Holidays in Eden

Holidays in Eden
Studio album by
Publication (s)	June 24, 1991
admission	January-June 1991
Label (s)	EMI Records
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	Progressive rock , pop rock
Title (number)	10
running time	48:17
occupation	Steve Hogarth - vocals Steve Rothery - guitar Mark Kelly - keyboards Pete Trewavas - bass Ian Mosley - drums
production	Chris Neil
Studio (s)	Outside Studio, Hook End Manor, Oxfordshire (England)
chronology Seasons End (1989) Holidays in Eden Brave (1994)
Single releases May 28, 1991 Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) July 22, 1991 No one can September 23, 1991 Dry land

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Holidays in Eden   UK 7th 07/06/1991 (7 weeks)

Singles

Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)   UK 34 06/08/1991 (4 weeks) No one can   UK 33 08/03/1991 (4 weeks) Dry land   UK 34 05/10/1991 (2 weeks)

Holidays in Eden (English for: " Vacation in Paradise ") is the sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Marillion . It was released in June 1991. In the USA, a new version of the album was released six months later, which not only includes a different title sequence, but also the two new titles A Collection and How Can It Hurt . Between 1997 and 1999 EMI released the Marillion albums created under their label as a 24-bit digital remaster 2-disc version . The LP was re-released as a 180 g vinyl pressing in May 2012.

Emergence

After the Seasons End tour in the summer of 1990, the band worked on new songs for 6 months at Stanbridge Farm Studios near Brighton . There was no material left from the previous album, it had to be started from scratch. So it came to the recycling of Dry Land , a song by Steve Hogarth's old band "How we live". The plan was to work again with producer Chris Kimsey , who was already involved in Clutching at Straws , but who was bound by the Rolling Stones . EMI then insisted on Chris Neil, a pop producer (e.g. for Celine Dion and Sheena Easton ), who promised not to turn Marillion into Mike & the Mechanics . The songs were further developed in the Nomis Studios in London and finally recorded in the Outside Studios, Hook End Manor. Mark Kelly remembers: "We recorded and mixed in 10 weeks - that may be long for the Spice Girls , but not long enough for us!" The result is the most poppy of all Marillion albums, which can only be associated with progressive rock because of the title Splintering Heart .

Track list

Original version

1. Splintering Heart - 06:54
2. Cover My Eyes - Pain and Heaven - 03:54
3. The Party - 05:36
4. No One Can - 04:41
5. Holidays in Eden - 05:38
6. Dry Land - 04:43
7. Waiting to Happen - 05:01
8. This Town - 03:18
9. The Rakes Progress - 01:54
10. 100 Nights - 06:41

US version

1. Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) - 03:56
2. No One Can - 04:39
3. Splintering Heart - 06:51
4. The Party - 05:36
5. A Collection - 03:00
6. Holidays in Eden - 05:28
7. How Can It Hurt - 04:10
8. Dry Land - 04:43
9. Waiting to Happen - 04:56
10. This Town - 03:18
11. The Rakes Progress - 01:54
12. 100 Nights - 06:41

Track list of the bonus CD

1. Sympathy - 3:30 am
2. How Can It Hurt - 04:11
3. A Collection - 03:00
4. Cover My Eyes (acoustic version) - 02:34
5. Sympathy (acoustic version) - 02:30
6. I Will Walk on Water (alternative mix) - 05:14
7. Splintering Heart (live at the Moles Club) - 06:42
8. You Don't Need Anyone (Moles Club demo) - 04:04
9. No One Can (Moles Club demo) - 04:51
10. The Party (Moles Club demo) - 05:45
11. This Town (Moles Club demo) - 04:16
12. Waiting to Happen (Moles Club demo) - 05:31
13. Eric - 02:32
14. The Epic (Fairground) (Mushroom Farm demo) - 08:31

Single releases

The first single was released in May 1991 Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven) with the B-side How Can It Hurt , which reached 34th place in the UK singles chart. The second single No One Can , released in July 1991 with the B-side A Collection , reached number 26 on the UK charts. The third single Dry Land with the B-side Holloway Girl (live) was released in September 1991 and reached number 34 on the UK charts.

reception

The reviewers from the ranks of progressive rock panned the album almost completely, only Splintering Heart was able to convince the proggers.

"Everything is so nicely ironed out, there are no more corners and edges, no surprising ideas, everything is predictable."

- Baby blue pages

"It's not a bad pop album, but from a progressive point of view a lot of questions remain open."

- progarchives.com

"It sounds like Marillion wants to reinvent himself as U2."

- All music

"Nice to see where the journey to Seasons End is going."

- Sputnik Music

Web links

• Holidays in Eden at Allmusic (English)
• Reviews of Holidays in Eden on the baby blue pages
• Explanations of the album on marillion.baldyslaphead.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts UK
2. ↑ new EMI Vinyl edition of 'Holidays in Eden' has been cut from the original vinyl production masters , marillion.com, accessed on August 18, 2012
3. ↑ The band were pressured by EMI who wanted an album with at least three singles, whilst Neil was well-known for his pop craftsmanship through his work with Celine Dion and Sheena Easton. , getreadytorock.com, accessed August 18, 2012.
4. ↑ Naturally, I have a weakness for "Dry Land" also as I co-wrote it with Colin Woore from "How We Live" before I joined Marillion. , getreadytorock.com, accessed August 18, 2012.
5. ↑ I got pissed off at the speed of the recording - we recorded and mixed it in 10 weeks - which might be a long time for The Spice Girls but is certainly nowhere near long enough for us! , marillion.com, accessed August 18, 2012.
6. ↑ Consequently, Holidays In Eden was to become Marillion's popest album ever, and was greeted with delight by many, and dismay by some of the hardcore fans , marillion.com, accessed on August 18, 2012.
7. ↑ Track listing of the bonus CD , marillion.com, accessed on August 18, 2012 (English).
8. ↑ Single B-Pages , whitgunn.freeservers.com, accessed on August 18, 2012 (English).
9. ↑ Everything is so nicely ironed out , babyblaue-seiten.de, accessed on August 18, 2012.
10. ↑ Holidays in Eden isn't a bad pop album, but in term of progressiveness, there is a lot left to be answered. 2.5 / 5 , progarchives.com, accessed August 18, 2012.
11. ↑ it sounds as though they want to reinvent themselves as U2 , allmusic.com, accessed on August 18, 2012.
12. ↑ it's nice to see where they went after Seasons End , sputnikmusic.com, accessed on August 18, 2012 (English).