A very good cd but not their best | Fugazi

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	• Fugazi Marillion Proper Us, 2001 average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Marillion's second great 80's prog

This is an excellent album - full of arty, poetic songs, melodic keyboards, and strong, distinctive singing. Fish's lyrics are very bitter and relationship-oriented, but poetic and elaborate. Later on Marillion's lyrics became much more positive, but they were never again so savage (Fish's replacement Steve Hogarth has done some fantastic, dynamic singing on later albums, though - but not with this kind of bite). Another reviewer didn't like the vocals here, but I think this kind of over-the-top, on-the-edge melodramatic singing is part of what makes this music so gripping. Sadly, after this album, Fish toned down his singing and it was much less interesting and forceful. Marillion also really reduced the up-front melodic keyboard sound after this CD, so they never really had this sound after the first 2 CDs - which is a shame, because it's a fantastic sound!
If you're a fan of 70's progressive rock like Genesis and Yes, and would like to hear what it would,ve sound like with 80s production and keyboard sounds, you should love this and "Script for a Jester's Tear". Or if you just love interesting music with lots of melody, and interesting lyrics, you should be pleased!

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A very good cd but not their best

Second album from Marillion, the remastered version is by far better that the original. Most of the songs are really great, the best would be, for me of course, "She Chameleon", "Incubus", "Fugazi" and "Jigsaw"
The other three are less interesting in my opinion. "Assasing" is an attempt for radio stations. "Punch and Judy" is a bad song and the voice of Fish is a bit annoying. "Emerald lies" has its moment but the structure of the song is questionnable. Not the one I prefer I would say.

The bonus cd contains the excellent "Cinderella Search" and an alternate version of "Assasing" As I said earlier, "Punch and Judy" is not the one I prefer, the same applies to the demo version.
We have also three demo versions of "She Chameleon", "Incubus" and "Emerald lies" which are horrible ! The voice of Fish on these is really bad, I would say that I would have been angry if I was Fish, to hear this on a 24 bits digital remastered ! Stick to the final studio versions, they are far better than these demos.

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Puro Rock Prog

Sin dar tantas explicaciones ni echar "rollo", mi opinión personal de este album...es que es uno de los mejores (conste es personal), - conste no el mejor -. Bajo la tutela vocal del estimado Fish, el conjunto de instrumentos es provocativamente un manjar auditivo. No podía faltar mi reseña (crítica) para este CD. Ahí se las dejo.

Mork from Zapopan

PD Negro ya comienza a grabar tus reseñas ¡¡

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Top Notch

The opening strains of ASSASING in Radio City Music Hall were my first exposure to Marillion as they opened for Rush over the span of three nights. Many rabid Rush fans booed (as no-one was ever good enough to be in the same hall as Rush for some of these morons) but I couldn't help but be mesmerized by this 5 piece band with the tall singer with the painted face a la Peter Gabriel. Fugazi is a powerhouse prog-rock album and a worthy listen. It sounds somewhat dated today (the synths just don't hold up- having that unmistakable 80s sound to them) but the energy is still there and the lyrics are still meaningful. Assassing, Emerald Lies and Fugazi are powerful tracks. Punch and Judy is at a faster tempo and more single oriented. Jigsaw is a good emotional, Marillion ballad. This is a realy good piece of British prog-rock history.

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24 bit digitally remastered with a bonus disc never before released in the U.S. with over 40 minutes of music of alternate versions of album tracks, B sides, studio takes and demos. Deluxe 28 page booklet featuring full lyrics and detailed accounts from the band. Booklet also features never before seen photographs. First time domestically available since 1991. Bonus tracks 'Cinderella Search' (12 inch version), 'Assassing' (Alternate Mix), 'Three Boats Down From The Candy', 'Punch and Judy' (Demo previously unreleased), 'Emerald Lies'(Demo previously unreleased) and 'Incubus' (Demo previously unreleased). 1998 release. Double slimline jewel case.

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