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The Singles '82–88'
''The Singles '82–88 is a three-CD box set containing the first twelve singles by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, all from the period they were fronted by Fish. It was released by EMI Records on 16 October 2009. The musical contents is identical to the 2000 box set of the same title, which contained 12 individually packaged CD singles in "replica" mini-slip covers, each with the original cover art by Mark Wilkinson. This set re-uses a part of Wilkinson's contribution to the 1995 compilation '' The Best of Both Worlds'' for its front cover. All B-sides that appeared on various formats of the original singles have been included. Track listing Disc 1 #Market Square Heroes #Three Boats Down From The Candy (1997 Digital Remaster) #Grendel #He Knows You Know (Edited 7" Version) #Charting The Single #He Knows You Know (Edited 12" Version) #Garden Party (Edited Version) #Margaret (Live Edit) #Garden Party #Charting The Single (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 18/4/8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marillion
Marillion are a British rock music, rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from the post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock, becoming the most commercially successful neo-progressive rock band of the 1980s. Marillion's recorded studio output since 1982 is composed of twenty albums and generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original lead singer Fish (singer), Fish in late 1988 and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve Hogarth in early 1989. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s, number one album in 1985 with ''Misplaced Childhood'', and during the period the band were fronted by Fish they had eleven Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart. They are best known for the 1985 singles "Kayleigh" and "Lavender (Marillion song), Lavender", which reached nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Square Heroes
"Market Square Heroes" is the debut single by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1982 with "Three Boats Down from the Candy" as the B-side. The 12-inch single included an additional track, the 17:15-minute-long "Grendel", making it an EP in terms of overall length. Themes The A-side is an anthemic rock song whose lyric vaguely describes the rise of civil unrest under some charismatic leader in the face of increasing unemployment; the original title was " UB 2,000,001". According to Marillion's singer and lyricist Fish, the "market square hero" is a "would-be revolutionary with all the necessary charisma and presence of a leader without direction or goals, just a sense of frustration and anger". The track was the band's "first attempt at deliberately writing a hit record and a 'simple' rock song to juxtapose against our meandering but dynamic 'epics'." Members of the band have attributed the inspiration behind the main character in the song lyrics to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Mice
Sugar mice are a traditional sugar candy popular in the United Kingdom, especially during the Christmas season. They traditionally consist of a boiled fondant formed from sugar and water. A modern non-cooked variation for children to make at home involves instead using icing sugar, egg whites and golden syrup. Various flavourings, flavours and matching food dyes can be added (such as pink for strawberry or raspberry flavour, yellow or green for lemon, yellow or white for vanilla, orange for Orange (fruit), orange flavour, etc.). Small portions of the mass are formed into a mouse-like shape and decorated with a "tail" (traditionally cotton, although edible materials such as licorice may be used). The mice may be decorated (faces, messages) with additional fondant icing, fondant, icing sugar, chocolate, etc. Finally, they are left to dry for one or two days until they develop their typical, somewhat fudge-like dry and crumbly texture.Juliana Foster ''The Girls Book: How To Be The Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incommunicado (song)
"Incommunicado" is a song by British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It served as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''Clutching at Straws'' (1987). Released on 11 May 1987, it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's third top-10 hit and their last until 2004's "You're Gone (Marillion song), You're Gone". It also became a top-40 hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and West Germany, as well as on the US Mainstream Rock (chart), Album Rock Tracks chart. It has been described by music writer Paul Stenning as "the most original commercial composition of all time." Composition and release The A-side is a fast, anthemic rock song with a repeated chorus and dominant keyboards from Mark Kelly (keyboardist), Mark Kelly. Kelly's solo was later cited as an inspiration by Adam Wakeman. Lead singer and lyricist Fish (singer), Fish acknowledged a similarity between the song and the work of the Who. The extended version on the twelve-inch an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavender (Marillion Song)
"Lavender" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released as the second single from their 1985 UK number one concept album '' Misplaced Childhood''. The follow-up to the UK number two hit " Kayleigh", the song was their second Top Five UK hit, entering the chart on 7 September 1985, reaching number five and staying on the chart for nine weeks.David Roberts ''British Hit Singles and Albums'', Guinness World Records Limited None of the group's subsequent songs have reached the Top Five and "Lavender" remains their second highest-charting song. As with all Marillion albums and singles between 1982 and 1988, the cover art was created by Mark Wilkinson. Inspiration and composition The song features a number of verses that are reminiscent of the folk song "Lavender's Blue". The song forms part of the concept of the ''Misplaced Childhood'' album. Like "Kayleigh" it is a love song, but whereas "Kayleigh" was about the failure of an adult relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayleigh
"Kayleigh" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released as the first single from the concept album '' Misplaced Childhood''. It was the band's most successful single in the UK, where it peaked at number-two and stayed on the chart for a total of 14 weeks. It also became the band's most successful single worldwide, reaching the top 10 in the Republic of Ireland, Norway and France and became the band's sole appearance on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100, hitting number 74 in October 1985.' The song popularised the name Kayleigh in the UK. It was later performed by the band's lead singer, Fish, at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium, with Midge Ure on guitar and Phil Collins on drums. Composition "Kayleigh" has been characterised as a "tremulous torch song". Fish, the band's lead singer and lyricist, said that writing the lyrics was "his way of apologizing to some of the women he had dated in the past." Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punch And Judy (song)
