Marillion - Somewhere Else - review
Marillion - Somewhere Else - review
Tracklist
01. The Other Half02. See It Like A Baby
03. Thankyou Whoever You Are
04. Most Toys
05. Somewhere Else
06. A Voice From The Past
07. No Such Thing
08. The Wound
09. The Last Century For Man
10. Faith
A review by
Jeff May 09, 2007
You probably already all know Marillion, and you probably already all know that this band never played heavy music. But you know too that they're among the best bands ever which write beautiful songs, I mean pure beautiful songs, these kind of songs which can give you shivers and tears. That's the same thing one more time with "Somewhere Else". The album is a beautiful piece of music, and all the songs are really good. It's not so happy definitely, and even if the lyrics are really positive the songs are melancholic and on a side, it reminds me a bit the last Anathema (yeah) and Radiohead (yes). "The Other Half" or "Thankyou Whoever You Are" for example are two powerful hits, with great choruses and pure prog rock (with of course keyboards and guitars soli) melodies that you'll never forget for sure. All in all, "Somewhere Else" is just full of beautiful music, Marillion even after 14 albums is still able to write a really touching music. A bit, Pop, a bit Rock, a bit Prog too yes, we're just in front of a great album.
The other superb thing with this album is its production. One more time with Marillion, we have the best recording conditions, so no problem here but also the booklet is just amazing. The pictures are all amazing and classy. The booklet is just beautiful and the cover, even if it's a simple on a side in my opinion this kind of cult covers like the one of "Wish You Were Here". "Somewhere Else" is a synonym of class my friends and if you believe in my words and buy this album, you can be sure that you'll not only buy a poor CD. This is a pure beautiful CD and I only regret that sometime this is a bit too melow.
"Somewhere Else" is a must for the fans of Marillion. It's a soft and peaceful album but it's beautiful too. The music of this release is just magic, and if you like "British" music and ready to bet some money that you'll fall in love with this album. Even if you only like to listen to Metal I highly recommend you this album, especially if you like melancholic tunes. "Somewhere Else" is not the best album released by Marillion but this is a good album and you'll not regret to buy it I think..
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Jeff | May 09, 2007
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I think this album is really mediocre actually. Steve's voice seems really strained here and the general songwriting isnt very memorable. Mt favorite Marillion album is still "Brave" so as you can see, I am a fan of the Hogarth era; however, this album isnt all that good IMO.
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The album made me fall asleep, I'm a big Marillion fan but this one didn't work for me at all, the songs never stick to your head in my opinion, every track here is totally forgettable
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I actually agree with both Jups and Herz on this one. This is a very mediocre, boring uninspired album. Okay I was always more of a FIsh fan than a Steve Hogarth fan simply because although Fish is technically nowhere near as good as Steve at least he sings wth passion and has loads more emotion in his vocals. But I did enjoy Season's End and Brave. Somewhere Else doesn't come close to those two and isn't even allowed to tie its shoelaces.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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huh  Marillion 14 years career? they started very early 1980s so that's about 27 years.And Steve Hogarth joined them about 18 years ago.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Well, I had some talk with a lot of people and friends about this album and they all agreed with me... The album got a lot of positive reviews too... Well, it's probably a matter taste anyway 
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Posts: 40071 Written by Jeff on 09.05.2007 at 13:37 The reviews I have read on this album are 50% positive and 50% negative. So, yeah, of course tastes differ, and thank god for that. But still the question remains where you got the 14 year career from
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Posts: 40071 Written by Jeff on 09.05.2007 at 18:08 Aha, I didn't think of that.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Well, I mixed 24th anniversary with 14th album... what a big mess  It's fixed 
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Posts: 40071 Written by Jeff on 09.05.2007 at 18:13 Mmm, they started in 1982 I thought. I have the Market Square Heroes 7"single and that is from 1982
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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This is the only Marillion album I don't own. From the sounds of it...well I don't honestly know what to expect. I usually trust you guys when it comes to suggestions, so, I'll just wait to hear it and make up my mind.
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If this is like other Marillion albums it'll be perfect. I can wait to get my hands on it.
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