Fish - Internal Exile (Studio & Live Recordings) (2024) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Fish
Title: Internal Exile (Studio & Live Recordings)
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: 7Hz Productions
Genre: Progressive Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24/44,1, FLAC (tracks), 320 kbps
Total Time: 01:25:47
Total Size: 1 GB / 621 / 219 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Internal Exile (Studio & Live Recordings)
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: 7Hz Productions
Genre: Progressive Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24/44,1, FLAC (tracks), 320 kbps
Total Time: 01:25:47
Total Size: 1 GB / 621 / 219 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Credo (1995 re-recording, 2024 remix) (6:46)
02. Just Good Friends (1995 recording with Sam Brown, 2024 remix) (5:49)
03. Lucky (1995 re-recording, 2024 remix) (4:58)
04. Favourite Stranger (1995 re-recording with Sam Brown, 2024 remix) (7:08)
05. Lucky (1994 Utrecht Vredenburg Live) (5:00)
06. Poet's Moon (1994 Utrecht Vredenburg Live) (4:13)
07. Just Good Friends (1994 Utrecht Vredenburg Live) (6:18)
08. Internal Exile (1994 Utrecht Vredenberg Live) (4:42)
09. Credo (1994 Utrecht Vredenberg Live) (7:04)
10. Favourite Stranger (2006 St Mary’s Haddington acoustic Live) (5:50)
11. Just Good Friends (2006 St Mary’s Haddington acoustic Live) (6:03)
12. Lucky (1994 TJ’s Newport, acoustic Live) (6:06)
13. Dear Friend (1994 Mean Fiddler London acoustic Live) (4:02)
14. Shadowplay (1991 Playhouse Edinburgh Live) (6:46)
15. Internal Exile (1997 Rynek Przemyszl Live) (5:02)
- Derek Dick "Fish" / lead vocals
With:
- Frank Usher / lead & rhythm guitars
- Robin Boult / lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Mickey Simmonds / keyboards
- Charlie McKerron / fiddle (8)
- Marc Duff / whistles (8)
- Donald Shaw / box accordion (8)
- David Paton / bass, backing vocals
- Ethan Johns / drums, percussion
- Ted Mckenna / drums & percussion (7,8)
- Maryen Cairns / backing vocals
- Chris Kimsey / backing vocals, producing & mixing
‘Internal Exile’, Fish’s second solo album post-Marillion, originally released in 1991, has been remixed by Calum Malcolm for 2024. Working from the excellent original ’91 recordings, Calum Malcolm has reinvented ‘Internal Exile’ and it now stands a very strong and proud follow up to ‘Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors’. The songs were always independently powerful but now they have been brought together into a cohesive and energised collection that is balanced and flows as it was always intended to.
The ‘Difficult second album’ once again featured Mickey Simmonds as lead on the writing team at the now christened ‘Funny Farm Recording Studios.’ They were joined by Robin Boult and Frank Usher, who’d taken up the position of twin guitarists in the touring band. The outbuilding that had been the old writing/rehearsal rooms was now evolving into a fully-fledged recording studio, and in the summer of ’91, work began on the ‘Internal Exile’ album with Chris Kimsey as producer.
A lot had happened since the ‘Vigil’ album, including a high court litigation over contractual issues with EMI, which resulted in a move to Polydor Records in early 1991. The songwriting had been plagued by outside interference and financial strains, and the stressful environment resulted in an album that, in some ways, lacked direction. The songs were powerful but not cohesive as an album, and the title ‘A Collection of a Boy’s Own Stories – Internal Exile’ summed it up.
There were the Progressive Rock epics of ‘Shadowplay’ and ‘Tongues,’ a direct comment on the litigation proceedings, the more straightforward rock approaches of ‘Credo,’ ‘Poets Moon,’ and ‘Lucky,’ while at the same time, there were seemingly slightly country influences over ‘Just Good Friends,’ ‘Dear Friend,’ and ‘Favourite Stranger.’ It was a mishmash of styles, but individually, every song was strong.
‘Internal Exile,’ which had been written back in 1989 sessions and originally recorded during the ‘Vigil’ sessions, was rerecorded. It had traditional roots that were echoed in ’Shadowplay’ and in other songs. As far as influences and styles went, it was a mosaic of an album, which was perhaps an indication of the freedom Fish now had, but also the slight confusion in direction after the trauma of the previous months.
There are no weak tracks on the album, and every song has been a favorite on stage, but at the time, it was perhaps a disappointment to some fans after the debut of ‘Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors.’
Chris Kimsey produced the sessions with Berlin tech Thomas Stiehler engineering at the brand-new Funny Farm Recording Studios. It was the first album to be recorded there, and trial-testing the studio created a lot of issues. The writing had all come together by the time recording began in June, and the principal members of the band were in place.
The ‘Difficult second album’ once again featured Mickey Simmonds as lead on the writing team at the now christened ‘Funny Farm Recording Studios.’ They were joined by Robin Boult and Frank Usher, who’d taken up the position of twin guitarists in the touring band. The outbuilding that had been the old writing/rehearsal rooms was now evolving into a fully-fledged recording studio, and in the summer of ’91, work began on the ‘Internal Exile’ album with Chris Kimsey as producer.
A lot had happened since the ‘Vigil’ album, including a high court litigation over contractual issues with EMI, which resulted in a move to Polydor Records in early 1991. The songwriting had been plagued by outside interference and financial strains, and the stressful environment resulted in an album that, in some ways, lacked direction. The songs were powerful but not cohesive as an album, and the title ‘A Collection of a Boy’s Own Stories – Internal Exile’ summed it up.
There were the Progressive Rock epics of ‘Shadowplay’ and ‘Tongues,’ a direct comment on the litigation proceedings, the more straightforward rock approaches of ‘Credo,’ ‘Poets Moon,’ and ‘Lucky,’ while at the same time, there were seemingly slightly country influences over ‘Just Good Friends,’ ‘Dear Friend,’ and ‘Favourite Stranger.’ It was a mishmash of styles, but individually, every song was strong.
‘Internal Exile,’ which had been written back in 1989 sessions and originally recorded during the ‘Vigil’ sessions, was rerecorded. It had traditional roots that were echoed in ’Shadowplay’ and in other songs. As far as influences and styles went, it was a mosaic of an album, which was perhaps an indication of the freedom Fish now had, but also the slight confusion in direction after the trauma of the previous months.
There are no weak tracks on the album, and every song has been a favorite on stage, but at the time, it was perhaps a disappointment to some fans after the debut of ‘Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors.’
Chris Kimsey produced the sessions with Berlin tech Thomas Stiehler engineering at the brand-new Funny Farm Recording Studios. It was the first album to be recorded there, and trial-testing the studio created a lot of issues. The writing had all come together by the time recording began in June, and the principal members of the band were in place.