The Marillion Round Table

Scripts - Forgotten Sons. It's still my favourite Marillion's song even if the final guitar solo is the same of Grendel

Okay, thanks for the additions to greatest tracks. I've been trying to keep score, but please remember that as a Tax Inspector, I cannot really be expected to count properly

Script: Chelsea Monday 2; Forgotten Sons 2; Script 1
Fugazi: Incubus 2; Fugazi 2; Cinderella Search 1
Misplaced Childhood: Childhood's End 2; Lavender 1; Heart of Lothian 1; Blind Curve 1
Clutching At Straws: Hotel Hobbies 2; The Last Straw 2; Sugar Mice 1
Seasons End: Seasons End 1; King of Sunset Town 1; Holloway Girl 1; Easter 1; Berlin 1
HIE: Splintering Heart 1; Waiting to Happen 1; Dry Land 1; The Party 1
Brave: The Great Escape 2; Living with the Big Lie 2; Goodbye to all That 1
Afraid of Sunlight: Gazpacho 2; Beautiful 1; Out of this World 1
This Strange Engine: Title track 3; Man of a Thousand Faces 1
Radiation: These Chains 2; A Few Words for the Dead 2
Marillion.com: Interior Lulu 3; Rich 1
Anoracknophobia: This is the 21st Century 1; Map of the World 1; If my heart were a ball...1 When I Meet God 1
Marbles: Neverland 2; Invisible Man 1; Marbles III 1
Somewhere Else: Somewhere Else 2; Faith 1; Voice from the Past 1
HITR: Real Tears for Sale 3; Dreamy Street 1
Less=More: Out of this World 2; Interior Lulu 1; This is the 21st Century 1

Interesting that there is no consensus on any LP, which I take to read as there being such an abundance of great tracks, that it would be virtually impossible to get one. Hopefully, we will get a few more.

Octopus-4. Welcome to the forum. I am somewhat surprised at your comments re AoS, as this is generally one of the higher rated LPs by the band - 3.79 average on the Archives, certainly higher than a few others. However, given that you loved Brave, I would most certainly recommend that you get Marbles. Brave, to me, is a 5 star album, but Marbles is the one 5 star album I would take to the desert island with me. A work of true genius, I cannot recommend it highly enough.

You could also give Afraid of Sunlight another go

lazland wrote: Okay, thanks for the additions to greatest tracks. I've been trying to keep score, but please remember that as a Tax Inspector, I cannot really be expected to count properly Script: Chelsea Monday 2; Forgotten Sons 2; Script 1 Fugazi: Incubus 2; Fugazi 2; Cinderella Search 1 Misplaced Childhood: Childhood's End 2; Lavender 1; Heart of Lothian 1; Blind Curve 1 Clutching At Straws: Hotel Hobbies 2; The Last Straw 2; Sugar Mice 1 Seasons End: Seasons End 1; King of Sunset Town 1; Holloway Girl 1; Easter 1; Berlin 1 HIE: Splintering Heart 1; Waiting to Happen 1; Dry Land 1; The Party 1 Brave: The Great Escape 2; Living with the Big Lie 2; Goodbye to all That 1 Afraid of Sunlight: Gazpacho 2; Beautiful 1; Out of this World 1 This Strange Engine: Title track 3; Man of a Thousand Faces 1 Radiation: These Chains 2; A Few Words for the Dead 2 Marillion.com: Interior Lulu 3; Rich 1 Anoracknophobia: This is the 21st Century 1; Map of the World 1; If my heart were a ball...1 When I Meet God 1 Marbles: Neverland 2; Invisible Man 1; Marbles III 1 Somewhere Else: Somewhere Else 2; Faith 1; Voice from the Past 1 HITR: Real Tears for Sale 3; Dreamy Street 1 Less=More: Out of this World 2; Interior Lulu 1; This is the 21st Century 1 Interesting that there is no consensus on any LP, which I take to read as there being such an abundance of great tracks, that it would be virtually impossible to get one. Hopefully, we will get a few more. Octopus-4. Welcome to the forum. I am somewhat surprised at your comments re AoS, as this is generally one of the higher rated LPs by the band - 3.79 average on the Archives, certainly higher than a few others. However, given that you loved Brave, I would most certainly recommend that you get Marbles. Brave, to me, is a 5 star album, but Marbles is the one 5 star album I would take to the desert island with me. A work of true genius, I cannot recommend it highly enough. You could also give Afraid of Sunlight another go

