It’s difficult to recall now what seemed like such heady times: frontman Fish’s abrupt departure from what was then an arena-filling Marillion and the barroom debates that followed; how could they possibly go on without him? Well, with relative ease, it seems.
Although his replacement Steve Hogarth initially resisted the band – he was 24 hours late for his audition – he was the perfect fit and foil for Marillion, as this redoubtable reissue reminds. The excellent stereo mix plus the whole thing done live at last year’s Marillion Weekend are the aural icing on the cake.
