“Nothing here can hurt you”
Holidays In Eden is a rare instance where an album’s title track is also its weakest. But in this case, it’s not that the namesake track is terrible. It’s just that, where the rest of the album veers between lovely pop and moody storytelling, Holidays In Eden is just polite, straightforward rock that doesn’t play to the band’s strengths. The verses have a nice carefree feel and the bridge adds a bit of edge but, in particular, the chorus always struck me as a bit weak. And, if the interviews on the recent reissue box set are anything to go by, Marillion never seemed to be particularly enamoured with it either. A song they say themselves should have been “wilder” and “better than it was”. Can’t argue with that.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Polite, straightforward…
And with a pleasant but unnecessary 2022 remix.
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Yep. I thought this track is a wee bit bolder in the remix but not enough to change my opinion of it.
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Honest question. I just played the Fugazi remix and had a similar reaction. Who asked for these remixes? Why is this necessary?
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I haven’t even listened to that one yet. I guess they’re necessary just to put product on the shelves? My motivation for getting these sets was more the live stuff, I tend to be fairly uninterested in remixes. I still keep listening to the old 2cd remasters rather than these to be honest!
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The live stuff has been excellent. I have very much enjoyed them all. Now I need to get the rest of the H sets!
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I’m still a bit peeved that I missed the Tull ones. So I decided not to make that mistake with the Marillion ones.
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I missed quite of few of the Tull ones, but I still have the previous EMI remasters so I feel like I still have a decent picture of Tull.
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Yeah I do have all the remasters too so not the end of the world. It was just one of those things where I couldn’t justify buying them at the time but I kinda regret it now. It’s probably daft but i don’t see the point in buying the new ones if I don’t have all of them so it just continues to annoy me!
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Late tax. I get it.
I do want to continue buying the Marillion box sets. I don’t think there’s a Seasons End set yet? So I need Brave and Sunlight.
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That’s right, Seasons End is the only one still to do (of the EMI years anyway).
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After the EMI years, they did those “making of” 2 CD sets so they should not need to do box sets. Or so I hope. LOL
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Let’s see haha! I’m sure they’ll find a way to make you buy everything again! It’s been good for me cause I’ve got all the albums and a fair few live ones but there’s also tons of stuff I’m missing.
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Plus the live Fish sets were really really good. So was the one Hogarth I’ve heard. But we have lots of those.
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Yes I had more H live so it’s been good to get all that Fish live stuff. The h show on the Sunlight set is brilliant (Rotterdam).
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That would be a fascinating study: within a sample of ____ title tracks, what % of them represent the weakest track on their respective albums!
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I feel like it must be unusual for a title track (when it’s a proper song anyway) to be weak. But it’s all subjective I suppose. A random sampling would be a good idea!
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Never got in to Marillion, but this one doesn’t do it for me to get in to them.
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No, it’s not one I would recommend as an entry point
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