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Made Again: Live

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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!

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.

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...

I dislike Live CD's but here is an exception. I feel like I am watching the group perform live at a concert. No if's, an's or but's, this is a great CD.

This double cd capture the essential of Marillion up to their 1995 realease "Afraid of Sunlight" There was no need to get back to their earlier releases with "Fish" because we already have "The thieving magpie"
In my opinion, we really have the best of the Hoggart era, in great live version and the second cd offers "Brave" in an amazing live interpretation.
This double cd contains also live versions of some of my favorite tracks like "Easter", "Something to happen", "Afraid of Sunlight" and "Seasons end" A must have if you like Marillion with Steve Hoggart like I do.

"Made Again", a two disc set that captures Marilion with Steve H at their best...Live!!!
The album covers three different album tours: The '91 Holidays In Eden tour, the '94 Brave tour, and the '95 Afraid Of Sunlight tour. Being a Marillion fan myself for about 15 years now (since 1990) and having seen the band perform live three times (I was in Rotterdam in '95) I can say that this album really gives you the live feeling you have at one of their gigs.
If you realy really want to get a feeling, play "Wave" and turn the stereo all the way up. Do you feel it in your stomach?? :)

This is a must have for all Marillion fans, even the die hard Fish era fans. Marillion has been my favorite band for a long long time now. Sure enough, they've had their good albums and their not so good ones (I don't want to call them bad), but it's a band with an unique sound. H's voice always sounds great, and Rothery is most definately one of all time's greatest guitar players. The band deserves a lot more credit than they get. So go out to your CD shop and get "Made Again" and all the rest of their catalogue!!!

If you're new to Marillion, this is perhaps one of the best crash courses you can get into their music, specially into their work after Fish and the band parted ways. If you know their music, you know already that this album contains some of the best Steve Hogarth-era works by Marillion.

With only a couple of tracks ("Kayleigh" and "Lavender") from the band's time with Fish, the first disc samples from "Season's End" and "Holidays in Eden", and even throws "Beautiful" into the mix, a track from their "Afraid of Sunlight" production. Disc 2 is the entire "Brave" album live, which is something you JUST have to own, if you are a serious Marillion follower (and you know it). The conceptual "Brave" is simply the best work they've ever recorded and this live rendition of the album does justice to it.

I personally prefer this live album over all their other live productions. I recommend it without any doubt!

Cuando Fish abandonò MARILLION, muchos nos preguntamos cual serìa el destino de la banda, ya que èste le imprimìa un sentimiento muy suyo a sus interpretaciones. Nada màs recordar Chelsea Monday o la versiòn en directo de Misplaced Chilhood incluida en La Gazza Ladra. La incògnita quedò develada con la apariciòn de Steve Hogarth que, lejos de hacer extrañar a Fish, dotò a la banda de un sentimiento màs espiritual. Muchos consideran que las canciones concebidas en la època del Jester no las podrìa interpretar nadie con ese mismo sentimiento poderoso y a la vez nostàlgico. Eso pensaba hasta oir la versiòn de Hogarth de Script for a Jester`s Tear del bootleg, Live in Caracas. MADE AGAIN recopila en el primer CD versiones en directo incluidas en varios discos (Holidays in Eden, Season's end, Afraid of Sunlight y Misplaced Childhood). El segundo CD es una versiòn en directo de Brave interpretada en Parìs. Los dos CD'S son excelentes y demuestran sin lugar a dudas que Hogarth, lejos de ser un reemplazo, ha marcado una nueva època para Marillion.

When Fish left MARILLION and begin his solo career, most of their fans believe that no one can deliver this songs with the passion and intensity of the Jester. I included myself in this group until I heard Hogarth version of Script for a Jester's tear included in their bootleg, Live at Caracas. With his tune, Hogarth has impress a special and wonderful spiritual orientation to Marillion`s music. Just hear MADE AGAIN: CD1 includes live versions of songs played in Holidays in Eden, Season`s End, Afraid of Sunlight and Misplaced Chilhood. CD2 is a complete and enriched version their Brave album. This album proves, without a doubt, that Hogarth, far to be a replacement, with his voice start a new Marillon's epoque. A great live album!!