"Brave" My first neo prog album

Yo, I just got brave at a very cheap used CD store, I just got done listening to it for the first time, and because I am an avid prog listener, I will probably need to listen to it a few more times before I can really digest it.

Edited by schizoid_man77 - June 23 2007 at 22:39

I like some of the epics that Marillion has done in the post-Fish era ("Interior Lulu" from Marillion.com comes immediately to mind), and Brave is the best post-Fish work, but the Fish-era is to me what the Gabriel-era is to Genesis:  the best!

Its alright I guess.

Edited by Snow Dog - June 24 2007 at 11:05

It will take a while to grow,  however keep in mind that Brave is not a good representation of neo prog sound(or Marillion's typical sound for that matter). Fish era albums are much better and far more representative.

It is probably the best Hogarth-era album, and also an important one as it brought them back to their prog roots after venturing into mainstream singles territory with Seasons End and Holidays in Eden. To me it is the album that established Steve Hogarth as a singer and lyricist. I find the lyrics and the whole story-line to be the most moving and emotional of any Marillion album (or even any album come to think of it), it is also the first musically coherent album they made as a band, defining a darker melencolic Marillion sound.  

Edited by darqdean - June 24 2007 at 13:54

^ because the Gabriel out dose the Collins era by such a large margin that It's like Collins having made one album and PG making 10.

Is it me, or is the title song maybe one of them ost beautiful songs ever!

darqdean wrote: schizoid_man77 wrote: Is it me, or is the title song maybe one of them ost beautiful songs ever! It is definitely one of them IMHO.

The final 15 minutes or so (From "Brave" through "Made Again") is some of the most beautiful, emotional, heart wrenching pieces of music I've ever heard. Simply thinking about it gives me chills.

And if you have the Brave Live 2002 DVD, seeing the visual spectacle is something to behold. Especially during these final moments. It just drives me mad to hear people say that Hogarth possesses no emotion. He puts everything into this performance, but on "The Great Escape" he just lets it all go. Inspirational, to say the very least.

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