How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Good
Value for Money
Advantages:
Great music
Disadvantages:
More commercial than the first 2 albums
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This album contains the one song that everyone knows of Marillions - the famous Kayleigh.
This is of course a perfectly good song, but the album is packed with great music.
It is a concept album and has 2 songs - side 1 and side 2 (it was recorded in the days of vinyl!).
My favourate song is Mylo although really the whole album is great. The music is intricate and melodic and the lyrics are, as is the way with Fish, a fascinating read.
Kayleigh & Lavender, being the two hits are very good, but the albums third single, Heart of Lothian comes at the end of (the old) side 1 which is musically and lyrically the most superior part of the album.
Fishes voice on this album is arguably at his best!! The subsequent album and his solo career never reached these standards again.
In my opinion, the Script era and Fugazi produced better songs, even if they weren't as commercially successful. But this is never the less an excellent album worthy of a place in anyones CD collection. The album has recently been rereleased with a load of demos on it and B-sides - great stuff!!
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