"Punch and Judy" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was the first single from their second studio album '' Fugazi''. The lyrics of the song are about a marriage gone bad. The single reached no. 29 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1984. This was the only single during the band's EMI years that no music video was shot for. A CD replica of the single was also part of a collectors box-set released in July 2000, which contained Marillion's first twelve singles and was re-issued as a 3-CD set in 2009 (see ''The Singles '82-'88''). B-sides The B-side on all formats contained new versions of "Market Square Heroes" (originally the A-side of the band's debut single) and "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (the B-side of "Market Square Heroes"). Both versions were re-recorded with drummer John Marter (erroneously credited as 'John Martyr'), the only tracks Marillion ever recorded with him. The only difference between the 7" and 12" versions is found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Party (Marillion Song)
"Garden Party (The Great Cucumber Massacre)" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was the second single released from their debut album ''Script for a Jester's Tear''. It reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, the band's biggest singles chart success prior to 1985. The song is a parody of social elitism and snobbery. The B-side is a live version of "Margaret" (recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983). The 12" single includes a live version of "Charting The Single" (recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, 18 April 1983). A CD replica of the single was also part of a collectors box-set released in July 2000 which contained Marillion's first twelve singles and was re-issued as a 3-CD set in 2009 (see ''The Singles '82-'88''). Track listing 7" Versions Side A # "Garden Party" dited version– 04:29 Side B #"Margaret" dited live version, Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983– 04:09 12" Versions Side A # "Garden Party" ull version– 07:11 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He Knows You Know
"He Knows You Know" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was their second single, with "Charting the Single" as the B-side. It was released from their first album, ''Script for a Jester's Tear'', and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's theme is drug abuse, and alludes particularly to intravenous drug use. In concert, lead vocalist Fish would often introduce it as "The Drug Song" and state that it was inspired by drug use while he was working at the Job/Benefits centre in Aylesbury. As with all Marillion songs during this period, the lyrics were written by Fish. The music video for this song features Fish struggling in a straitjacket having visions of a Jackson's Chameleon as featured on the album artwork of Marillion's first three albums. "He Knows You Know" is the only 12-inch single from Marillion's first three albums that was never produced as a picture disc. The song was supposed to be performed live on ''Top Of The Pops'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Both Worlds (Marillion Album)
''Best of Both Worlds '' is a two-disc compilation album by British neo-progressive rock band Marillion released in 1997 by EMI Records, who the band had been signed to from their debut in 1982 until being dropped in 1995. The title refers to Marillion's two distinct "eras" with lead singers Fish (1980—1988) and Steve Hogarth (since 1989). By the time this compilation was released, both line-ups had recorded four studio albums each. The second best-of since the 14-track one-disc compilation '' A Singles Collection'' (known as ''Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other ''in the US) from 1992, this one additionally contains material from '' Brave ''(1994) and '' Afraid of Sunlight'' (1996). Two different covers were created for the compilation, one by Mark Wilkinson, who had worked for the band during the Fish years, and one by Bill Smith Studio, who took over after Fish's and Wilkinson's departure. The booklet was printed so that either of the covers could be displayed in the jewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-progressive Rock
Neo-progressive rock (also known as neo-prog) is a genre, subgenre of progressive rock which developed in the UK in the early 1980s. The genre's most popular band, Marillion, achieved mainstream success in the decade. Several bands from the genre have continued to record and tour. Characteristics Neo-progressive rock (or simply "neo-prog") is characterized by deeply emotional content, often delivered via dramatic lyrics and a generous use of imagery and theatricality on-stage. The music is mostly the product of careful musical composition, composition, relying less heavily on Improvisation, improvised jamming. The subgenre relies very much on clean, melodic and emotional electric guitar Solo (music), solos, combined with Keyboard instrument, keyboards. The main musical influences on the neo-prog genre are bands from the first wave of progressive rock such as early Genesis (band), Genesis, Camel (band), Camel, and to a lesser extent Van der Graaf Generator and Pink Floyd. Funk, har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wilkinson
Mark Wilkinson (born 3 October 1952) is an English illustrator. He is best known for the detailed surrealistic cover art he created for a number of British bands. Wilkinson's breakthrough came through his association with the neo-progressive rock band Marillion in the 1980s. He went on to design art for the subsequent solo career of their lead singer, Fish, as well as bands such as Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. Though versed in a number of techniques, he is considered to be a master of the airbrush. In 2012, his sleeve for the 1984 Marillion album ''Fugazi'' was chosen by Gigwise as the 29th greatest album artwork of all time. In 2015, Wilkinson designed the artwork for the Tya Brewery in Øvre Årdal, Norway. Biography Wilkinson was inspired by 1960s artists such as Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (a collaboration between Michael English and Nigel Waymouth) and Rick Griffin. Wilkinson's break came with his designs for Marillion in the 1980s, who were then second only to Iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
