Season's End [Original recording remastered] [Import]

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24 Bit Remastered from the Original 1/2" Mastertapes. a Bonus Nine Track Disc is Included, featuring Previously Unreleased Versions of 'Season's End', 'The Uninvited Guest', 'Berlin' and Others.

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Season's End [Original recording remastered] [Import]

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A new beginning
Incredible! Great debut featuring Hogarth!
The beginning and end of eras
For Jana in Berlin
A great introduction to Hogarth's Marillion

Season's End
Marillion
Manufacturer: Never
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ASIN: B000005RPT
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

The King Of Sunset Town
Easter
The Uninvited Guest
Seasons End
Holloway Girl
Berlin
After Me
Hooks In You
The Space

Tracks:

The Uninvited Guest (12 Inch Version)
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Seasons End (Mushroom Farm Demo)
The Uninvited Guest (Mushroom Farm Demo)
Berlin (Mushroom Farm Demo)
The Bell In The Sea (Mushroom Farm Demo)

Album Details

24 Bit Remastered from the Original 1/2" Mastertapes. a Bonus Nine Track Disc is Included, featuring Previously Unreleased Versions of 'Season's End', 'The Uninvited Guest', 'Berlin' and Others.

Customer Reviews:

A new beginning.......2007-04-03

This is the first album wihtout Fish and the first with Steve Hoggart.
At this period, I remember that this album deceived me a lot, but as time goes by, I have to learn to appreciate the new Marillion. After many albums done with Hoggart, I can say that this is a very good one. This album has it all, prog as in the good old days, beautiful ballads and rock songs. "Easter", "Seasons End", "After me" and "The Space" are truly great compositions. I don't have the remastered version at this moment, but I sure will soon. I am very pleased with this album.

Incredible! Great debut featuring Hogarth!.......2004-07-11

Well, who could guess?

After Fish left the boat, more than half the soul of Marillions was gone. The band seemed doomed.

But comes Steve Hogarth and they release the stupendous SEASONS END, an album that has it all: rockers, acustic guitars, elaborated instrumental passages, good singing, good lyrics. A good album from star to finish. And, so, Marillion's existence was not in check anymore, and the band is still alive today.

The beginning and end of eras.......2003-07-11

For many longtime fans, the departure of vocalist Fish (Derek W. Dick) and the introduction of current vocalist Steve Hogarth in 1989 marked the end of Marillion as they knew it. In many ways, they were right. Unfortunately, too many of them believed that the end of Marillion as they knew it was also the end of Marillion. However, for those that have hung on for the ride to this day, we know it was not. Marillion have been able to advance and progress in such ways that we are amazed and delighted with each successive release. They have been able to combine their early Progressive Rock leanings with Rock and Roll, Hard Rock, Jazz, even Dub, while never abandoning the distinctive sound that makes them unmistakably Marillion. But, for as far as they have come, they needed to start somewhere; at the beginning.

Season's End is truly the beginning and end of eras. It marked Hogarth's first appearance with the band and yet, it still had the feeling of a Fish-era release. From the original logo appearing (for the last time), to the music (which was primarily written prior to Fish's departure), it was still concretely within the older sound. However, Hogarth (along with co-lyricist John Helmer) brought something new to the table.

Never being one that was entrenched deeply in the Fish camp, I have always considered many of Hogarth's (and often enough, Helmer's) lyrics to be sheer brilliance, and many of the band's finest appear on Season's End. "Easter" is without a doubt a classic, with it's soft acoustic base that leads into a triumphant extended solo and Hogarth's passionate, beautiful lyrics, it's enough to make a person cry.

"The Uninvited Guest" recalls some of the earlier Marillion, "Incommunicado" specifically, as its a little more upbeat, a little more goofy, but no less poingant.

The title track is still one of my all-time favorite Marillion tracks. Being an environmentally conscious person, I understand what is happening to our world, and Marillion does too. They later on went in another direction on this issue with their bitingly sarcastic "Under the Sun" from Radiation in 1998.

"The Space..." ends the album. The feeling on this one is truly as the lyrics represent it: a dark world, a car, a life spinning out of control. Here again does the band as a whole figure out how to effectively blend words and music to create such a solid and convincing image.

Season's End is still high on my list of all-time favorite Marillion releases. It has a little of the old and a little of the new that allowed for many of the fans to stay on board. Unfortunately, a lot of them left when the band went the way of something bordering commercialization (for only one album) with Holiday's In Eden in 1991. But, this should be a wake up call for those new and old to the band: they are still here and they are still amazing. If you aren't convinced, pick up at least one album, maybe Anoraknophobia in 2001, This Strange Engine in 1997, or this one, they are all fine examples as to why Marillion really is one of the greatest bands in the world.