I'm sorry,, but I think You didn't understand me at Somewhere Else, I choose Ä Voice From the Past", oh wait I forgot to mention which song I choose at all.Anyway A Voice from the Past it is

[QUOTE=Basíleia]Hey, guys,

Okay, thanks, you... I've already got Marbles on the Road and it sure is one hell of a beauty! I have already been willing to buy SiL when I suddenly got the opportunity to get my hands on "Brave Live 2002", so I got that one; now my wallet has regrown to its original size again I'd like to buy it, but I was kind of dubbing whether I should  purchase "Bootleg Butlins" rather than "Somwhere in Londen"; I'll go for the latter one

Basíleia wrote: Hey, guys,   I'm thinking of buying a new DVD (Marillion, of course!) and I'm interessted to know in what your feelings are about "Somwhere in Londen" - I think Somwhere Else is a very good album, very emotional, so I am thinking of picking that one...Anybody?   Joren

Hey, Joren. Nice to meet you. I would highly recommend the Somewhere In London DVD. Beautifully shot and the performance is very dynamic. It's probably too late, but Marillion gave each WebUK member a free DVD of the band's entire performance in Cologne on the Happiness Is The Road tour, and it could be the best DVD to date. Excellent stuff!!

Glad to see my thread still goin' strong. Great job in my absence, fellas.

E

lazland wrote: With Marbles on the Road and now to come Somewhere in London (I only recently got this), you have got two of the finest concert recordings ever made. Nice to see Eric back with his contributions to the finest tracks Any more to come?

I just needed a wee small break, but I missed this thread a lot. Coming back slowly.

Missed muh boyeeeezzzz (said in an urban tone)!!!!

E

E-Dub wrote: Basíleia wrote: Okay, thanks, you... I've already got Marbles on the Road and it sure is one hell of a beauty! I have already been willing to buy SiL when I suddenly got the opportunity to get my hands on "Brave Live 2002", so I got that one; now my wallet has regrown to its original size again I'd like to buy it, but I was kind of dubbing whether I should  purchase "Bootleg Butlins" rather than "Somwhere in Londen"; I'll go for the latter one The Butlins is a fine DVD, but you're better off with Somewhere In London. This Strange Convention might be worth your while, too. E

I've already added This Strange Convention to my collection and it is a magnificent DVD, though IMO the saturday night show could have been deleted. I mean, they are ofcourse allowed to play some covers at times, but not a whole nineteen-song night with as few as five songs (sorry if I've miscounted) comming from their own repetoire. (Being a Dutchman I sure as hell like the cover of Hocus Pocus, of course).

Looking for this thread I found it on page 2; and we can't have that now can we?

New e-mail from the band, which I have copied and pasted below:

Happy New Year to marillio-heads everywhere from snowed-in Oxfordshire. I've started noodling around at home to get the creative juices flowing in anticipation of work resuming this week at the Racket Club. Assuming we can get there with all this snow, we intend to start work on album No.16, or is it 17? I'm not sure really. Does L=M count as a album? Do Marbles and HITR count as two? Who, except Ian is counting anyway? I'm pretty excited to get started on something brand new but I'm sure the excitement will start to fade a few weeks in when we are arguing over crochets and minor thirds which is why we have a trip planned to Portugal in March for some writing in the sun. We will be setting a few hours aside to brush up on the acoustic set for the gig in Lousada on the 27th www.marillion.com/tour. I'm beginning to regret setting fire to my harmonium whilst drunk one night.(see above) I wanted to play the Arthur Brown song "Fire" with some real feeling and things got a bit out of hand. I didn't think I'd be needing it again, Oh well, at least I sampled it AND I've been on the wagon since Jan 1st, so things are looking up! Love and hugs Mark

I'd like to thank anyone who made it to the Wishing Tree concert at the Bush Hall. It was a great evening and a lot of fun once we'd sorted out the little problem with the dead bass drum! It seems we might have seen the worst of the bad weather and I'm eager to start writing again at the Racket Club. I'm also looking forward to picking up my new Jack Dent guitars in New York at the end of the month. I've got a couple of things planned while I'm over. I'm giving a guitar clinic at the Dog Ear Tavern (http://www.dogeartavern.com) on Saturday the 30th January during the afternoon followed by a social gathering and jam session in the evening at the same venue. Email [email protected] if you're interested in attending either event. Here's to a great 2010! Steve

Work is starting on the new LP