Less Is More (album)

Less Is More

Studio album by Marillion

Released

2 October 2009

Recorded

Spring-Summer 2009

Genre

Acoustic music

Length

57:24

Label

Intact Records, Edel Music

Marillion chronology

Recital of the Script
(2009)

Less Is More
(2009)

The Singles '82-'88
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Guitarist	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
Classic Rock	^[3]

Less Is More is an acoustic music studio album by Marillion, released on the band's own label on 2 October 2009. A retail version is distributed by Edel Music. It contains re-arranged songs from the period that Steve Hogarth has been their singer (since 1989) plus the previously unreleased track, "It's Not Your Fault".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Go!" (from marillion.com, 1999)	5:02
2.	"Interior Lulu" (from marillion.com, 1999)	7:32
3.	"Out of This World" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995)	5:08
4.	"Wrapped Up in Time" (from Happiness Is the Road, 2008)	3:40
5.	"The Space..." (from Seasons End, 1989)	4:52
6.	"Hard as Love" (from Brave, 1994)	4:58
7.	"Quartz" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001)	5:48
8.	"If My Heart Were a Ball It Would Roll Uphill" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001)	5:12
9.	"It's Not Your Fault" (previously unreleased)	3:33
10.	"Memory of Water" (from This Strange Engine, 1997)	2:37
11.	"This Is the 21st Century" (from Anoraknophobia, 2001)	5:40
12.	"Hidden Bonus Track - Cannibal Surf Babe" (from Afraid of Sunlight, 1995)	3:27

Personnel

Reception

Guitarist magazine rated the album 4/5 and described it as "an intimate musical experience" and "a credit to all concerned." ^[4]

Notes

↑ Guitarist, Issue 323, December 2009, p.199
↑ "allmusic ((( Less Is More > Overview )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
↑ Classic Rock, January 2010.
↑ Guitarist, December 2009.

External links

Entry on marillion.com
"Marillion - Less Is More at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-05.

Marillion

Steve Rothery Mark Kelly Pete Trewavas Ian Mosley Steve 'h' Hogarth Mick Pointer Brian Jelliman Doug 'Rastus' Irvine Fish Diz Minnett Andy Ward John 'Martyr' Marter Jonathan Mover

Studio albums	Script for a Jester's Tear Fugazi Misplaced Childhood Clutching at Straws Seasons End Holidays in Eden Brave Afraid of Sunlight This Strange Engine Radiation marillion.com Anoraknophobia Marbles Somewhere Else Happiness Is the Road Less Is More Sounds That Can't Be Made

Compilations	Brief Encounter B'Sides Themselves A Singles Collection The Best of Both Worlds The Best of Marillion The Singles '82–88' The Singles '89-'95

Live albums	Real to Reel The Thieving Magpie Made Again Anorak in the UK Marbles Live Early Stages Live from Loreley Recital of the Script

Singles	"Market Square Heroes" "He Knows You Know" "Garden Party" "Punch and Judy" "Assassing" "Kayleigh" "Lavender" "Heart Of Lothian" "Lady Nina" "Welcome to the Garden Party" "Incommunicado" "Sugar Mice" "Warm Wet Circles" "Freaks (Live)" "Hooks in You" "The Uninvited Guest" "Easter" "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" "No One Can" "Dry Land" "Sympathy" "No One Can" (1992) "The Great Escape" "The Hollow Man" "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" "Beautiful" "Man of a Thousand Faces" "80 Days" "These Chains" "Between You and Me"/"Map of the World" "You're Gone" "Don't Hurt Yourself" "The Damage" (Live) "See It Like a Baby" "Thankyou Whoever You Are"/"Most Toys" "Carol of the Bells"

Related articles	Marillion discography Brave, the Film

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