Seasons End (album)
Occupation
- Steve Hogarth - vocals
- Steve Rothery - Guitar
- Mark Kelly - Keyboards
- Pete Trewavas - Bass
- Ian Mosley - drums
- Phil Todd - saxophone on Berlin
- Jean -Pierre Rasle - Pipes on Easter
Seasons End (English for " end of season" ) is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in September 1989 as the first album of the Hogarth era. The album was released as a 180g vinyl pressing in February 2012 again.
Formation
In August 1988, Fish and Marillion had separated. The band embarked on the search for a new singer, but remained initially unsuccessful. As a lyricist John Helmer was hired as the band continued to work on new material. Marillion had listened around 300 Application tapes and tested around 30 applicants. In January 1989, Marillion and Steve Hogarth came to the audition. Within a short time was Steve Hogarth permanent member of the band and also began John Helmers to change texts and to write your own.
Content
The King of Sunset Town, originally a text by John Helmer on homelessness in London, was rewritten by the impressions of the coverage of the Tiananmen Square Massacre of Steve Hogarth. Deng Xiaoping was now the " King", the title remained. Easter is a song by Hogarth, to the beginning of 1988 he had the first ideas. Musically inspired by the Scottish folk song " The Skye Boat Song " with references to William Butler Yeats 's poem " Easter 1916" has emerged a conciliatory praises of Ireland. The Uninvited Guest, the text is of Helmer, is ostensibly a song about people who do not like to have one, the " uninvited guest" could also be the AIDS virus. A lament about global warming and the loss of cold English winter Seasons End, the title song. Holloway Prison is a women's prison in London. In Song Holloway Girl is about a woman who does not really belong in jail, but in psychiatry. In Berlin, the story of an attempted escape is told through the no man's land.
Title list
Title List of Bonus CD
Singles
The first single was released Hooks in You with the After Me B-side in August 1989, which reached the 30th place of the UK singles charts. The second single, The Uninvited Guest, published in November 1989 with the B- side of The Bell in the Sea, reached number 53 in the UK charts. The third single Easter with The Release B-side was released in March 1990 and reached # 34 in the UK charts.
Reception
Steve Hogarth compared to Fish is the dominant theme of almost all reviews of this album, with very different results. progreviews.com: Marillion was a good band, which was great by Fish - Steve Hogarth lacks the magic. progarchives.com: Unlike the early Marillion but still excellent. progressiveworld.net: Hogarth's soulful vocals continuous to heart, especially at Seasons End and Easter, brings me to this Marillion just to love like the old Marillion. BBS: ... blows a singing compared to before but quite away ... A great album from a band that, however, was clearly looking for a new style!