For Jana in Berlin.......2003-05-30

A friend I knew for a short while, one of those rare women who like Marillion, once told me that she didn't think there were any good releases after Fish left. While her opinion is shared by many, and I think that there were a couple more "good" releases still to come from the band ("Holidays in Eden" and "Brave"), I agree with an earlier review that "Seasons End" was the last GREAT Marillion release. I, like most existing Marillion fans in 1989, was skeptical about the band's direction without Mr. Dick. He was so much more than a singer, he was representative of everything Marillion songs were. At that time, it was impossible to think of the band without thinking of Fish. However, for one release, there was a different Marillion that was just as good without Fish, and it was magic. I cannot say enough about this release. From the corkscrew synthesizer opening, drawing you in with classic Marillion eerie sounds in the background (which, in the Fish days, would have been representative of his personal nightmares), to the crashing drum hit at the end of the CD, every song is a winner. "The King Of Sunset Town", a song that had its musical beginnings back in the "Clutching With Straws" demos (check out that Bonus CD), is such classic Marillion sound that it was a shock to hear a voice other than Fish's. However, Steve Hogarth was so psyched about the opportunity to join this group, he (with help from John Helmer) was lyrically inspired. His varied vocal delivery matched the strength of the music in each song, (music that the band had, for the most part, written before Fish's departure), and his lyrics were as passionate as Fish's, but more topical. As such, you had the combination of the classic Marillion sound...you can imagine Fish singing with these songs...with an inspired singer looking to convey a message, and it rocked to high Heaven. "Sunset Town" alternates between its gradual (with Pete Trewavas' bass building momentum) and powerful entry (with Ian Mosley's killer drum work), bulding a story (of Tianamen Square), and a poigniant, inspiring ending. "Easter", introducing acoustic guitar and distant history (1916 Northern Ireland) into the group's songs for the first time, is the perfect pairing of Hogarth's vision and Marillion's music...Mark Kelly's synth solo, emulating a pennywhistle behind a field of flowing chords, is so perfect, and the lead in to Steve Rothery's guitar solo, while Kelly's line continues, makes me cry every time I hear it...yet Hogarth matches the music perfectly, ending the song on a inspiring note...God, what a song! "The Uninvited Guest" is a rocker in the vein of "Incommunicado", but with the guitar as the driving sound...and perfectly displays Hogarth's grasp of third person lyrics and wittiness. The title track is a moving environmental song, the music matching the seriousness of the lyrics, and ending with an introspective, long fade out. "Holloway Girl" is another inspiring song (notice a pattern?) about a woman (junkie? hooker? framed?) imprisoned, with Trewavas' bass recreating the monotony of her days, until Rothery and Mosley make us root for her in Hogarth's stuggle to find herself again and be released. "Berlin" must have been inspired by Fish when the guys wrote the music, it is so classically Marillion, and yet Hogarth takes it and adds such sad human personal poigniancy to another political song, this one about the Berlin Wall...truly, this song is one of the greatest Marillion songs ever! At the end of the song, after the blazing power of the crescendo and the amazing Rothery guitar, Kelly and Hogarth bring you back to the sad loneliness of the girl's world like a cloak being drawn over a window at sunset...brilliant! "After Me", another acoustically opened song, is another of Hogarth's third person songs, with a classic Kelly keyboard bridge that leads to another inspiring ending with Mosley and Rothery trading rolls. "Hooks In You", another rocker ala "Incommunicado" (again, though, guitar based), is playful like Fish never was. However, it all ended with the introspective "The Space", which ties all of the feelings and subjects in this release together and ties us all to each other. We end the album informed, inspired, saddened, and, untimately, wiser and more human.There would never be another Marillion release that would remotely approach this. The power of the music was relative to the Fish years (and pushed by longtime engineer Nick Davis' production assisance and incisive engineering), and Hogarth's lyrics had his talent for observation (which he retained) made so much more powerful by his almost naive innocense at the time of his joining the band. I remember seeing them in concert in June 1990 in San Diego...one of the greatest concerts I have ever seen. It was Hogarth's environmental speech after playing "Season's End" that caused me to join Greenpeace. Yet, for all the strength of the new songs and relief that Marillion would not fall apart without Fish, you could tell that Hogarth (and, in some ways, the band) were parting company with songs off previous releases, almost as if they belonged too much to Fish (which, in many ways, they did). This desire to find a new identity would diminish the instrumental power of their music, as EMI pushed them for more mainstream material and Hogarth took the reins as leader, and Marillion would never find its way back to the special place it occupied when it made this release."Season's End" is my favorite Marillion album, taking the power of the music from the Fish era and infusing it with lyrics that, while not as personal and poetic as Fish's, were in some ways stronger specifically because they WERE universal. Fish's Marillion may have been more immediate because of the despain in Fish's delivery, but "Season's End" used the Marillion musical power to bring you the world in a different light. It is truly a milestone in progressive rock.Jana, I sincerely hope that you will read this someday, and hear the power of this music, and be moved by it like I have been for almost fourteen years. I miss you, and I will never hear "Berlin" again without thinking of you, milady.

