Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors

by Fish

Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 January 1990
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:38:50
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his highly publicized split from Marillion, the Scottish vocalist's debut solo album successfully marries his complex neo-prog roots with accessible 80s pop-rock production. The politically charged, emotionally fraught record successfully established his long-standing independent solo career.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Vigil (8:47)
  2. Big Wedge (5:22)
  3. State of Mind (4:46)
  4. The Company (4:08)
  5. A Gentleman's Excuse Me (4:19)
  6. The Voyeur (I Like to Watch) (4:45)
  7. Family Business (5:17)
  8. View from the Hill (6:41)
  9. Cliche (7:10)
  10. Jack and Jill (4:28)
  11. Internal Exile (4:51)
  12. The Company - Demo Version (4:30)
  13. A Gentleman's Excuse Me - Demo (3:55)
  14. Whiplash (4:22)
  15. State of Mind - Presidential Mix (5:48)
  16. State of Mind (4:13)
  17. Faith Healer - Live (5:42)
  18. Family Business - Live Version (5:21)
  19. Punch and Judy - Live Version (4:18)

Credits

  • Fish - primary artist, concept by [illustration], vocals, written-by, vocals, written-by, arranged by
  • Mark Wilkinson - illustration
  • Davy Spillane - bagpipes, whistle
  • John Giblin - bass
  • Mark Brzezicki - drums
  • Frank Usher - guitar
  • Hal Lindes - guitar, guitar, written-by
  • Phil Cunningham - whistle, bodhr谩n, accordion, whistle

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