MARILLION's first four LPs
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Topic: MARILLION's first four LPs
Posted By: ANDREW
Subject: MARILLION's first four LPs
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:15
| 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 By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:18
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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ANDREW wrote:Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:18
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Clutching At Straws.
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Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:27
| 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... |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date 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 By: tdreamer
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:56
| 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. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 19:57
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 20:02
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Misplaced Childhood!! ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg"> 
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Posted By: Ridge
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 20:03
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Clutching gets my vote, but they are all great! ------------- Discipline is never an end in it self, only a means to an end. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: June 16 2006 at 21:02
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Childhood? Childhood?
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date 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). ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:14
| I was torn between Misplaced Childhood and Clutching at Straws. I voted CaS because it needed the vote. |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:18
Absolutely STUNNING debut!!
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 07:20
| 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 |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 17 2006 at 16:14
| They are all brilliant, but Fugazi is my favourite. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 06:03
| Misplaced Childhood. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date 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 By: Open-Mind
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 07:43
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Misplaced Childhood for me ------------- "I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time, I feel my luck could change.. " |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date 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. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 11:57
I'll second that. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 13:48
Clutching at Straws for me 
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 15:31
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Clutching At Straws is probably my favourite Marillion album full stop! (So guess what I voted for here!)
Script would be second, with Misplaced just ahead of Fugazi. (Nevertheless, Fugazi is still better than at least four Hogarth era albums to me.)
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 15:51
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Voted Script, but Fugazi is not far behind. I'm quite surprised that Misplaced Childhood is ahead of Fugazi. All the Fish Marillion albums are very good IMO. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Pulse
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 18:28
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Seems like I'm going with the majority here, but I like Script the best. In fact, it's my favorite Marillion album. It just has so any great songs like The Web and He Knows You Know and my favorites, Forgotten Songs and the title track. |
Posted By: Stefanovic
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 18:33
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for a long time, it's been Msiplaced Childhood... Now it's definitely FUGAZI... |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 08:11
| "Clutching At Straws" (1987) |
Posted By: bundy
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 08:18
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Script...>CaS...>Fugazi...........>MC ------------- They who know do not speak! They who talk do not know! |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 13:25
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Clutching At Straws! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: calvin
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 13:32
| misplaced childhood has a special place for me... even though, from other point of view, i like 'script for a jester's tear' better. |
Posted By: sm sm
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 13:47
| There all good but script showed that a new band could make a prog album and have it sell without resorting to a new wave pop recording with prog overtones |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 10 2006 at 14:58
Misplaced Childhood  ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: piltdown man
Date Posted: November 11 2006 at 02:49
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Four great albums;
Script with its post-prog sound deepened my interest in both old and neo-prog and was a light in a time when prog was rarely heard. Fish as a frontman and lyricist was a kick!
Fugazi was much more up to date and I was completely sold! All prog elements in a modern costume-WOW!
Misplaced is a great album - still not my favourite, maybe it was to popular...? The songs are gooda concept album and all other the prog-element are there...still not a favourite.
Clutching is to me an album with a modern and more personal style (Rotherys guitarplay, Fish lyrics are more stripped down and concise).
Hard to choose! Today I feel notsalgic and vote Script. Tomorrow it could easily be Fugazi and the next day Clutching...
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Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: November 11 2006 at 02:58
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Clutching At Straws. It's literally one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time: Genesis - The Lamb Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Zappa - Joe's Garage Marillion - CaS Coltrane - A Love Supreme ...in no order ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 09:33
Misplaced Childhood 
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 10:51
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 17:12
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The best is actually B-sides themselves with the marvelous songs Grendel, Cinderella Search, Lady Nina, Tux on, Three Boats Down From The Candy, Charting The Single, all favourite songs of mine. but from given list I prefer the debut closely followed by Fugazi, and at respectable distance Misplaced and Clutching. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Trav67
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 19:38
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Misplaced Childhood is my choice for special reasons. Although this was no easy decision. |
Posted By: An old fart
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 20:15
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Misplaced Childhood for me as well, but Fugazi is a very, very good album too. Clutching at Straws was a slight disappointment for me after the masterpiece MC. Still a good collection of songs, of course. The debut album has many good moments, but I think it only showed the potential that Marillion were better and fully able to express on Fugazi and Misplaced Childhood. So...
1 Misplaced Childhood 2 Fugazi 3 Clutching at Straws (3 ½ B Sides Themselves) 4 Script for a Jester's Tear ------------- "Make tea, not love" |
Posted By: Freak
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 21:25
Clutching At Straws, hands down for me. It was the first Marillion album I ever heard, and the one that started it all for me. Script has many excellent moments, "Forgotten Sons" being one of the greatest songs of all-time, period. Fugazi never did much for me as a whole, but it had three standout tracks: "Assassin(g )", "Incubus" and the title track. Misplaced is overrated in my eyes, but it is still one of the most well-executed concept albums by a prog band (it also produced the excellent b-side, "Freaks", for which I took my name).
Anyway, nothing can beat Clutching (second best prog album, only behind Selling).
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 14 2006 at 03:04
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Fugazi then...
Misplaced Childhood Script For A Jesters Tear Clutching At Straws
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Posted By: Bupie
Date Posted: November 14 2006 at 03:08
It's a close contest between Misplaced Childhood and Fugazi but I'll go with Misplaced Childhood because there are not so many cd's that have moved me to tears several times 
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: November 15 2006 at 23:02
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"Fugazi" is both my fave Fish-era and ever Marillion album - it is a pity that it is being the great loser in this poll, since it is not only one of their strongest sounding albums, but it also contains their bes tsong ever 'Incubus', together with the majestic namasake track and the explosive 'Emerald Lies'. The ballad 'Jigsaw' is, IMHO, one of their finest slow songs ever, too.
Kind regards.
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Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 16:11
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God this was a hard choice but went for Misplaced in the end. Saw Fish play the entire album recently. Fantastic stuff....... |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 12:39
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Fugazi is my favorite Marillion Fish-era (and also Marillion Fish and H) album. All songs on it are catchy and epic. Assassing is one of the song (with Grendel) that defines neo prog ! My second favorite is Script... I like Misplaced Childhood, but I find that the "neo-prog spirit" is more present on their other Fish-era albums |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 09:29
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I love all of them but:
1. Fugazi (a masterpiece)
2. Script (see 1.)
3. Clutching (first three songs are stunning! so is the last one...)
4. Misplaced (a great one too, however I don't like the last two songs, IMHO kind of forced and unnatural happy ending)
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 12:59
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Ugh! Very difficult... I have to say... MISPLACED CHILDHOOD... I really love this albums but I think MCh is the definitive Marillion masterpiece...
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