HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD

I rather suspect that this album is going to make an awful lot of people happy and not just the diehard fans who've stuck with Marillion through thick and thin but those, like myself, who've merely dabbled with them post Brave. For a long time, almost 15 years now, Marillion have released album after album that failed to deliver a consistent emotional punch. There were the hits - who can forget them crashing the pop charts with You're Gone? - and there were the misses - pretty much everything on Afraid of Sunlight in my (not so) humble opinion - but there was next to nothing with the consistency of Brave to move and delight you. Well, Happiness Is The Road is that album. And thank heavens for that! However, I can not award it five stars because, like pretty much every Hogarth fronted Marillion album, it lacks the originality and strokes of genius that a five star album warrants. So a four star album it is and a very highly rated four star album it is too. Enjoy!

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