Marillion Brave Double LP Near-Mint
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Jun 20, 2008 Sold Date
Jun 10, 2008 Start Date
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Marillion Brave double LP Near-Mint

 

1994 UK release on EMI  7243 8 28032 1 8. Records and gatefold sleeve are in near-mint condition. Basically, this is as good as new.

 

Tracks are:

 

       1   Bridge       

       2   Living With the Big Lie     

       3   Runaway      

       4   Goodbye to All That: Wave/ Mad/ (3) The Opium Den/ (4) the ... [1]       

       5   Hard as Love      

       6   The Hollow Man       

       7   The Lap of Luxury      

       8   Now Wash Your Hands      

       9   Paper Lies      

       10   Brave      

       11   The Great Escape     

       12   The Last of You       

       13   Fallin' from the Moon       

       14   Made Again       

 

A fan writes:

 

The first two albums under new singer Steve Hogarth had seen Marillion move more in a "pop" direction and become less and less the "progressive" band of their roots. So by the time Brave was released, many fans of the Fish era had abandoned the band. Marillion were by this point recording for a much smaller fanbase. Brave saw the band make a much unexpected return to progressive rock. It is a concept album that explores the life of a young girl and examines the problems that lead to her attempted suicide. In my opinion, the album is simply brilliant. It is deep, richly textured throughout, shows Marillion's musicianship used to best effect, features some of Steve Rothery's best guitar playing and the concept is strong enough to stand the scrutiny of an entire album. The opening track, Bridge, takes you to the incident of the attempted suicide itself, and almost all of the rest of the album attempts to explain why she was driven to it. Living With the Big Lie details her distrust of the establishment; Runaway actually encompasses much of her story in one song; Hard as Love is about the difficult emotion that love can be (and is actually one of Marillion's hardest rocking tracks); The Hollow Man is about the feeling of loneliness and how fragile an individual is when nobody cares about them (though Hollow Woman would have been a more apt title considering the stroryline!); The Lap of Luxury (which with radioplay would have been a big hit single) is about her feeling of isolation and fear of domestic violence in her apparently comfortable, respectable, middle class suburban home, Paper Lies (another hard rocking track) is about how the tabloid press twist the facts to make a good story; the titletrack is musically very different for Marillion, with its distinctively Celtic feel; The Great Escape trilogy is quite simply the most stunning, powerful and emotional piece of music I have heard, when the central character finally cracks under the pressure. The final track, Made Again, ends the album on a positive note. In the end, she has chosen to rebuild her life instead of commit suicide, and she has also discovered a close companion who shows her the kind of love and care she has never known before. A truly beautiful and uplifting ending to a superb album of musicianship, vocals and songwriting. Marillion will never better this.

 


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