Holidays in Eden is the sixth studio album by the British 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...

, released in 1991. It is their second with vocalist 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...

 and has been regarded by many fans as a setback from their previous albums due to its mainstream-oriented sound and songwriting. It was recorded after the Seasons End

Seasons End (album)

Seasons End was the first album recorded by Marillion after the split with Fish in late 1988. The band started to audition singers while writing the new album, and they eventually chose Steve Hogarth...

 tour which had lasted almost a year. Despite the band's obvious efforts to create a recording more appealing to mainstream media, thus attracting new fans, Holidays In Eden

Eden

Eden may refer to:* Garden of Eden, a place described in the biblical book of Genesis-Film and television:* Eden , a character from the Aladdin television series...

could not compete regarding sales or chart positions with the band's first four studio albums from the 1980s. That said, it did not completely lack progressive rock elements, beginning with the near seven minute "Splintering Heart" and culminating as it did in a "triptych" of three linked songs, "This Town", "The Rakes Progress", and "100 Nights", documenting the narrator's decline into moral decadence.

"Dry Land" was previously recorded by Hogarth's earlier band How We Live

How We Live

How We Live was a project between Steve Hogarth and Colin Woore, respectively the keyboard player and guitarist previously of the New Wave band The Europeans. They released one album, Dry Land, in 1987 with Hogarth on vocals, before Hogarth replaced Fish as Marillion's vocalist in 1989...

, while "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" was a re-write of How We Live's "Simon's Car".

Side one

1. "Splintering Heart" – 6:54
2. "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" – 3:54
3. "The Party" – 5:36
4. "No One Can" – 4:41
5. "Holidays in Eden" – 5:38

Side two

1. "Dry Land" – 4:43
2. "Waiting to Happen" – 5:01
3. "This Town" – 3:18
4. "The Rakes Progress" – 1:54
5. "100 Nights" – 6:41

U.S. Version

The U.S. Version, released about 6 months after the original UK version, added 2 new tracks: "A Collection" and "How Can It Hurt", which were the B-Sides of the original "No One Can" and "Cover My Eyes" singles, respectively. In addition, the track order was rearranged and the title for "No One Can" was lengthened. 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.

1. "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" - 3:56
2. "No One Can" - 4:39
3. "Splintering Heart" - 6:51
4. "The Party" - 5:36
5. "A Collection" - 3:00
6. "Holidays in Eden" - 5:28
7. "How Can It Hurt" - 4:10
8. "Dry Land" - 4:43
9. "Waiting to Happen" - 4:56
10. "This Town" - 3:18
11. "The Rakes Progress" - 1:54
12. "100 Nights" - 6:41

1998 Remaster

The remaster, released 23 February 1998, has the same track listing as the original UK release. In addition, a second CD is included, with the following additional tracks:

1. "Sympathy" – 3:30
2. "How Can It Hurt" – 4:11 (b side from cover my eyes)
3. "A Collection" – 3:00
4. "Cover My Eyes" (acoustic version) – 2:34 (b side from no one can part 1 cdmaxi)
5. "Sympathy" (acoustic version) – 2:30 (b side from no one can part 2 cdmaxi)
6. "I Will Walk on Water" (alternative mix) – 5:14
7. "Splintering Heart" (live at the Moles Club) – 6:42
8. "You Don't Need Anyone" (Moles Club demo) – 4:04
9. "No One Can" (Moles Club demo) – 4:51
10. "The Party" (Moles Club demo) – 5:45
11. "This Town" (Moles Club demo) – 4:16
12. "Waiting to Happen" (Moles Club demo) – 5:31
13. "Eric" – 2:32
14. "The Epic (Fairground)" (Mushroom Farm demo) – 8:31

Personnel

• 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
• 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

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1991	UK Album Chart	7

External links

Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com band page):

• Steve Hogarth
• Mark Kelly
• Pete Trewavas