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Posted: July 22 2005 at 17:59

script for a jester's tear *****

misplaced childhood *****

fugazi ****

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Posted: July 22 2005 at 18:59

1. Script
2. Childhood
3. Market Square
4. Fugazi
5. Clutching

Non-Fish
1. Brave
2. Marbles

(don't own any of the others...)

Marmalade...I like marmalade.

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Posted: July 23 2005 at 08:04

Clutching (took a while to get there, but IMO the most original sounding Fish-era album)
Script (for the early Genesis fan. Too bad it has bad production and poor drumming)
Fugazi
Seasons End + Brave (although I severely missed the great poetry by Fish)
Misplaced Childhood (learned guitar by playing along, but i've heard it too much now)
Holidays in Eden (poor)

As for the rest, I borrowed some other albums and they dindn't impress me much. Should I have a go at Marbles if I liked Brave, anyone?

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Posted: July 23 2005 at 10:07

richeym wrote:

Clutching At Straws
Script For A Jester's Tear
Misplaced Childhood
Brave
Marbles
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Fugazi
Season's End
Afraid of Sunlight
-----------
B' Sides Themselves
Marillion.com
This Strange Engine
Anoraknophobia
Radiation

the only 1 i don't have is Holidays in Eden

I am sorry to say that you are missing a very good album then!

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Posted: July 23 2005 at 10:29

clutching

misplaced

seasons

fugazi

script

brave

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gdub411

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Posted: July 23 2005 at 13:45

1. Script For A Jester's Tear

2. Fugazi

3. Misplaced Childhood

4. Clutching At Straws

What can I say? They progressively got worse. All these are very good to great, however...I bought Season's End, was unimpressed and never explored the Hogarth era any further.

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Posted: July 23 2005 at 16:56

I am familiar only with these:

1. Script For A Jester's Tear ****1/2

2. Fugazi *****

3. Misplaced Childhood *****

4. Clutching At Straws ***3/4

5. Season's End ****

6. Brave *****

7. Anoraknophobia ****

8. Marbles ****1/2

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Posted: July 23 2005 at 18:15

Sorry, had to copy/paste ..lazy ass I am...

Brave (8/10)

Clutching At Straws (8.5/10)

Fugazi (5.5/10)

Afraid Of Sunlight (7/10)

Script For A Jester's Tear (9/10)

Misplaced Childhood(9.5/10)

Marbles(9/10)

Holidays In Eden (7/10)

Seasons End (8/10)

This Strange Engine (6/10)

Anoraknophobia (6.5/10)

marillion.com (5/10)

Radiation (3/10) by FAR their worst album, dont know what they were thinking..

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Posted: July 24 2005 at 11:32

the only 1 i don't have is Holidays in Eden

I am sorry to say that you are missing a very good album then!

Agreed wholeheartedly. "Dry Land" and "100 Nights" are among the finest songs the band has ever recorded.

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Posted: July 24 2005 at 13:17

In my humble opinion, the ranking of Marillion
albums is:

1. Anorak In The UK Live (2 CD version)

2. Afraid Of Sunlight (brilliant concept and more
concise than Brave)

3. Clutching At Straws (great idea and well executed
lyrically and musically-fave Fish era Marillion)

4. Anoraknophobia (contains many of my favorite
Marillion songs)

5. Marbles (2 CD version) (lovely album though a bit
sedate-Ocean Rower and other songs rank very
highly though)

6. This Strange Engine (title track plus others are
great-wish they hadn't included Message Of Love
though, sounds like an "In Your Eyes" ripoff)

7. Script For A Jesters Tear (fantastic debut though
can't get into "The Web")

8. Brave (I've tried hard to get into this album. There
are some fantastic songs, but also lots of droning
parts that seem pointless)

9. Misplaced Childhood (strong beginning and
ending but again, a bit too much droning in the
middle)

10. Fugazi (Fond memories of this album though I
don't have it anymore and haven't listened to it in
years).

The others kind of blend together, though I would
personally place Holidays In Eden down towards the
bottom of my list.

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Posted: July 24 2005 at 14:26

Clutching at Straws is the best for me.

Wonderful writing, and an incredibly cohesive concept album.

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Posted: July 24 2005 at 17:20

FISH-ERA

1. Fugazi and Misplaced Childhood (tied)
2. Script for a Jester's Tear
3. Clutching at Straws

HOGARTH-ERA

1. Brave
2. Afraid of Sunlight
3. Season's End
4. This Strange Engine and Marbles (tied) (Marbles would have surpassed TSE, andperhaps SE as well, had it not been for most of the Vol. 2 material)
5. Holidays in Eden and Anoraknophobia (tied) (the latter could have been better, but it sounds 6. like a big promise left unfulfilled most of the time)
7. Radiation
8. Marillion.com

ALL ERAS

1. Fugazi and Misplaced Childhood (tied)
2. Brave
3. Script for a Jester's Tear and Afraid of Sunlight (tied)

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Posted: October 08 2005 at 09:03

1) Brave
2) .Com
3) Clutching At Straws
4) Fugazi
5) Script For A Jester's Tear
6) Seasons End
7) Afraid Of Sunlight
8) Radiation
9) Holiday's In Eden
10) Marbles
11) This Strange Engine
12) Anoraknophobia
13) Misplaced Childhood

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Posted: October 08 2005 at 09:05

Oh Anorak In The Uk is by far the best live album it captures the live atmosphere at the shows!

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Posted: October 08 2005 at 09:10

1. Fugazi.
2. Misplaced Childhood
3. Marbles
4. Seasons End
5. Clutching At Straws
6. Afraid of Sunlight

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Posted: October 08 2005 at 09:56

01 Clutching at Straws
02 Seasons End
03 Misplaced Childhood
04 Fugazi
05 Script for a Jester's Tear

06 Holidays in Eden
07 Afraid of Sunlight
08/09 Brave / Marbles
10 .com

11 Anoraknophobia
12 Radiation
13 This Strange Engine

You house proud town mouse
ha ha, charade you are

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Posted: October 08 2005 at 11:29

gdub411 wrote:

1. Script For A Jester's Tear

2. Fugazi

3. Misplaced Childhood

4. Clutching At Straws

What can I say? They progressively got worse. All these are very good to great, however...I bought Season's End, was unimpressed and never explored the Hogarth era any further.

My words exactly.

Except that I am still exploring the Hogarth albums, of which only "Brave" and "Marbles" even begin to hold a candle to "Script..." IMO.

/edit.

Damn.

Didn't realise this was an old topic and I'd already answered...