I guess it’s time to move onto the next album... Misplaced Childhood (1985) Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Pseudo Silk Kimono (2:13) 2. Kayleigh (4:03) 3. Lavender (2:27) 4. Bitter Suite (5:53) - I. Brief Encounter - II. Lost Weekend - III. Blue Angel - IV. Misplaced Rendez-vous V. Windswept Thumb 5. Heart Of Lothian (6:02) - I. Wide Boy - II. Curtain Call 6. Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) (2:12) 7. Lords Of The Backstage (1:52) 8. Blind Curve (9:29) - I. Vocal Under A Bloodlight - II. Passing Strangers - III. Mylo - IV. Perimeter Walk - V. Threshold 9. Childhoods End? (4:32) 10. White Feather (2:23) Personnel: Fish: vocals, imagery Steve Rothery: guitars, guitar synthesizer Mark Kelly: keyboards Pete Trewavas: bass Ian Mosley: drums Additional information: Marillion: the story of Misplaced Childhood | Louder An interesting little backstory to Kayleigh:
IMO, each album of the Fish era was better than the previous. The extended 12" of Lavender is essential imo. It's on the box. The one thing for me about this, it there are a couple songs I don't like as much as the others; really the only time this happened for me on a Fish era Marillion album (other than Margaret which I really dislike). I'll have to play the album to make sure I list the correct titles before I say what they are. I know I love the intro, Kayleigh, Lavender, Childhood's End & Misplaced Rendezvous off the top of my head.
Not a lot of prog here though it works in it's favor - thank god, a concept album that makes sense and isn't a double, with great use of recurring motifs and instrumentation. Amazing lyrics holds it like glue. Top 10 for me, in terms of personal favorites.
I think Misplaced Childhood holds together quite well, although I could do without White Feather, which I suppose acts as kind of a footnote, but I don’t find it necessary --- maybe they should’ve used as a b-side or something. The band has really started to sound great together at this juncture and all of the band members seem to be in good spirits, which sometimes people don’t understand that tension doesn’t always create great, long-lasting music. Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon came from a period where all the band members felt good and were getting along famously especially Gilmour and Waters. Misplaced Childhood is a masterpiece of 80s progressive rock without a doubt, but for me, it’s not until their next album where I truly connected with their music.
Misplaced... So this was a massive jump up sonically, wonderfully produced , and ironically for a concept album produced two massive singles , each with a great b side too. Side one is utterly perfect..and Heart if Lothian is a rousing end. Side two has some fabulous moments but doesn’t quite hit the same heights , especially the rather limp fade out ending of white feather . But it’s a great album still.i saw them on this tour back in the 80s and they were wonderful. Such a shame success brought about the end of the fish era
Wasn't aware of this thread. Guess I've missed Script and Fugazi then. Ah well, after those I lost interest anyway. Marillion like Genesis? Heaven forbid!
Are you referring to The Thieving Magpie recording of Misplaced Childhood? I need to revisit that one.
For some reason, that one never hit me. It's my least favorite of the Fish era. Weird, as I love Loreley.
Okay, but @ytserush was referring to the live version of Misplaced Childhood. Is there another live album that contains this entire album?
The bootleg 6 cd box set has a really interesting early version of side one of childhood from the December 84 tour
been picking up the deluxe box sets recently...had to fork out for the Clutching...as I never got around to it when it was initially released. I will follow this thread with great interest
one of my first impressions when I heard Marillion was that the singer sounded a bit like peter gabriel
I hope you’ve held onto your original mix or 1999 remaster of Clutching, because the new remix is atrocious.
No. That's among the tamest live versions I've ever heard and there can't be that many of them. Those commercially released Marillion live albums of the '80s drained a lot of the "liveness" of the performances. I like the track listing of Thieving, but I think it kind of misrepresents Marillion as a live band. Decent enough "hits" comp, however.
I like that one a bit better, but it still lacks a bit in energy...or at least that's the way it seems to come across. I don't think it being a big festival gig helps the cause much.
There is the bonus live show from the Misplaced Childhood Deluxe Box from Utrecht and a bunch of "unofficial bootlegs" It's possible some of them made it to You Tube. Those Clutching shows feature a good chunk of those songs as well and just might be my favorite Marillion Tour ever.
