Holidays in Eden

Studio album by Marillion

Released

24 June 1991

Recorded

1991

Studio

Hook End Recording Studios
(Oxfordshire, England)
Westside Studios
(London, England)

Genre

Length

48:17^{[nb 1]}

Label

EMI

Producer

Christopher Neil

Marillion chronology

Seasons End
(1989)

Holidays in Eden
(1991)

A Singles Collection
(1992)

Alternative cover

1992 U.S. edition

Singles from Holidays in Eden

"Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)"
Released: 28 May 1991
"No One Can"
Released: 22 July 1991
"Dry Land"
Released: 23 September 1991

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Q	^[2]

Holidays in Eden is the sixth studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1991. Recorded at Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire and Westside Studios in London, it was the band's second album with vocalist Steve Hogarth and the first completely written without previous lead singer Fish.

Partly due to producer Christopher Neil, many of the songs feature a mainstream pop rock sound as opposed to progressive rock of previous works, and Hogarth has described Holidays in Eden as "Marillion's 'pop'est album ever".^[3] It reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

Cover art

As with the previous release, Seasons End, the cover art was designed by Bill Smith Studio using a monochromatic painting by illustrator Sarah Ball showing various stylised animals, a tree with a snake around it at the centre, and dominated by a darkish blue colour for the front cover. Holidays in Eden was Marillion's first album not to feature their original logo in any recognisable form, using the band name in a normal typeface instead.

Release

Holidays in Eden was released in Europe on 24 June 1991 by EMI Records on CD^{[nb 1]}, LP^{[nb 2]} and cassette.^[5] It peaked at number 7 in the UK, spending 7 weeks in the charts,^[4] and became Marillion's first studio album not to gain any sales certification. The album reached number 7 in the Netherlands and number 10 in Germany.

In the U.S., Holidays in Eden was issued on 25 February 1992 by the I.R.S. Records label on CD^{[nb 3]} and cassette.^[5] The American edition featured two new tracks, "A Collection" and "How Can It Hurt", which were the B-sides of the original "No One Can" and "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" singles, respectively. In addition, the track order was rearranged and the title for "No One Can" was lengthened by adding "… Take You Away from Me". Finally, slightly different cover art was used, featuring the original cover overlaid with the new "MAR" "ILL" "ION" logo and the album title in the middle left of the cover in a straight line, rather than the original circle around the moon at the centre top.

As part of a series of Marillion's first eight studio albums, EMI Records re-released Holidays in Eden on 23 February 1998 with 24-bit digital remastered sound and a second disc containing bonus tracks^{[nb 4]}.^[5] A new 180g heavy weight vinyl pressing^{[nb 5]} identical to the original 1991 edition was released in 2012.^[6]

Three singles, "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)", "No One Can" and "Dry Land" were released, with the first preceding the album. "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" was a re-write of Hogarth's earlier band How We Live's song "Simon's Car". "Dry Land" had previously been the title track of How We Live's only album released in 1987. Each of the three singles were minor hits in the UK attaining Top 40 spots.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas and Ian Mosley, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Splintering Heart"		6:52
2.	"Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)"		3:55
3.	"The Party"		5:37
4.	"No One Can"		4:40

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Holidays in Eden"	Hogarth, Rothery, Kelly, Trewavas, Mosley, John Helmer	5:28
6.	"Dry Land"	Hogarth, Colin Woore	4:43
7.	"Waiting to Happen"		4:56
8.	"This Town"		3:19
9.	"The Rakes Progress"		1:54
10.	"100 Nights"	Rothery, Kelly, Trewavas, Mosley	6:42
Total length:			48:17

1998 remastered edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sympathy"	Mark Ashton, Graham Stansfield, David Kaffinetti, Stephen Gould	3:29
2.	"How Can It Hurt"		4:11
3.	"A Collection"	Hogarth, Rothery, Kelly, Trewavas, Mosley, Helmer	2:59
4.	"Cover My Eyes" (acoustic version, recorded at The Racket Club acoustic sessions May '92)		2:34
5.	"Sympathy" (acoustic version, recorded at The Racket Club acoustic sessions May '92)	Ashton, Stansfield, Kaffinetti, Gould	2:31
6.	"I Will Walk on Water" (alternative mix)		5:14
7.	"Splintering Heart" (live at the Moles Club)		6:41
8.	"You Don't Need Anyone" (Moles Club demo, recorded December '90)	Hogarth	4:03
9.	"No One Can" (Moles Club demo, recorded December '90)		4:51
10.	"The Party" (Moles Club demo, recorded December '90)		5:45
11.	"This Town" (Moles Club demo, recorded December '90)		4:15
12.	"Waiting to Happen" (Moles Club demo, recorded December '90)		5:31
13.	"Eric"		2:31
14.	"The Epic (Fairground)" (Mushroom Farm demo, recorded March '89)		8:31
Total length:			63:13

Tracks 6, 8-14 of the 1998 remastered edition bonus disc had previously been unreleased.

