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SOMEWHERE IN LONDON

Marillion

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Warthur
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3 stars Somewhere In London captures, as the title implies, the London stop of the Somewhere Else tour. Somewhere Else was a solidly produced but unmemorable release, but Marillion do a good job of bringing out the best in that album's material as well as the usual smattering of classics from their past. Plus one of the encores is the epic Ocean Cloud, which I kind of think of as H-era Marillion's answer to Grendel - an epic that'd take up a whole side of vinyl back in the day on which they let their prog instincts run wild and which is a gem live. There aren't too many live performances of that one, so its presence makes Somewhere In London worth considering even if you already have a substantial collection of live Marillion treats - but only if you think it's worth listening to a bunch of Somewhere Else tracks in the same setlist.
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iluvmarillion
3 stars This is one of the best filmed concerts of the band taken from the London Forum Theatre during Marillion's 2007 promotional tour of the Somewhere Else album. The camera effortlessly moves across the stage from performer to performer. You get the ambience of the performance of the band with occasional glances over to the audience who are having a great time. The only misgiving I have is that Somewhere Else isn't their strongest album and as most of the songs presented here are from that album, you miss a lot of favorite songs the band would otherwise have been playing. However, it was great start to hit off the concert with Splintering Heart from the Holidays In Eden album and it's always a joy to listen to Steve Rothery to play 12-string guitar on Man Of A Thousand Faces.
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