Seasons End (1989)

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Title: Seasons End
Artist: Marillion
Genre: Progressive Rock
Released: 1989

Tracks:
1 - The King of Sunset Town - 8:04
2 - Easter - 5:58
3 - The Uninvited Guest - 3:52
4 - Seasons End - 8:10
5 - Holloway Girl - 4:30
6 - Berlin - 7:48
7 - After Me - 3:20
8 - Hooks in You - 2:57
9 - The Space... - 6:14

CD 2
1 - The Uninvited Guest (12" version) - 5:05
2 - The Bell in the Sea - 4:21
3 - The Release - 3:45
4 - The King of Sunset Town (Mushroom Farm demo) - 5:34
5 - Holloway Girl (Mushroom Farm demo) - 4:48
6 - Seasons End (Mushroom Farm demo) - 8:02
7 - The Uninvited Guest (Mushroom Farm demo) - 3:56
8 - Berlin (Mushroom Farm demo) - 8:03
9 - The Bell in the Sea (Mushroom Farm demo) - 4:52

Overview:
Seasons End is the fifth studio album by English band Marillion, released in 1989. The album was the first to feature current lead singer Steve Hogarth, following the departure of former vocalist Fish in late 1988. It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart.


Following the departure of Fish, Marillion started to audition singers while writing the new album, and they eventually chose Steve Hogarth. The music for Seasons End was mostly finished by the time Hogarth joined Marillion, and only a couple of songs on it actually have some pieces written by him, most notably "Easter" and "The Space". A number of the lyrics were written by John Helmer, who the band had commissioned before Hogarth joining. He would continue to contribute lyrics throughout the 1990s.

Much of the music on Seasons End had been composed while Fish was still in the band. The bonus disc of the 1999 re-issue of Clutching at Straws contains a number of nascent versions of songs that would end up on Seasons End with vocals and lyrics by Fish, these demos having been produced during the writing sessions for the ill-fated fifth studio album with Fish. (A number of the lyrical concepts from these demos, such as The Voice in the Crowd, would later resurface on Fish's debut studio album, Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors.)

The album was produced jointly by Marillion and Nick Davis (who would go on to work with Genesis and associated acts).
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
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