A great introduction to Hogarth's Marillion.......2003-05-20

This was Steve Hogarth's (h) first album as Marillion's frontman, and all the fears that us fans had quickly disappeared upon hearing this CD.

It is, without a doubt, quite different from where Marillion was with Fish as lead singer and lyric writer, but it is nonetheless a fantastic collection of music. Including acoustic touches to their songs (Easter, After me), which was something rare for them at that time, and straight rockers (Hooks in you), the lads proved their musicianship and their willingness to explore. h's lyrics, while not as poetic as Fish's best, are by all means very intelligent and musical in themselves. His collaborations with John Helmer are also great. This is definetely one of Marillion's best!

Tracks:

The King Of Sunset Town
Easter
The Uninvited Guest
Seasons End
Holloway Girl
Berlin
After Me (Album Version)
Hooks In You
The Space...

Album Description

The album that introduced the new Marillion vocalist to the world. I can understand those who discards this period, without Fish, but I can also see why some people love it. Features 9 total tracks. EMI. 2000.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 3

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ASIN: B0006SSQ8O
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Jerry Goldsmith Medley: The Deadly Games Affair/The Vulcan ...
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Karate Killers
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Deadly Quest Affair: Teaser
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Another great trip down the MFU memory lane
The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release

The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2

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ASIN: B0006SSQ7U
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

First Season End Title
Vulcan Affair (Suite No. 2)
Iowa-Scuba Affair
Shark Affair
Deadly Games Affair (Suite No. 2)
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Giuoco Piano Affair
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First Season Main Title [Revised]
Deadly Decoy Affair
Spy With My Face
Second Season Main Title
Alexander the Greater Affair
Ultimate Computer Affair
Very Important Zombie Affair
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Moonglow Affair

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Third Season Main Title
Sort of Do-It-Youself Dreadful Affair
Galatea Affair
Pop Art Affair
Come With Me to the Casbah Affair
Off-Broadway Affair
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Alternate Fourth Season Main Title
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Test Tube Killer Affair
Prince of Darkness Affair
Seven Wonders of the World Affair

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Another great trip down the MFU memory lane.......2005-10-19

Volume 2 (comprised of 2 CDs) is another first rate compilation of the series' original music and not to be missed by U.N.C.L.E. fans. The liner notes are wonderful and add a lot to ones appreciation of the music.

My only problem is that THE CDs ARE COPY PROTECTED! Considerable work is needed to get the music onto your iPod, if you really want the music in your mp3 collection. This is a major hassle and a surprise, since the first set in the series was not copy protected.

The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release.......2005-07-12

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.

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Preaching the "End-Time" Message
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DIFFERENT DIRECTION, QUALITY UNTOUCHED
The Transition Album plus bonus....

Season's End
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Manufacturer: Sbme Castle Us
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Release Date: 2002-01-22

Tracks:

THE KING OF SUNSET TOWN
EASTER
THE UNINVITED GUEST
SEASONS END
HOLLOWAY GIRL
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DIFFERENT DIRECTION, QUALITY UNTOUCHED.......2003-06-14

At the time when this album came out (1989) I was still recovering from Fish's departure from the band and it took me a couple of years to convince myself to accept their new reality; In fact, I only got Season's End after watching their live performance in Lisbon on the Holidays in Eden' tour. But even with this attitude I remember enjoying the songs that came out as singles - Hooks in You or The Uninvited Guest for example, since the very first listening. Their trademark sounding was still there, the songwriting was different but still well above average and the new lead singer Steve H. was no doubt very good on stage; and finally when I bought it, I easily ended up finding the rest of the album also irresistible!
The King of Sunset Town is one of Marillion's best opening songs (and what an important one this one was...), the title track or Easter are both beautiful songs, Rothery's guitar on Berlin is magnificent (his "presence" on this album is in fact very significant - that's one of the main reasons why I enjoy Season's End so much).
Yes, a different style through many points of view - I agree with that, but with the quality of their music remaining on a very high level.
As for the 2nd CD of this special edition I don't recommend it so strongly as the ones on Fugazi, Brave or Clutching at Straws; on this last one for example, you'll find some very interesting experiments: songs from Season's End but with Fish vocals' and lyrics' written for his first solo effort.

