Made Again: Live [Original recording remastered]

Marillion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B00005NQHX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The space around the stars., February 8, 2002

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Lord Chimp (Monkey World) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Made Again: Live (Audio CD)

Made Again is a 2CD set that chronicles the Holidays in Eden, Brave, and Afraid of Sunlight tours. Each song is performed on a bedrock of the band's chemistry and onstage energy. When Fish was in the band, they had La Gazza Ladra. With Hogarth, they have this release. (Balance must be maintained or the universe will be torn asunder!)

First up we have London 1991, with Holidays in Eden. Although a lot of fans wail Holidays in Eden for being overboard on the pop qualities, I really like that album. And it seems the crowd does too. They clap along, sing once in a while, and their energy really pulls you in to the audio-only live milieu. One problem is that Steve Rothery's awesome guitar solos don't come through very well. Those classic moments on "Splintering Heart" (love that song...) when the gentle sonics break into Rothery's emotional solos lack the same impact as the studio version. That's too bad. It's also damaging to the impact of "Easter", which has one of the most beautiful guitar solos _ever_. Steve Hogarth makes up for it though...he puts a lot of soul into the performances here, and his voice is great live. He hits every note of the brilliant pop cut "Cover My Eyes", and makes "Waiting to Happen" an even more moving song. And they perform "The Space"! That's one of my favorites, with that classic, dramatic keyboard melody and chorus...so good, so good.

Now we're off to Rotterdam in 1995 for Afraid of Sunlight. Highlights are the spine-tingling performance of "Beautiful" and the emotion-packed "Afraid of Sunlight". Rothery's guitar sounds much better here too. If you like surprises, you'll like this -- the band performs a medley of songs from Misplaced Childhood, "Kayleigh", "Lavender", and "Bitter Suite IV. Blue Angel"! I can't help but think of them as cover songs...they just seem to be inextricably part of Fish-era Marillion. However, the performance is amazing. Hogarth sings them excellently (lots of feeling...he's good at that), and Rothery's embellished soloing is awesome. The performance of "King" also comes across better than the album version, with more energy.

That's it for disc 1. For the second disc, the band is in Paris on the Brave tour...and they perform the entire album. You might wonder how well this works...after all, Brave is an extremely elaborate production job. No worries...where the band can't match the studio performance's production, they make up for it with energy. Also, the volume level is more consistent than the studio disc (though the quiet parts are still really quiet). The hard-rock numbers like "Hard as Love" and "Paper Lies" feel more natural and loose. "Goodbye to All That" loses some of its effect without all those ambient sounds, but it's still a powerful, powerful epic. "Falling from the Moon" shows the band at its emotional peak, with a tragic guitar solo and amazingly sincere and fervent vocals. "Made Again" brings it to a calm finale.

If you've enjoyed Hogarth-Marillion over the years, I strongly recommend this set. The song selection is pretty much perfect, and the performances are great (again, Hogarth is awesome live). Get it! Get it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marillion's best compilation, January 31, 2002

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Luis C. Diaz (Mason, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Made Again: Live (Audio CD)

This Live set has more energy and feeling than their studio albums (which are also very good!!). Somehow this recording captures the backbone of Marillion as a band even as not all of the "hits" are included. The songs are extremely well linked together. Once you push play there is no way to stop the first CD from playing until it reaches the end.

The first CD covers some of Marillions best known songs as Eater, Cover my Eyes, Beautiful, Kayleigh and King. The second CD is a live interpretation of the Brave album which is one of the best prog concept albums of the 90's. Both CDs are excelents in terms of sound and interpretation. As with the new remastered Marillion released the inner booklet has good notes in reference to the shows, the band and the music at the time.

Again, this live set may not be the most comprehensive in terms of amount of material but it delivers Marillion at is best.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made again...really..., May 16, 2003

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Rodrigo Llamozas (the last cubicle at the end of the hall...) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Made Again: Live (Audio CD)

This is Marillion's second live album, the first one being 'The thieving magpie' back when Fish was still in the band. This is their first one with h (Steve Hogarth) on vocals (followed a few years later by 'Anorak in the UK').

This 2 CD collection is a combination of three different concerts, on done in 1991 from the 'Holidays in Eden' tour, from which Splintering heart, Easter, No one can, Waiting to happen, Cover my eyes and The space were taken; another from 1994, from the 'Brave' tour. The whole album is present live in the second CD. And finally, a concert from 1995, from the 'Afraid of sunlight' tour, from which Hooks in you, Beautiful, Kayleigh, Lavender, Afraid of sunlight and King were recorded.

It is without a doubt a gret testament to what the band can do when performing live. You must remember that these are songs of some complexity, yet the lads play perfectly, giving them new strength and passion.

There's also a 'Brave live 2002' CD being sold at marillion.com. If you like this here CD, you should get the newer version and compare them...it's really worth it to hear how they've changed and grown in six years...