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HOLIDAYS IN EDEN

Marillion

 

Neo-Prog

3.15 | 771 ratings

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Tristan Mulders
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3 stars Marillion - Holidays in Eden

"Holidays in Eden was Marillion's first album that was in its totally written with Hogarth as a band member. For the previous "Seasons End" album, the band already worked on demo's with Fish still aboard.

I guess the record label saw the potential Hogarth has with his looks, because the urge for 3 hit singles was definitely present. Unlike any of the other Marillion albums this is mostly mainstream-orientated rock music. Nothing wrong with that, I like all songs, but one (I still dislike Holidays in Eden the title track. I find it rather dull and only the midsection; the 'break' seems to sound inspired to these ears.

In fact I guess there are only three songs with major prog rock tendencies and those are opening track Splintering Heart and closing tracks The Rakes Progress and 100 Nights. These are the songs which are the most varied, but there sure as hell is not anything wrong with all the other songs (except the title track as mentioned earlier on). I personally like the pop singles quite a lot, especially Cover my Eyes for its sing-along level at gigs and Dry Land for its pure beauty both musically as in Steve's crystal clear vocals.

I would have replaced the title track by Marillion's cover version of Rare Bird's song Sympathy. They performed this one excellent and it was released as a single at the time being (mainly to promote the "A Singles Collection" album though). It is available on the remaster 2 disc version of the album though.

Tristan Mulders | 3/5 |

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