The Transition Album plus bonus...........2002-02-01

This album marked the debut of Steve Hogarth as vocalist. Most of the music was written before he entered the band so musically it isn't a great departure from previous albums. I love this album from start to finish H sings his butt off and the band really shows how good they were at this point in blending it all together. The bonus disc has some extra songs that did not make the album plus some different mixes of songs on the album a great deal. A must for fans of both eras of the band and people who just love good music. Definetly not as experimental as the albums after it but a good place to start.

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F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!
At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

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Project Strigas Affair
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First Season End Title
Second Season End Title
Alexander the Greater Affair

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Discotheque Affair
Re-Collectors Affair
Arabian Affair
Tigers Are Coming Affair
Cherry Blossom Affair
Dippy Blonde Affair
Third Season End Title
Her Master's Voice Affair
Monks of St. Thomas Affair
Pop Art Affair
Fourth Season (Main Title)
Summit-Five Affair
"J" for Judas Affair

Customer Reviews:

F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!.......2006-02-02

I've got the original music (including v2 and v3), the books (the best is Heitland's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book; still in print);
the 22 VHS tapes issued in the early 1990's (a haphazard collection issued in no particular order of episodes that boasted famous guest stars). Can I please get the whole series on DVD? I have not seen Mother Fear toying with Illya (The Children's Day Affair) in over 40 years.

At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!.......2005-07-12

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Season Without End
William Belote
Manufacturer: Music House Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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9 songs: it came upon a midnight clear-the first noel-what child is this-carol of the bells-joy to the world-coventry carol-we three kings-the little drummer boy and silent night

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Much Better Than I'd Expected
Once a disappointing album...
Disappointing
Marillion Rediscovered
a strong effort

Season's End
Marillion
Manufacturer: Never
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004NRUL
Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

The King Of Sunset Town
Easter
The Uninvited Guest
Seasons End
Holloway Girl
Berlin
After Me
Hooks In You
The Space...

Tracks:

The Uninvited Guest (12in Version)
The Bell In The Sea
The Release
The King Of Sunset Town (Mushroom Farm Demos)
Holloway Girl (Mushroom Farm Demo)
Seasons End (Mushroom Farm Demo)
The Uninvited Guest (Mushroom Farm Demo)
Berlin (Mushroom Farm Demo)
The Bell In The Sea (Mushroom Farm Demo)

Customer Reviews:

Much Better Than I'd Expected.......2006-03-23

I remember picking up this CD before knowing that Fish had been replaced (Marillion info in the states was hard to come by back then...). "Who the heck is that singing?!?!" was my first reaction, but after I got past the shock I realized that most of the songs on this CD are very good indeed.

"King of Sunset Town" is a nice opener - nothing terribly overwhelming, but a promising start. I like the long intro...

"Easter" is a Marillion classic - Hogarth's voice suits the music style perfectly. Rothery plays beautiful 12-string guitar, and Mark Kelly adds some delicate piano to top things off. The outro is vintage Marillion, with some great backing vocals adding to the richness of the song and its message.

"The Uninvited Guest" is a throwaway in my opinion, the lyrics are sort of silly and Hogarth shows (not for the last time) that he's sort of out of his element singing a rocker. A lesson that is unfortunately reinforced later in the CD.

"Season's End" is almost the mirror of "The Uninvited Guest" - everything that is wrong with Hogarth there is right with Hogarth here. This song and "The Space" showcases H's vocals best on this CD, and the chorus is just beautiful - great chord changes that make your hair stand on end. I LOOVVE the cool outro as well.

"Holloway Girl" falls into the "mediocre" pile. Nice bass bit by Pete to start things off, but the emotion that Marillion tries to pull of just doesn't work. And for a band that thrives on emotion in both its vocal delivery and its musical structure that's not a good thing. They tried to swing for the fences here, but didn't make contact.

"Berlin" gets a lot of bad press, but I think it's a great song. Really nice melody, and a chorus that just jumps up and punches you right in the heart. Another great outing for Hogart on the vox, and some classic Marillion delayed guitar from Rothery. I'm not terribly sold on the sax in the song, but I generally don't like horn sections in my rock music anyhow. Besides, the arpeggiated guitar behind the sax solo is amazing and is where my attention goes during the middle eight.

"After Me"... well, they could've left this one off, couldn't they have? Just sort of THERE. Marillion by numbers... and Hogarth gets a little too melodramatic for my tastes (which is something I've felt he does often).

