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ANDREW 
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:15 |
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MARILLION was the first Neo-Prog band who released four very good albums (with Fish) in the first half of the '80s, but which one is better?
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:18 |
 ANDREW wrote:
MARILLION was the first Neo-Prog band who released four very good albums (with Fish) in the first half of the '80s, but which one is better? |
Not the first half of the 80s, but the entire 80s really. I vote for Clutching at Straws, since this is a poll and all.
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:18 |
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Clutching At Straws.
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:27 |
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I find it very difficult to answer this question, since I consider all of these albums great. I voted for Fugazi because of Incubus which I think is the best song of the Fish period, but catch me on another day and I'll vote for any of the other three...
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:36 |
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I guess out of all 4 really strong albums, Clutching At Straws is my favorite. I thought it had a very different sound and liked how Rothery's style changed just a bit. "Warm Wet Circles/That Time Of The Night" and "The Last Straw" are amazing.
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:56 |
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I had to go for Misplaced Childhood. The others are classics too though. Misplaced Childhood just oozes with class. I must admit though Fish' live version of the whole album on his 'Return to Childhood' CD is for me the best of the lot.
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:57 |
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Script For A Jester's Tear.
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 20:02 |
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Misplaced Childhood!!
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 20:03 |
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Clutching gets my vote, but they are all great!
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Posted: June 16 2006 at 21:02 |
Childhood? Childhood?
I've seen convoys!
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Posted: June 17 2006 at 00:01 |
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I love them all. "Script" was an amazing debut, and gave me hope for the future of prog. "Misplaced Childhood" has been a source of inspiration during a lot of hard times. So, that is why it gets my vote (plus, I saw them perform it live).
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Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:14 |
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I was torn between Misplaced Childhood and Clutching at Straws. I voted CaS because it needed the vote.
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Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:18 |
Absolutely STUNNING debut!! 
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Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:20 |
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Script is my all-time favourite prog-rock album;it had made me adore prog rock;I've already been telling this thousands of times.Without Script I'd NOT be here now,and my life would be pretty useless I think.Script,then Childhood,very closely followed by Fugazi.Clutching is crap,IMHO,a huge disappointment for me
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Posted: June 17 2006 at 16:14 |
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They are all brilliant, but Fugazi is my favourite.
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 06:03 |
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Misplaced Childhood.
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 06:29 |
Although Fugazi sounds more original in my opinion, I have voted A Script For A Jester's Tear, also because it has such an important emotional value for me: in those days prog was dead and suddenly there was Marillion with that wonderful progrock album  and they re-animated the entire scene The concept album Misplaced Childhood has never been my cup of tea (I only like half of it) and Clutching At Straws features a too dominant Fish in a negative way 
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 07:43 |
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Misplaced Childhood for me
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 11:02 |
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All excellent albums but I reckon Misplaced Childhood is where it all came together.
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 11:57 |
mystic fred wrote:
Absolutely STUNNING debut!!
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I'll second that.
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