1992 U.S. edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cover My Eyes"	3:56
2.	"No One Can Take You Away from Me"	4:39
3.	"Splintering Heart"	6:51
4.	"The Party"	5:36
5.	"A Collection"	2:58
6.	"Holidays in Eden"	5:58
7.	"How Can It Hurt"	4:09
8.	"Dry Land"	4:42
9.	"Waiting to Happen"	4:55
10.	"This Town"	3:18
11.	"The Rakes Progress"	1:54
12.	"100 Nights"	6:42

Personnel

Marillion

Steve Hogarth – vocals
Steve Rothery – guitar; photography (1998 remastered edition)
Mark Kelly – keyboards
Pete Trewavas – bass and backing vocals
Ian Mosley – drums and percussion

Technical personnel

Christopher Neil – production and backing vocals
Rob Eaton – recording and mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering (at Sterling Sound, New York)
Peter Mew – 1998 digital remastering (November 1997 at Abbey Road, London)
Bill Smith Studio – design
Sarah Ball – illustration
Paul Cox – photography

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[8]	7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[10]	36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	17
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	7

References

Notes

1 2 EMI CDP 796822 2, CDEMD 1022
↑ EMI 064-79 6822 1
↑ I.R.S. X2-13138
↑ EMI 7243 4 93372 2 0
↑ EMI 50999 621807 1 9, VEMD 1022

Citations

↑ Demalon, Tom. Marillion: "Holidays in Eden" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
↑ Henderson, Dave (July 1991). Q. Missing or empty |title= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Hogarth, Steve (1998). Holidays in Eden (booklet). Marillion. London: EMI Records (7243 4 93372 2 0). p. 20.
1 2 "Marillion – Holidays in Eden". Official Chart Company. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
1 2 3 "Album: Holidays in Eden". Bert ter Steege. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
↑ "Holidays in Eden". The Official Marillion Website. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Marillion". Official Chart Company. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Marillion – Holidays in Eden" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Marillion – Holidays in Eden" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Marillion – Holidays in Eden". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Marillion – Holidays in Eden". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

External links

The Official Marillion Website

Marillion

Steve Rothery Mark Kelly Pete Trewavas Ian Mosley Steve 'h' Hogarth Mick Pointer Brian Jelliman Doug 'Rastus' Irvine Fish Diz Minnett Andy Ward John 'Martyr' Marter Jonathan Mover

Studio albums	Script for a Jester's Tear Fugazi Misplaced Childhood Clutching at Straws Seasons End Holidays in Eden Brave Afraid of Sunlight This Strange Engine Radiation marillion.com Anoraknophobia Marbles Somewhere Else Happiness Is the Road Less Is More Sounds That Can't Be Made Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)

Compilations	Brief Encounter B'Sides Themselves A Singles Collection The Best of Both Worlds The Best of Marillion The Singles '82–88' The Singles '89-'95

Live albums	Real to Reel The Thieving Magpie Made Again Unplugged at the Walls Anorak in the UK Marbles Live Early Stages Live from Loreley Recital of the Script

Singles	"Market Square Heroes" "He Knows You Know" "Garden Party" "Punch and Judy" "Assassing" "Kayleigh" "Lavender" "Heart Of Lothian" "Lady Nina" "Welcome to the Garden Party" "Incommunicado" "Sugar Mice" "Warm Wet Circles" "Freaks (Live)" "Hooks in You" "The Uninvited Guest" "Easter" "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" "No One Can" "Dry Land" "Sympathy" "No One Can" (1992) "The Great Escape" "The Hollow Man" "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" "Beautiful" "Man of a Thousand Faces" "80 Days" "These Chains" "Between You and Me"/"Map of the World" "You're Gone" "Don't Hurt Yourself" "The Damage" (Live) "See It Like a Baby" "Thankyou Whoever You Are"/"Most Toys" "Carol of the Bells"

Related articles	Marillion discography Brave, the Film

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