INTERNAL EXILE

Fish

Neo-Prog

3.14 | 255 ratings

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ZowieZiggy
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This second solo album is a good continuation of his work. The charm of his great voice is always fascinating and song writing is above average.

As most of lead vocalist would do, Fish strongly privilege dense lyrics; but it is just normal I guess. As long as he will write great songs as "Shadowplay" which is still in-line with his Marillion work, it is fine. The best song from this album.

Fish is investigating some world music ambiance with "Credo". A bit repetitive maybe, but still a strong composition. But the man is particularly gifted of course. The first song to feature some interesting instrumental part is "Just Good Friends". As commercial as some genuine "Marillion" songs could be, and as pleasant.

The big man won't write pure jewels on Internal Exile. If you take "Favourite Stranger" you will be confronted with the first weak track from this album. Melody less, it has almost no structure and its ambient and uniform mood sounds dull.

This album might not be as strong as his debut but the level of the music proposed here is pretty good overall. "Lucky" for instance features some good melody and even if "Dear Friend" is a little weaker, a good guitar break comes at the rescue.

The level is increasing again with "Tongues". Of course, this album might seem to lack of variety but I prefer to listen to good but similar numbers than to boring different style ones. In this respect, "Tongues" would please any Marillion (the genuine one of course) fans. Another highlight.

The folkish mood of the title track is not the best experience. A casting mistake, maybe. Like the cover for "Something In The Air". A number one UK hit from "Thunderclap Newman" in 1969 (produced by Pete Townsend). It is unfortunately a poor closing number but you shouldn't forget that there are little like this on "Internal Exile" which I consider as a good album. Three stars.

ZowieZiggy | 3/5 | 2008-3-1

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