Brave
by Marillion

Album
Brave by Marillion
Year: 1994
Release date: 1994-02-07
Overall rank: 4,395th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 93 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (84th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (705th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,395th)

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Marillion bestography

Brave is ranked 6th best out of 41 albums by Marillion on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Marillion is Misplaced Childhood which is ranked number 626 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,712.

Marillion album bestography « Higher ranked (3,858th)
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Brave Lower ranked (7,355th) »
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Brave rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,395th | 1990s rank: 705th | 1994 rank: 84th  Overall chart history
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77/100 (from 93 votes)
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 !		08/18/2026 12:05 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,22874/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.


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Brave forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 07/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5378): By sssvnnn
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s by ) 1. by (1992) 2. by (1997) 3. by (1996) 4. by by (1993) 6. (1998) 7. by (1990) 8. by (1998) 9. (1994) 10. by (1996) 11. by (1996) 12. (1995) 13. by (1994) 14. by by (1992) 16. by (1990) 17. by (1998) 18. by (1994) 19. by by (1990) 21.…”
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“I've got a if you want to check that out, but here are some prog albums that I like that are a bit more under-the-radar than your usual Yes, Rush, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis stuff: I feel like everyone remembers Focus for "Hocus Pocus" and that's it (though "Hocus Pocus" is amazing), but…”
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From 05/22/2025 12:24 | #309096 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
To this date the last great Marillion - Album . All the following have major flaws . Either too much ``Pop-appeal`` ; too much Hogarth and not enough Rothery . (Edited)
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Really great composition and tone. Alone Again is fantastic.
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really dark...
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