"Hooks in you" is just 80's rock rubbish. Everything that was wrong with "The Uninvited Guest" is doubled here... Hogarth just can't rock out. This also begins a disturbing thread in Marillion's history - the desperation of Marillion to deliver singles that will get airplay. This ain't what Marillion does best.

"The Space" serves as a great comeback and the near KO that "Hook In you" almost brings. GREAT keys from Kelly, and some of the most subtle and understated (and I mean that in a good way) guitar that Rothery's delivered as a member of the band. Marillion saves the best for last on this CD, and the fantastic outro leaves you wanting more.

I understand that some of the songs on this CD were born when Fish was still in the band, and some of his stylings are apparent. "Seasons End" sort of straddles the line between Marillion Past and Marillion Future, and - despite a few missteps - delivers what for the most part is a very solid album.

That said, this also marks the CD where Marillion changed from a "great band" to just a "very good band", and they've never quite reclaimed that level after Fish departed. As is apparent with their efforts after the break, Fish and Marillion needed each other...

For post-Fish Marillion, I'd say this is a good place to start. I'd also pick up "Radiation" (GREAT guitar work, even though I know I'm in the minority) and "Anoraknophobia" (the "new" Marillion really hits stride here with some great songs).

Once a disappointing album..........2002-09-22

Ok, I confess: I'm a big Marillion fan of the Fish era. And I still remember the big disapointment I felt when I heard the first album this band recorded without their former singer. Too popish, nothing at all reminded the great progressive band of the 80's. While Fish released about the same time a fantastic solo album, Marillion did this... I sold the record few months after I bought it. And thought Marillion had had it.

But time passes and I did pick up one or two Steve H singing Marillion albums and I must admit they were good (the live Made Again is really superb). This led me back to Seasons End, some 12 years latter. I still think you can't really say it is the same band or that they were palying the same style! But it does sound good, at least the first five tracks and the closing number, Space (though I think it is far better covered in Made Again). If you don't try to match it with Marillion's earlier stuff, then it's allight. Steve H is really a great singer and the band does some nice pleasant passages. The title track is superb (the only one that really matches their old stuff), Easter is beautiful, The Uninvited Guest is good (although very different in style), but there are also some tracks (Berlin and Hooks On You come to mind) that Marillion fans would love to forget they were ever recorded!

All in all I must say that nowadays I like the album. I still think Fish did much better work than Marillion in his post break up career, but they're still good, even when they're playing mainstream pop, which is much of this particular case.

Disappointing.......2001-09-03

An absolutely disappointing album from the brillant 80s prog-band Marillion.
Fish's unique voice and lyrics' absence had left Marillion in a desperate helpless situation, where Steve Hogarth's replacement was a poor effort only.
I would recommend Marillion's previous albums, especially the perfect trilogy of "Script For A Jester's Tear - Fugazi - Misplaced Childhood" for the ones who will start listening to Marillion.

Marillion Rediscovered.......2001-08-16

Now as a 33 year old music lover, I have recently rediscovered the Marillion I loved so passionately back in '87 when I purchased Clutching at Straws. In just over three weeks I have purchased just about every Hogarth era album (except Radiation and Holidays Eden) and listened in awe! I regret not getting Seasons End back in '89 when I saw it ... I think I was (naively) put off knowing that Fish was no longer part of the magic. However, after listening to this album I hear so much of the late eighties Marillion, and appreciate how the band has matured - culminating in their recent effort Anoraknophobia, which too is a wonderful beautifully crafted album. Seasons End has shown that the band still had so much potential. Favourites on this album have to be Seasons End, The Space ... and the beautiful Easter ... but every Marillion song (on all their albums) provides the listener with a wonderful piece of music. Don't try to pigeon-hole this band - they are just too talented!

a strong effort.......2001-07-31

I find this to be a good Marillion cd but not great. I agree with Lord Chimp "Hooks in you" could have been dropped. That being said I believe it was a deliberate effort at something more commercial for airplay but should have been released as a single.

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3 Miles From Daylight

Manufacturer: Stonewater Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005TT5E
Release Date: 2001-11-24

Tracks:

Turn Around
The Frozen Heart
World Of Fantasy
Nothing
Burning
Walk With Me
Lost And Found
Rescue Me From Myself
Stealing Time
Let Me Out
Matt's Atomic Jazz Revue

Album Description

With influences like U2, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Who, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Rush, The Beatles and The Cure, Season's End creates a unique voice in today's music scene. 3 Miles From Daylight is a synthesis of this sound and a defining album for the trio.

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