B'Sides Themselves

by Marillion

B'Sides Themselves cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 4 January 1988
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:23
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Corey Glover, Doug Wimbish, David Sancious, Vernon Reid, coordinator

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued shortly before Fish's departure from the group, this collection sweeps up essential non-album B-sides and extended tracks from the British neo-prog leaders. The release highlights their impressive musicianship and theatrical narrative styling outside the constraints of their primary studio concepts.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, melodic, atmospheric, progressive, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Grendel (17:15)
  2. Charting the Single (4:53)
  3. Market Square Heroes (4:20)
  4. Three Boats Down From the Candy (4:01)
  5. Cinderella Search - Single Version (4:23)
  6. Lady Nina - Single Edit (3:44)
  7. Freaks (4:07)
  8. Tux On (5:14)
  9. Margaret - Live (12:22)

Credits

  • Will Calhoun - drums [drum kit], drum [wave drum], samples, loops, tabla, drum [water drum-indigenous], keyboards [keyboard sonics], percussion [electronic percussion]
  • Corey Glover - lead vocals
  • David Sancious - keyboards

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