Bouillabaisse: Best of Fish

Fish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Snapper UK
• ASIN: B000AR9ZAO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,266 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Just Good Friends (Ft Sam Brown)

2. Shot The Craw

3. Gentleman's Excuse Me

4. Kayleigh

5. Solo

6. Incomplete (Ft Elizabeth Troy Antwi)

7. Company

8. Fortunes Of War

9. Our Smile

10. Lavender

11. Lady Let It Lie

12. Cliche

13. Scattering Crows

14. Tara

15. Caledonia

16. Raw Meat

17. Big Wedge

18. Credo

19. Incommunicado

20. Goldfish & Clowns

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For the first time a double CD collection that encompasses the career of the most successful progressive rock singers since Peter Gabriel with Genesis. Bouillabaisse - The Best Of Fish features the massive Marillion hits Kayleigh, Lavender and Incommunicado through to the singers more recent solo material which still brings out the fans in droves. 32 tracks. Deluxe Digipack

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing for the newbies....lacking for the hardcores!, May 15, 2006

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Samuel A. Maston "The Savage Coconut" (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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I have been a fan of FISH since his days with Marillion. I already own much of what is represented here, and only purchased for the exclusive edits, the song "Caledonia" and the beautiful packaging. Disc one is absolutely brilliant...some of his best work. I have a few big gripes about this collection that kept me from making this a 5 Star. What happened with disc two? Where is "Familly Business"? I would have rather seen the re-recorded versions (from Yin/Yang) for the old Marillion tracks...not that they are inferior, but the re-recorded versions seem a bit more representational of where FISH is now. I would have liked to see some rarities as well...perhaps "Poet's Moon". The entire "Plague of Ghosts" isn't necessary...a nice edit of "Digging Deep" and "Raingods Dancing" would have been enough. Snapper has put out some nice box sets lately (Katatonia's "Black Sessions" with DVD(!) and My Dying Bride...) and I was expecting a little more. This IS a great release, but as a hard core fan I was hoping for more goodies. If you are new to FISH, I suggest you start here.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Balladeer & Rocketeer, November 1, 2005

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Russ Bellinger (Northville, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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First let me say that there are not enough stars available to properly praise this CD. The first disc is the Balladeer and it really shows off the genious that is Fish by placing side by side some of the best ballads of his career. Fish has written some of the very best love songs EVER! Very, very touching and moving to the soul. His wit and gift for words is second to none. These are not poppy ballads that are just gloss, they are firmly grounded tunes based deep in reality and with emotional depth, clarity, and wise lyrics. The kind of thing that you don't get with much of today's music. The second disk is the Rocketeer and of course it rocks with some of Fish's most powerful tunes. An overall view of an extemely talented, wise and gifted man, not to mention an incredible vocalist and performer. Very nice package with great artwork by Mark Wilkinson.

4.0 out of 5 stars A short of Great Collection, March 23, 2009

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W. Fyoumy (Cairo, Egypt) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bouillabaisse (Audio CD)

Fish was indeed the heart of Marillion with his great lyrics & sharp music. In this album he puts a very fine selection of what he created with Marillion & after he went solo. The Balladeer CD is magnificent with its mild but deep tunes & very powerful lyrics; songs like Solo, Just Good Friends, Caledonia & the amazing A Gentleman's Excuse me are great additions to his library. Rocketeer on the other hand is much less impressive mainly due to Fish's difficulty to sing high pitch songs after his vocal chords problems at his last days with Marillion. A must buy though.