Suits (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Suits
Type = Album
Artist = Fish


Released = 16 May 1994
Genre = Progressive rock
Label = Dick Bros Record Company
Producer = James Cassidy
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifexqwhldse link]

Last album = "Songs from the Mirror"
(1993)
This album = "Suits"
(1994)
Next album = "Yin/Yang"
(1995)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Artwork on 1998 Roadrunner Records release Singles
Name = Suits
Type = album
single 1 = Lady Let It Lie
single 1 date = 5 April 1994
single 2 = Fortunes of War
single 2 date = 19, 26 September, 3 October, 10 October 1994

"Suits" (1994) is the fourth solo album by former Marillion singer Fish, and his third studio album with original material (discounting 1993's cover project Songs from the Mirror). It is the first album to be released on Fish's new own label, the Dick Bros Record Company, which he set up after being dropped by Polydor.The album continues the cooperation with produced James Cassidy who had already produced "Songs from the Mirror". Cassidy also contributed keyboards recordings and co-wrote five out of ten songs on the original version of this album. Together with keyboardist Foster Paterson, who had been part of the tour line-up since 1992 and co-wrote three tracks, Cassidy takes the role previously held by Mickey Simmonds. Further songwriting credits go to guitarist Robin Boult and bassist David Paton.The album took Fish the longest time yet to make, several songs on it had already premiered live in summer of 1992.

ingles and chart positions

Despite the lack of major label support, it went to no. 18 on the UK Album Charts, doing better than both the 1991 album Internal Exile (#21) and "Songs from the Mirror", which didn't chart. However, this would turn out to be Fish's last UK top 40 album (as of February 2008). [UK Top 40 Hit Database, [http://www.everyhit.com/] ] Two singles released from this album (Lady Let It Lie and Fortunes of War) failed to enter the UK top 40. In an attempt to keep up sales for "Fortunes of War" over a longer period, Fish had decided to release four versions of the CD single across four weeks. As an incentive, every individual single CD contained a different version of the title track and three different acoustic recordings each, adding up to a full acoustic album in terms of playing time. However, record shops frustrated this scheme by often selling the complete 4-disc set at one time.

Re-releases

After Fish signed with Roadrunner Records in 1998, "Suits" was re-released on this label along with the other studio albums from the backcatalogue. The re-release contained two bonus tracks previously released as B-side of "Lady Let It Lie" and the double vinyl edition.

Track listing

Note: "Dick" is Fish's actual surname.

#"Mr 1470" – 06:04 (Dick/Paterson/Boult)
#"Lady Let It Lie" - 06:53 (Dick/Paton/Cassidy)
#"Emperor's Song" – 06:18 (Dick/Cassidy/Boult)
#"Fortunes Of War" - 07:50 (Dick/Cassidy/Boult)
#"Somebody Special" - 05:22 (Dick/Boult/Paton)
#"No Dummy" - 06:16 (Dick/Cassidy/Boult)
#"Pipeline" - 06:43 (Dick/Paton/Boult)
#"Jumpsuit City" - 06:49 (Dick/Cassidy/Boult)
#"Bandwagon" - 05:07 (Dick/Paton/Boult/Paterson/Wilkinson)
#"Raw Meat" – 07:17 (Dick/Paterson)

Remastered edition

11. "Black Canal" - 08:26 (Dick/Paterson)
    
12. "Out Of My Life" – 03:45 (Dick/Boult)
    

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