The Best of Both Worlds compilation album from the band Marillion

Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

. The songs come from both the Fish

Fish (singer)

Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

 era and Steve Hogarth

Steve Hogarth

Steve Hogarth also known as "h", is the lead vocalist and occasional keyboardist/guitarist with the British rock band Marillion. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with The Europeans and vocalist with How We Live...

 era of the band. This was put together by Lucy Jordache who was working for EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 at the time. This release came after the band were dropped from the EMI roster, and it was a close collaboration between Miss Jordache and The Freaks Mailinglist. The record contains two discs. The first disc is from the Fish era and the second contains material from the Steve Hogarth era.

It contains no previously unreleased material.

Disc one

1. "Script for a Jester's Tear
   Script for a Jester's Tear
   Script for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1983. It reached number seven on the UK album chart and stayed on the chart for 31 weeks, the second longest chart residency of a Marillion album....
   
   "
2. "Market Square Heroes
   Market Square Heroes
   "Market Square Heroes" is the debut single of neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1982 with "Three Boats Down From The Candy" as the B-side...
   
   " (B'Sides
   B'Sides Themselves
   B'Sides Themselves is a compilation of single B-sides by the rock band Marillion released on CD only in January 1988. This was the first time that those B-sides were made available in the then still relatively new Compact Disc format...
   
    version)
3. "He Knows You Know
   He Knows You Know
   "He Knows You Know" is Marillion's second single, with "Charting the Single" as the B-side. It was released from their first album, Script for a Jester's Tear, and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's theme is drug abuse, and alludes particularly to intravenous drug use...
   
   "
4. "Forgotten Sons
   Script for a Jester's Tear
   Script for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1983. It reached number seven on the UK album chart and stayed on the chart for 31 weeks, the second longest chart residency of a Marillion album....
   
   "
5. "Garden Party"
6. "Assassing
   Fugazi (album)
   Fugazi is the second studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1984 and was the first album with Ian Mosley on drums. It reached no. 5 on the UK album charts, stayed on the chart for a total of 20 weeks and contained the UK top 40 singles Punch And Judy and...
   
   " (Single version)
7. "Punch and Judy
   Punch and Judy (song)
   "Punch and Judy" is the first single from Marillion's second studio album Fugazi. The lyrics of the song are about a marriage gone bad.The single reached no. 29 on the UK singles charts in February 1984...
   
   "
8. "Kayleigh
   Kayleigh
   "Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of...
   
   " (Single version)
9. "Lavender
   Lavender (Marillion song)
   "Lavender" is neo-progressive rock band Marillion's second single from their breakthrough album Misplaced Childhood. The follow-up to the big UK number 2 hit "Kayleigh", the song was their second Top 5 UK hit, entering the chart on 7 September 1985, reaching number 5 and staying on the chart for 9...
   
   " (Single version)
10. "Heart of Lothian
    Heart of Lothian
    "Heart Of Lothian" is the fifth song on the 1985 album Misplaced Childhood by British progressive rock band Marillion. The song was released as the third single from Misplaced Childhood on 18 November 1985 in the UK, the Netherlands, West Germany, Canada , South Africa and Australia.The 7" and 12"...
    
    " (Single version)
11. "Inncommunicado
    Incommunicado (song)
    Incommunicado is the lead single of Marillion's fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws. Released 11 May 1987, it reached number six in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's third top-ten hit, the last until 2004. It became a minor hit on the Dutch Top 40 reaching number 31...
    
    "
12. "Warm Wet Circles
    Clutching at Straws
    Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988...
    
    " (Single version)
13. "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)
    Clutching at Straws
    Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988...
    
    "
14. "Sugar Mice
    Clutching at Straws
    Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988...
    
    "

Disc two

1. "Uninvited Guest"
2. "Easter"
3. "Hooks In You" (Meaty Mix)
4. "The Space"
5. "Cover My Eyes"
6. "No One Can"
7. "Dry Land"
8. "Waiting To Happen"
9. "The Great Escape"
10. "Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury" (Radio Edit)
11. "Made Again"
12. "King"
13. "Afraid Of Sunlight"
14. "Beautiful" (Radio Edit)
15. "Cannibal Surf Babe"

Although it is not mentioned in the album credits, the version of Easter presented here is the single/video edit.

Personnel

• Steve Rothery
  Steve Rothery
  Steve Rothery is the guitarist of the English rock band Marillion. He was born in Brampton, South Yorkshire, England. From the age of six he lived in Whitby, North Yorkshire.-Biography:...
  
   - guitars
• Mark Kelly - keyboards
• Pete Trewavas
  Pete Trewavas
  Pete Trewavas is an English musician. He joined Marillion in 1982, taking over the role of bassist, from Diz Minnett, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist.Although he was born in Middlesbrough, Trewavas spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of...
  
   - bass
• Ian Mosley
  Ian Mosley
  Ian F. Mosley is a drummer in the progressive rock band, Marillion.Mosley joined the band in 1984 after a long search for a replacement of Mick Pointer, who had been left the band in 1983. Mosley had previously, among others, played with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, both on two of his...
  
   - drums, percussion (except CD 1, tracks 1-5)
• Fish
  Fish (singer)
  Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...
  
   - vocals (CD 1)
• Steve Hogarth
  Steve Hogarth
  Steve Hogarth also known as "h", is the lead vocalist and occasional keyboardist/guitarist with the British rock band Marillion. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with The Europeans and vocalist with How We Live...
  
   - vocals and keyboards (CD 2)
• Mick Pointer
  Mick Pointer
  Mick Pointer , originally from Brill in Buckinghamshire, England, was the original drummer and founding member of the progressive rock band, Marillion...
  
   - drums, percussion (CD 1, tracks 1, 3-5)
• John Marter - drums, percussion (CD 1, track 2)