Fugaziby Anonymous
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November 07, 2003:
Marillion worked diligently to restore progressive rock in the early eighties with debut album Script for a Jester’s Tear, and there was no reason to let up with their sophomore effort. The most marked difference between this album and their first is the percussive, driving beat led by new drummer Ian Mosley. The two songs that open the album, “Assassing” and “Punch and Judy,” just won’t let up and, not coincidentally, are the singles. Fish maintains the status quo with his lyrics by singing “darkroom unleashes imagination in pornographic images in which you will always be the star” in song “Incubus.” Also like on their first album, Marillion churn out their best song with the anthemic title cut. The song even explores the same themes as “Script for a Jester’s Tear”as Fish continues to struggle with substance abuse and failed romance. Marillion work awfully hard to match the standard they set with their debut. There are times that it shows; some songs meander a bit more in Marillion’s effort to make them “epics.” Still, this album reaches farther, and in many ways succeeds, more than most bands can ever hope.
This review was written about the CD edition.
Fugaziby Anonymous
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November 02, 2003:
Marillion worked diligently to restore progressive rock in the early eighties with debut album Script for a Jester’s Tear, and there was no reason to let up with their sophomore effort. The most marked difference between this album and their first is the percussive, driving beat led by new drummer Ian Mosley. The two songs that open the album, “Assassing” and “Punch and Judy,” just won’t let up and, not coincidentally, are the singles. Fish maintains the status quo with his lyrics by singing “darkroom unleashes imagination in pornographic images in which you will always be the star” in song “Incubus.” Also like on their first album, Marillion churn out their best song with the anthemic title cut. The song even explores the same themes as “Script for a Jester’s Tear”as Fish continues to struggle with substance abuse and failed romance. Marillion work awfully hard to match the standard they set with their debut. There are times that it shows; some songs meander a bit more in Marillion’s effort to make them “epics.” Still, this album reaches farther, and in many ways succeeds, more than most bands can ever hope. Marillion worked diligently to restore progressive rock in the early eighties with debut album Script for a Jester’s Tear, and there was no reason to let up with their sophomore effort. The most marked difference between this album and their first is the percussive, driving beat led by new drummer Ian Mosley. The two songs that open the album, “Assassing” and “Punch and Judy,” just won’t let up and, not coincidentally, are the singles. Fish maintains the status quo with his lyrics by singing “darkroom unleashes imagination in pornographic images in which you will always be the star” in song “Incubus.” Also like on their first album, Marillion churn out their best song with the anthemic title cut. The song even explores the same themes as “Script for a Jester’s Tear”as Fish continues to struggle with substance abuse and failed romance. Marillion work awfully hard to match the standard they set with their debut. There are times that it shows; some songs meander a bit more in Marillion’s effort to make them “epics.” Still, this album reaches farther, and in many ways succeeds, more than most bands can ever hope.
This review was written about the CD edition.
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