MARK KELLY'S MARATHON

It ill behoves me even to venture to pass critical judgement on the output of such an assembly of prog rock luminaries, but, with a current score of 4.22, I would have to say that this is pretty over-rated. I'm very taken with the Amelia suite and three parts of 2051, but I found the meat between these joyous slices to be relatively standard MOR fare, notwithstanding the undisputed technical excellence on offer.

If it was in any way still voguish to self-compile CDs, I would happily merge tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 off The Ghosts of Pripyat (Steve Rothery) with tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 10 off this, to give myself about 72 minutes in total of unbridled Marillion-related listening pleasure. Just enough time to clean the bathroom, perhaps. And so it proved.