Given that Fish only fronted Marillion for seven years, the legacy from that period is a hefty one. Whether recording shorter, intelligently written songs bordering on “pop” or creating unrestrained, progressively complex and compelling tracks, there isn’t a weak album among the four he recorded – each bearing the character of the poetic, romantic jester that Fish delighted in creating. In 2020 Prog looked back to the period in which Marillion created their own assertive musical identity: these are the band’s 11 best Fish-era songs.
