Holidays in Eden

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Holidays In Eden
Holidays In Eden cover
Studio album by Marillion
Released June 1991
February 1998 (two-disc edition)
Recorded Outside Studios, Oxfordshire, January - June 1991
Genre Progressive rock
Pop rock
Length 48:17 (single-disc edition)
1:51:25 (two-disc edition)
Label EMI
Producer Nick Davis
Professional reviews
  • Progressiveworld.net 4/5 stars link
Marillion chronology
Seasons End
(1989)
Holidays In Eden
(1991)
Brave
(1994)

Holidays In Eden was the sixth studio album by the British band Marillion, released in 1991. It was their second with vocalist Steve Hogarth and was regarded by many fans as a setback from their previous albums due to its mainstream-oriented sound and songwriting. It was recorded after the Seasons End tour which had lasted almost a year. Despite the band's obvious efforts to create a recording more appealing to mainstream media, thus attracting new fans, Holidays In Eden could not compete regarding sales or chart positions with the band's first four studio albums from the 1980s.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Splintering Heart" – 6:54
  2. "Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)" – 3:54
  3. "The Party" – 5:36
  4. "No One Can" – 4:41
  5. "Holidays In Eden" – 5:38

[edit] Side two

  1. "Dry Land" – 4:43
  2. "Waiting To Happen" – 5:01
  3. "This Town" – 3:18
  4. "The Rakes Progress" – 1:54
  5. "100 Nights" – 6:41

The remaster, released 23 February 1998, has the following additional tracks on the second CD:

  1. "Sympathy" – 3:30
  2. "How Can It Hurt" – 4:11
  3. "A Collection" – 3:00
  4. "Cover My Eyes" (Acoustic) – 2:34
  5. "Sympathy" (Acoustic) – 2:30
  6. "I Will Walk On Water" – 5:14
  7. "Splintering Heart" (Live) – 6:42
  8. "You Don't Need Anyone" (Demo) – 4:04
  9. "No One Can" (Demo) – 4:51
  10. "The Party" (Demo) – 5:45
  11. "This Town" (Demo) – 4:16
  12. "Waiting To Happen" (Demo) – 5:31
  13. "Eric" – 2:32
  14. "The Epic (Fairground)" (Demo) – 8:31

[edit] External links

Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com band page):