FISH   VIGIL IN A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS
1990
01. Vigil (8:43)
02. Big Wedge (5:19)
03. State Of Mind (4:42)
04. The Company (4:04)
05. A Gentleman's Excuse Me (4:15)
06. The Voyeur (I Like To Watch) (4:42)
07. Family Business (5:14)
08. View From The Hill (6:38)
09. Cliché (7:01)

Total playing time: 51:14

Bonus tracks (Roadrunner re-release, 1998):

10. Jack And Jill (4:28) (Dick/Simmonds)
11. Internal Exile (4:52) (demo)
12. The Company (4:29) (demo)
13. A Gentleman's Excuse Me (3:55) (demo)
14. Whiplash (4:21) (Dick/Simmonds)

Total playing time: 73:30

1. Vigil (Dick/Simmonds) P 1990
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitars
    Hal Lindes: Guitar
    Davy Spillane: Pipes & Whistle
    Phil Cunningham: Whistle
2. Big Wedge (Dick/Simmonds) P 1989
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitars
    Hal Lindes: Guitar
    Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals
    Luis Jardim: Percussion
    Kick Horns: Horns
    Kick Horns: Brass arrangement (Lorimer, Sanders, Clarke, Spong)
3. State Of Mind (Dick/Simmonds/Lindes) P 1989
    John Keeble: Drums (courtesy of CBS Records)
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitars
    Hal Lindes: Guitar
    Carol Kenyon: Backing Vocals
    Luis Jardim: Percussion
4. The Company (Dick/Simmonds) P 1990
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitars
    Hal Lindes: Guitar
    Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals
    Luis Jardim: Percussion
    Strings orchestrated by Gavin Wright
    Phil Cunningham: Bodhran, Accordian & Whistle
    Aly Bain, Gavin Wright: Violins
    Arranged by Simmonds/Dick
    Strings arranged by Simmonds
5. A Gentleman's Excuse Me (Dick/Simmonds) P 1990
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Hal Lindes: Guitars
    Strings & Horns orchestrated by Mickey Simmonds
6. The Voyeur (I Like To Watch) (Dick/Simmonds) P 1989
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitars
    Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals
    Luis Jardim: Percussion
7. Family Business (Dick/Simmonds/Lindes) P 1990
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitars
    Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals
    Arranged by Simmonds/Dick/Gers
8. View From The Hill (Dick/Gers) P 1990
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Janick Gers: Guitar
    Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals
9. Cliché (Dick/Simmonds/Lindes) P 1990
    Mark Brzezicki: Drums
    John Giblin: Bass
    Mickey Simmonds: Keyboards
    Frank Usher: Guitar
    Carol Kenyon, Tessa Niles: Backing Vocals
    Luis Jardim: Percussion
    Arranged by Simmonds/Dick
Engineered & produced by John Kelly
Assistant engineer: Al Stone (The Court Jester)

Thanks to: Klark Teknik, Harman Audio, Peavey, Akai & Sound Control Edinburgh for equipment supplied.
Thanks to: Eric Miller, Keith Inverarity, Alisdair Gow, The Royal Bank Of Scotland, Dalkeith, Hibernian F.C. Keith Slaughter, Johnny & Martin Jenkinson, Jimmy Dubickas, David & Kenny Dunn. Mitch, Dougie, Jimmy Dunn, Rennie Thomson, Murdie, Willie Goodal & all the boys who helped me build the house on the hill, Bruce Watson, John Keeble, Alison Jones, Neil Hay, Janick Gers, Hal Lindes, Chris Kimsey, Judy Totten

Special thanks to my wife Tamara, Mum & Dad, my sister Laura, John & Loraine Cavanggh, Mickey & Sarah Simmonds, Andy & Ash Field, Steve Robinson, Toots Hurry, Robert Flury, Frank Usher, Jon Kelly, Al Stone, Robin Boult, Mark & Steve Brzezicki, Mark Wilkinson, Stef Jeffrey, Tony Smith, Jon Crawley, Howard Jones, Howard Rubin, Alan Stirling, Fred Cucchi, all at Waterside Bistro, Robbie the Pict, Nick Gatfield, Malcolm Hill, Brian Munns, Amanda Rabbs & all at EMI & to everyone who has played on & contributed to this album for standing by me & giving me their hope, love & encouragement, support & faith, without which I would never have been able to climb this hill

Thanks to Marillion for showing me the hill
Illustrations by Mark Wilkinson from a concept by Fish
Design by Russel Walker
Photographer: Coneyl Jay, with thanks to The Sullivans & many others for patiently posing TV personalities from 'The Golden Age' by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

This album is dedicated to William Jeffrey, who never had a chance to see the hill

(P) © 1990 EMI Records Ltd.

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