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It contains no previously unreleased material.

Track listing

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" (Edited Version) - 4:34 # "Assassing" (7" Version) - 3:38 # "

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 an ...

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Heart of Lothian "Heart of Lothian" is a song by British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It is the fifth track on the 1985 concept album ''Misplaced Childhood''. The song was released as the third single from ''Misplaced Childhood'' on 18 November 1985 in ...

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Incommunicado Incommunicado, from the Spanish incomunicado, means "cut off from contact", "impossible to reach". It may also refer to: *''Incommunicado'', an album by Alex Smoke * "Incommunicado" (song), a 1987 single by Marillion * Solitary confinement, one o ...

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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 hom ...

" (Radio Edit) - 5:01 # "Warm Wet Circles" - 4:24 # "Hooks in You" - 2:56 # "Easter" (7" Edit) - 4:31 # "Cover My Eyes"* (Pain & Heaven) - 3:54 # "No One Can"* - 4:42 # "Dry Land" (7" Edit) - 4:04 # "Sympathy"* - 3:27 # "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" (Radio Edit) - 4:28 # "Beautiful" (Radio Edit) - 4:24 # "Man of a Thousand Faces" - 3:36 # "Between You and Me" (Mark Kelly Remix) - 4:13 All are single edits unless indicated with * which are album versions.

Personnel

- vocals on tracks 1-8 *

– vocals on tracks 9-18 *

Steve Rothery Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician. He is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the British rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo the Wishing ...

- guitars *

Mark Kelly Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was electe ...

- keyboards *

Pete Trewavas Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959) is an English musician, known as the bassist of Marillion. He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist. Trewavas was born in Middlesbroug ...

- bass *

Mick Pointer Michael Pointer (born 22 July 1956) is an English drummer. He is known for his work in the neo-progressive rock bands Marillion and Arena. Away from music, he has also worked as a kitchen designer. Career Pointer was the original drummer and a ...

- drums on track 1 *

Ian Mosley Ian F. Mosley (born 16 June 1953, Paddington, London, England) is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, ''Fugazi'', released in 19 ...

- drums on tracks 2-18

References

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- Cover Concept and Design, including original artwork references by Carl Glover and Mark Wilkinson 2003 greatest hits albums Marillion compilation albums {{2000s-compilation-album-stub