MARBLES

Great album, among the best ones in 2004. Looking backwards, this will be one of the band's highlights, as 'Misplaced Childhood', 'Brave' or 'Afraid of Sunlight'. These people enjoy writing and playing music, and that's for the benefit of the fans. The epics ('Invisible Man', 'Ocean Cloud' and 'Neverland') are simply terrific, many people have described them here so no more words are needed. The singles have been very well chosen too, nowadays I'm listening to 'Don't hurt yourself' every time I can. Also, they have taken care of the production. At a first time, the whole album may seem hard to listen entirely, but in fact it's very well balanced. Marillion have crafted a jewel that possibly will be more and more appreciated as years go by.