Fish-era Marillion or 80's synth-era Rush?

Rush fan here and I don't think I've ever heard more than a handful of Marillion songs so no vote for me.

Rush, Rush and more Rush

The Dark Elf wrote: Never could stand Marillion, ichthyologically or otherwise.

Amen, whatever-logically or otherwise. They did have in their favor Ian Mosley on the sticks, a member of Hackett's touring band in the '80s, but I can't find much else of merit to say about them. Rush had much to recommend them during this "synth-era," so I had to give them the vote here.

the thread title says synth era Rush and then the poll says post Moving Pictures - 2 different things.

TexasKing wrote: Blacksword wrote: It's still got to be Rush. Signals, GUP and Power Windows are better than anything Marillion ever recorded IMO. Power Windows cannot compete with Script for a Jester's Tear. In terms of musical quality, it's miles behind. The only song I like from that album is Marathon. A song Big Money absolutely sucks and any song off SfaJT easily kills Big Money. Rush should be ashamed for making such a lame song. And these words come from a big Rush fan.  Anyway Marillion album-titled track SfaJT is near a musical perfection, while Rush album Power Windows is far from perfection.

Script is excellent I agree. Probably their best album. All Fish era albums were good, but as for 'musical quality' it depends how you choose to define 'musical quality' between two groups who actually bear little resemblence. We may as well be comparing Simple Minds with XTC.

It's subjective which band was producing better songs, but in terms of actual musicanship I think Rush still wins, certainly wt regard to Mick Pointers drumming on Script vs Neil Pearts drumming. Mrillion were great musicians generally, but Rush are steller in that respect and reputably so.

I though Big Money was one of their better single tbh.

Marillion shade it for me, despite CAS lacking the magic of the first three albums.   The first three albums had an absolute magic to them, as did most of the b sides.  as for Rush, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals are great albums but everything they have done since has been dull in my opinion apart from Time Stand Still and force Ten.

Vompatti wrote: Marillion. However I'd take any Rush over post-Fish Marillion.

Have to agree mainly. Marillion with Fish blew my mind - Marillion with Hogarth puts me to sleep barring one or two albums and too much of Hogarth's voice irritates the hell out of me.

It's still got to be Rush. Signals, GUP and Power Windows are better than anything Marillion ever recorded IMO.

micky wrote: Signals is if anything.. better than Moving Pictures..

Marillion.