)
A13: Ayreon v. Le Orme      (26-29)
A14: Ozric Tentacles v. Hawkwind         (21-27)
A15: Koenjihyakkei v. Univers Zero       (10-17)
A16: Gentle Giant v. Camel        (41-29)


A1: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51423&PN=2
A2: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51492&PN=1
A3: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51567&PN=1
A4: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51630&PN=1
A5: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51711&PN=1
A6: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51778
A7: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51855
A8: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51928&PN=1
A9: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52011
A10: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52091
A11: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52158&PN=1
A12: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52246
A13: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52336
A14: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52411&PN=1
A15: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52487&PN=1
A16: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52571

Marillion as a matter of taste...

Area, i like several Marillion albums, but this is no contest for me, Area all the way!

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marillion - either with Fish or Hogarth.

Marillion. I've been listening to their early albums with Fish and I'm loving them all.

By the way, who won the first PA battle to stardom?

Jozef wrote: Marillion. I've been listening to their early albums with Fish and I'm loving them all. By the way, who won the first PA battle to stardom?

At that time, it had a different name which escapes me. The final round was KC barely edging out Yes by something like 63-60 or somewhere around there.

I can tolerate Area which is more than can be said for Marillion.

birdwithteeth11 wrote: Jozef wrote: Marillion. I've been listening to their early albums with Fish and I'm loving them all. By the way, who won the first PA battle to stardom? At that time, it had a different name which escapes me. The final round was KC barely edging out Yes by something like 63-60 or somewhere around there.

Oh, I was actually going to ask about this after noticing not seeing KC......this time around are you using only bands that weren't in the first one?

Marillion.

On basis of Fish era - don't listen to them so much nowadays and not really been inspired by one of their recent albums (exception:Brave).

Like Area, but am relatively new to them.