Formats and Re-issues
The album was originally released on Cassette, vinyl LP, 12" Picture Disc and CD. In 1999 the album was re-released in a remastered version, with the addition of a second cd consisting of demo tapes from the writing sessions for the then-planned untitled and subsequently aborted fifth album, right before Fish left. Much of the leftover musical material was then used on the official fifth Marillion album Seasons End, with new lyrics penned by John Helmer and the new singer Steve Hogarth, while some of the original lyrics for the music ended up in one form or another on Fish's solo albums - for example, the Voice In the Crowd concept would inform much of Vigil In a Wilderness of Mirrors. The remastered edition was later also made available without the bonus disc.
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