One can only guess that
Fish released
Acoustic Session as a way of announcing the birth of his privately held record company The Dick Bros. Record Company. Recorded live at the Funny Farm with apparently no audience participation (
Fish's house perhaps?), the record features nine tracks, including "Lucky," an animated version of "Internal Exile,"
Marillion's "Kayleigh," and a warm, stripped down version of "Sugar Mice." On its original
Marillion two-track demo version, "Sugar Mice" had benefited from a simple, acoustic arrangement. The song was later augmented by additional instrumentation (as evidenced on
Clutching at Straws). The version included on
Acoustic Session makes a good argument for restoring the song to its original simple mantra. "Somebody Special" is another winner, as is "Lady Let It Lie," which sounds almost Baroque.
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John Franck, Rovi