★★★★★
Reissued on vinyl in its original form (omitting the addition of the ethereal Going Under, subsequently sandwiched between the strident That Time Of The Night and swirling syncopation of Just For The Record on Side One), the quintet's No 2-charting opus was the 1987 swan song for singer Fish, but proved there was still plenty left in the creative tank.
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-10-10
★★★★★
With 59 tracks culled from various single formats, this collection is a companion to EMI's previous singles box set spanning 1982-88. While Disc Four veers toward the soporific on the likes of the Casio-toned Live Forever, there's plenty to bask in beside the B-sides. An equal to any Fish dish, Hooks In You kicks things off in splendid fashion with its catchy, er, hook, while the likes of Uninvited Guest and Easter retain the quality...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-26
★★★★★
While Marillion have made a pioneering virtue of fan involvement in their album output over the last 15 years, this digibook sampling from 2003-11 has been collated by the quintet led by Steve Hogarth, focusing squarely on their more cinematic moments. There is, however, the odd dose of catchy pomp-pop as a counterweight, such as the Simple Minds-friendly The Release and closing acoustic chorale of Man Of A Thousand Faces...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
For those Marillion followers who missed out on the 6-CD Early Stages: The Official Bootleg Box Set 1982-87, this 23-song best of provides a suitable overview, while adding an unissued bonus culled from 1998's Fife Aid concert - Fish's last performance with the band during their classic 80s era. That St Andrews version of their epic Market Square Heroes throws in strains of The Who's My Generation, Let's Twist Again and tales of Gallic road-tramping...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Do I feel lucky today. I have the honour of reviewing the best album of 2012 which happens to belong to the band Marillion. ?Sounds that can?t be made? is the best musical experience to hit my ears, heart mind and soul for a long time. It is the best summer festival gig, the sweatiest club date, the intimate soul searching concert, the satisfying fade away with headphones on, in your own private world. It made me feel wanted, lonely, happy and truly desperately sad...
- www.music-news.com
2012-11-14
★★★★★
On this new album?s penultimate track (Lucky Man) lead singer Steve Hogarth sings of ?having everything that I want? in a proud beating of his chest that seems to sum up the existence of Marillion and their loyal fanbase. The model to which they have stuck over the last twelve years is both an intriguing and admirable one...
- www.music-news.com
2012-09-24
★★★★★
We'll get to the primary point of this review first: If you are a fan of Marillion, you'll like this live album (or DVD set, whichever you choose). The performances are well done, the recording nicely executed, and it is probably all you could ever hope for out of a live recording, provided you don't think about it too much. If you have cause to ruminate, you'll remind yourself that the band's last album of brand new material was 2008?s Happiness Is The Road...
- popdose.com
2011-08-22
★★★★★
Although not a single RR member took the time to leave his/her comment on the acoustic "Less Is More" album, I'm sure that some of you will remember that I called it a 'strange' album, because it contained new (acoustic) versions of known Marillion songs, provided with new arrangements, thus giving them a new edge. "Less Is More" was a hard nut to crack for yours truly, because most of the songs were hardly recognizable...
- www.rockreport.be
2011-05-11
★★★★★
Come the early 90s, then-new Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth loaned his distinctive tones to Fish-era and Season's End material, marking the band's evolution of their progressive template into more melodic rock territory; retaining their concept-oriented foundations while paring back some of the more florid poetical lyrical underpinnings...
- www.recordcollectormag.com
2010-12-21
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