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A really great DVD with a bunch of really BAD videos!
You know, I love Marillion. Always have (ever since I first saw the video for "Kayleigh" on MTV in 1985...yes, American MTV) and always will. And I think it's about time that they finally released something on DVD, and their video catalogue--which conspicuously leaves out any videos from "This Strange Engine"--is a great start. But if you've never seen a Marillion video before, don't go expecting much in the way of quality. These are, for the most part, some of the worst videos I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. Don't get me wrong, there are some high points: the video for "Kayleigh" will always hold a special place in my heart. "Easter" is by far their finest video accomplishment to date, and the live version of "Warm Wet Circles" gives the viewer a glimpse at just what a fantastic live band these guys are. But the rest are, well, rather embarrasingly bad. This is certainly no reason not to buy this wonderful DVD, for it also holds great comedic value in some of the goofier videos ("Heart Of Lothian", "Incommunicado"). But be warned, if you are the type of person that hates videos because of what they do to your private, cherished mental pictures, you may want to watch with your eyes closed.

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A really great DVD with a bunch of really BAD videos!
Okay. I love Marillion. Always have (ever since I first saw the video for "Kayleigh" on MTV in 1985...yes, American MTV) and always will. And I think it's about time that they finally released something on DVD, and their entire video catalogue is a great start. But if you've never seen a Marillion video before, don't go expecting much in the way of quality. These are, for the most part, some of the worst videos I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. Don't get me wrong, there are some high points: the video for "Kayleigh" will always hold a special place in my heart. "Easter" is by far their finest video accomplishment to date, and the live version of "Warm Wet Circles" gives the viewer a glimpse at just what a fantastic live band these guys are. But the rest are, well, rather embarrasingly bad. This is certainly no reason not to buy this wonderful DVD, for it also holds great comedic value in some of the goofier videos ("Market Square Heroes", "Incommunicado"). But be warned, if you are the type of person that hates videos because of what they do to your private, cherished mental images, you may want to watch with your eyes closed. Keep your eyes peeled for more Marillion DVD releases (updates posted regularly at marillion.com), as official word has it that there are two more on the way.

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Finally!
This collection updates the existing VHS edition of the videos collection, but as the title clearly states, it includes only the EMI singles, thus, videos for songs released while on other labels are missing.

It's in chronological order (although you can see them in random order), including 11 videos from Fish's era (Market Square heroes, He knows you know, Garden party, Assassing, Kayleigh, Lavender, Lady Nina, Heart of Lothian, Incommunicado, Sugar mice and Warm wet circles). These videos were made with very low budgets way back in the mid 80's, so their quality is not that great, but that's not really a problem.

As for the h videos, there are 12 of them (Hooks in you, Uninvited guest, Easter, Cover my eyes, No one can, Dry land, Sympathy, Hollow man, Alone again in the lap of luxury, The great escape, Beautiful) including one that's *hidden* (Deserve). These are better produced videos. Notice that the three videos for the 'Brave' songs seem quite similar, this is because they're all based on a single story (it is, after all, a concept album) and a film.

The music is excellent, as one would expect from the lads, but it's also great fun to see them change through time -- anyone remembers Fish and Mark Kelly when they had hair? Or Steve Rothery when he was thin?

My only complaint is that when you play the videos in random order, there's no way to skip or fast forward the songs...but anyways, who'd want to!