Fellini Days is Fish's seventh solo studio album (sixth of original material) since leaving Marillion in 1988, his first since Raingods with Zippos (1999) and the first on his own label Chocolate Frog Records.

Fellini Days
Cover art by Mark Wilkinson
Studio album by
Released2 May 2001 (mail-order)
13 August 2001 (retail)
Recorded2001
GenreNeo-progressive rock
Length57:07 (album)
63:00 (companion disc)
LabelChocolate Frog Records
Snapper Music
ProducerElliot Ness
Fish chronology
Raingods with Zippos
(1999)
Fellini Days
(2001)
Field of Crows
(2004)
Companion CD cover
cover of the companion CD
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang![2]

"Having long ago cast into exile the ghosts of prog rock, Fish ushers guitars and female singers to the fore," observed Classic Rock, "and blends his trademark poetry into the spacious but claustrophobic, almost Waitsian '3D', the blues rock weight of 'Long Cold Day' and the gathering dramas of 'Tiki 4', 'The Pilgrim's Address' and the slowly creeping 'Clock Moves Sideways'."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "3D" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 9.11
  2. "So Fellini" (Dick/Wesley) – 4.06
  3. "Tiki 4" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 7.32
  4. "Our Smile" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 5.25
  5. "Long Cold Day" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 5.33
  6. "Dancing in Fog" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 5.30
  7. "Obligatory Ballad" (Dick/Wesley) – 5.15
  8. "The Pilgrim's Address" (Dick/Wesley) – 7.18
  9. "Clock Moves Sideways" (Dick/Wesley) – 7.17

Bonus "Companion Disc"

  1. "3D" (live in Rotterdam 10/5/01)
  2. "So Fellini" (live in Poznan 31/05/01)
  3. "Tiki 4" (live in Oslo 18/05/01)
  4. "Pilgrim's Address" (live in Oslo 18/05/01)
  5. "Clock Moves Sideways" (live in Oslo 18/05/01)
  6. "Dancing In Fog" (History Of Guns remix)
  7. "Obligatory Ballad" (Spaced Out remix)
  8. "Clock Moves Sideways" (Two Clocks in One Whole remix)
  9. "Our Smile" (Acoustic Version)

2015 The Remasters edition

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Disc One Original studio album

Disc Two (Demos)

  1. "3D" – 9:36
  2. "So Fellini" – 2:56
  3. "So Fellini" – 4:38
  4. "Aggro" – 4:34
  5. "Clock Moves Sideways" – 5:00
  6. "Tiki 4" – 2:14
  7. "Tiki 4" – 4:52
  8. "Long Cold Day" – 5:00
  9. "End Of The Line" – 3:14
  10. "Federico" – 4:00
  11. "The Pilgrim's Address" – 3:38
  12. "Our Smile" - 5:28
  13. "Dancing In Fog" - 6:17

Total time: 61:27

Disc Three (Radio Edits & Live)

  1. "3D" – 8:55
  2. "So Fellini" – 4:25
  3. "Long Cold Day" – 6:26
  4. "The Pilgrim's Address" – 8:40
  5. "Clock Moves Sideways" – 7:27
  6. "Our Smile" - 7:19
  7. "Tiki 4" – 7:51
  8. "Clock Moves Sideways" – 7:32
  9. "So Fellini" – 3:59
  10. "The Pilgrim's Address" – 9:40

Total time: 72:24

Credits (directly from sleeve notes)

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Recorded at The Studio, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland with additional recordings taken from sessions at The Grand Hotel, Pristina, Kosovo and live recordings from Leeuwarden, Utrecht and Oberhausen. Recorded, engineered and produced by Elliot Ness. Mixed by Calum Malcolm and Elliot Ness. Mastered by Calum Malcolm.

  • Lead vocals: Fish
  • Guitars: John Wesley
  • Keyboards: John Young
  • Bass: Steve Vantsis
  • Drums: Dave Stewart
  • Backing Vocals: Susie Webb and Zoe Nicholas
  • Percussion: Dave Haswell

Loop programming Eric DeWolf

Bonus disc credits: Engineered, recorded, mixed and produced by Elliot Ness. Mastered by Dallas Simpson at Serendipity.

  • Drums: John Marter (1-5)
  • Bass: Steve Barnacle (1-5)
  • Keyboards: John Young (1/4/5/6)
  • Jim Heyden (2)
  • Max Rael (6/7/8)
  • Vocals: Fish
  • B-Vocals: Susie Webb and Zoe Nicholas (3/5/9)
  • Programming: Max Rael (6/7/8)
  • Loops: Courtesy of Amg (6/7/8)
  • Guitars: John Wesley.

References

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  1. ^ Mawer, Sharon (2011). "Fellini Days - Fish | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ^ Shiels, Liam (4 August 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 864. UK: EMAP. p. 46.
  3. ^ Clerk, Carol (August 2001). "New releases". Classic Rock. p. 81.