Marbles
by Marillion

Album
Marbles by Marillion
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-05-03
Overall rank: 3,798th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 85 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (59th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (641st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,798th)

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Marillion bestography

Marbles is ranked 5th best out of 41 albums by Marillion on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Marillion is Misplaced Childhood which is ranked number 614 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,745.

Marillion album bestography « Higher ranked (2,556th)
Fugazi This album (3,798th)
Marbles Lower ranked (4,335th) »
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Marbles track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Invisible Man
Average Rating: 80 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
Marbles I
Average Rating: 71 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Genie
Average Rating: 74 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Fantastic Place
Average Rating: 79 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
The Only Unforgivable Thing
Average Rating: 78 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Marbles II
Average Rating: 73 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Ocean Cloud
Average Rating: 80 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Marbles III
Average Rating: 73 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
The Damage
Average Rating: 74 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Don't Hurt Yourself
Average Rating: 76 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
You're Gone
Average Rating: 76 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Angelina
Average Rating: 76 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
Drilling Holes
Average Rating: 73 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Marbles IV
Average Rating: 73 (15 votes)Comments: View 0
15.
Neverland
Average Rating: 85 (37 votes)Comments: View 1

Marbles rankings

Marbles rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,798th | 2000s rank: 641st | 2004 rank: 59th  Overall chart history
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Marbles ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 85 votes)
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55/100
 !		28 hours ago doombringer  Ratings distribution  2,34875/100
 
80/100
 !		08/18/2026 12:05 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,10574/100
 
70/100
 !		07/19/2026 23:21 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,60070/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.


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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 3 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By Deckiller
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Deckiller () 1. by by (2015) 3. by (2002) 4. by (1969) 5. by (1969) 6. by by (1992) 8. by by by (1970) 11. by by (1986) 13. by (1981) 15. (1977) 17. by (1986) 18. by (2013) 20. (1969) 21. by (1972) 22. by (1973) 23. by (1971) 24. by by…”
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From svk4ever 05/16/2021 15:56 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From dihansse 05/16/2019 13:51 in My discoveries per year
“Here are some more albums I hadn't listened to from the years 2000-2009: - (nr 38 of 2003 and nr 1624 overall): not my thing - (nr 43 of 2003 and nr 1745 overall): Ween is one of this bands I really want to learn to appreciate but until now didn't really but this album caught my attention. I'm…”
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Marbles comments

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From 28 hours ago | #316020
Most of the songs would work just fine as background music in a bar . Sorry , big Marillion-Fan here , but this album is very boring and dragging along for 70+ minutes . Very few Highlights (Neverland ; Ocean Cloud) and Hogarth`s whining is also annoying.
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From 02/11/2021 22:05 | #266189 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Ideally combines progressive with pop, not something you encounter very often.
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85/100
From 01/01/2018 08:21 | #204301 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I am referring to the single disc version here. Marillion managed to hit the jackpot with the collection of songs. Briliant start and end tracks filled with wonderful shorter tracks. This is the last of the Marillion classics
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