Bouillabaisse is a compilation double album by Fish

Fish (singer)

Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

 released in 2005. It is the third "best-of" collection after Yin and Yang

Yin and Yang (Fish albums)

Yin and Yang are the titles of two separate compilation albums by Fish co-released in 1995. They are a retrospective on Fish's four solo albums and four albums with Marillion....

 (1995) and Kettle of Fish

Kettle of Fish

Kettle of Fish is the title of a compilation album by Fish released in 1998, providing a retrospective on his solo career plus two new songs. Unlike the previous best-of Yin and Yang , this is a single disc and does not include any Marillion material...

(1998), however, it covers Fish's entire solo career up to the previous year's studio album Field of Crows

Field of Crows

Field of Crows is Fish's eighth solo studio album since he left Marillion in 1988 and the first since Fellini Days . Released on Fish's own label Chocolate Frog Records Company, retail distribution is now handled by Snapper Music....

. The songs are divided into two sets: Disc 1, entitled "Balladeer", and disc 2, entitled "Rocketeer".
It also features the single edits Marillion

Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

's three biggest hits, "Kayleigh

Kayleigh

"Kayleigh" was a number two UK hit for British neo-progressive rock band Marillion in 1985. It remains the group's most successful single in terms of chart position. The single was kept from the UK Number 1 spot by charity single "You'll Never Walk Alone" by supergroup The Crowd in the summer of...

", "Lavender" (1985) and "Incommunicado" (1987). (Unlike on Yin and Yang, these are the original versions rather than re-recordings.) It also features an edited version of "Goldfish and Clowns" from Sunsets on Empire

Sunsets on Empire

Sunsets on Empire is a studio album by Fish, the fourth with original material since he left Marillion in 1988. It was mostly written together with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree, who co-composed six of ten tracks on the original version and also produced the album...

(1997) which has never been released due to the planned single being ultimately cancelled.

The only "new" track is Fish's version of the Scottish folk song "Caledonia

Caledonia (song)

Caledonia is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie MacLean somewhere between 1974 and 1977. and published in 1979 on an album of the same name. The chorus features the lyrics "Caledonia, you're calling me, and now I'm going home". MacLean plays the song in the key of E using Open C tuning...

", which had first been released on a 2002 tribute album

Tribute album

A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...

 to Frankie Miller

Frankie Miller

Frankie Miller is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter, who had his biggest success in the 1970s. Miller was raised at Colvend Street, Glasgow with his parents, Cathy and Frank, and elder sisters Letty and Anne. Miller attended Sacred Heart Primary school. He was an altar boy in Sacred Heart Chapel...

, who had a Scottish number one with his own version in 1992.

In total, the two discs contain 26 tracks (or 31, if the parts of the "Plague of Ghosts" suite are counted individually) with a total time of 143 minutes.

Although not credited, the cover is a digitally edited

Image editing

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 design by Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson is best known for his detailed cover art that he created for a number of British bands, most prominently the progressive rock band, Marillion...

. It shows Fish sitting over a bowl of soup (presumably Bouillabaisse) in a restaurant whose walls are decorated with posters of Fish's previous album covers (an idea strikingly similar to Marillion's continental 2002 best-of album).

The album marked the beginning of Fish's cooperation with the Snapper Music

Snapper Music

Snapper Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by former head of Castle Communications Jon Beecher, Dougie Dudgeon and funded by the late Mark Levinson from Palan Music Publishing. In 1999 Snapper broke away from its parent company in an MBO in association with ACT and CAI venture...

 label, which took over the retail distribution of Fish's backcatalogue released on his own imprint Chocolate Frog Record Company. (Similarly, the previous best-of Kettle of Fish had been the first release on his short-lived connection with Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...

.)

Disc One: Balladeer

1. "Just Good Friends" (Dick/Usher/Boult/Simmonds) – 4:02
   • Features Sam Brown. From Yin/Yang, 1995.
2. "Shot the Craw" (Dick/Watson/Duguid) – 3:59
   • From Field of Crows, 2004.
3. "A Gentleman's Excuse Me" (Dick/Simmonds) – 4:16
   • From Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
     Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors
     Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors was the first solo album that rock singer Fish released after he departed Marillion in 1988. Although the recordings for this album finished as early as June 1989, EMI Records decided to delay the release until early 1990, to avoid collision with Marillion's album...
     
     , 1989
4. "Kayleigh" (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley) – 3:36
   • From Marillion
     Marillion
     Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
     
     's Misplaced Childhood
     Misplaced Childhood
     Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1985 and has been their most commercially successful album, reaching number one in the and spending a total of 41 weeks on the chart, the longest chart residency of a Marillion album...
     
     , 1985.
5. "Solo" (Sandy Denny) – 4:11
   • From Songs from the Mirror
     Songs from the Mirror
     Songs from the Mirror is the third solo album by singer Fish. It does not contain any original Fish material; instead it is a cover album featuring Fish's versions of songs by artists who inspired him before his career started...
     
     , 1993.
6. "Incomplete" (Dick/Antwi/Millett) – 3:44
   • Features Elizabeth Troy Antwi. From Raingods With Zippos, 1999.
7. "The Company" (Dick/Simmonds) – 4:04
   • From Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors, 1989.
8. "Fortunes of War" (Dick/Cassidy/Boult) – 5:06
   • From Suits, 1994.
9. "Our Smile" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 4:15
   • From Fellini Days, 2001.
10. "Lavender" (Dick/Rothery/Kelly/Trewavas/Mosley) – 3:43
    • From Marillion's Misplaced Childhood, 1985.
11. "Lady Let It Lie" (Dick/Paton/Cassidy) – 4:09
    • From Suits, 1994.
12. "Cliché" (Dick/Simmonds/Lindes) – 7:05
    • From Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors, 1989.
13. "Scattering Crows" (Dick/Watson/Turrell/Duguid) – 5:08
    • From Field of Crows, 2004.
14. "Tara" (Dick/Paterson) – 4:03
    • From Sunsets on Empire, 1997.
15. "Caledonia" (MacLean) – 4:21
    • From A Tribute to Frankie Miller
      Frankie Miller
      Frankie Miller is a Scottish rock singer-songwriter, who had his biggest success in the 1970s. Miller was raised at Colvend Street, Glasgow with his parents, Cathy and Frank, and elder sisters Letty and Anne. Miller attended Sacred Heart Primary school. He was an altar boy in Sacred Heart Chapel...
      
      , 2002.
16. "Raw Meat" (Dick/Paterson) – 5:15
    • From Suits, 1994.

Disc Two: Rocketeer

1. "Big Wedge" (Dick/Simmonds) – 4:37
   • From Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors, 1989.
2. "Credo" (Dick/Simmonds/Boult/Usher) – 4:03
   • From Internal Exile
     Internal Exile
     Internal Exile was Fish's second solo album after leaving Marillion in 1988. The album, released 28 October 1991, was inspired by the singer's past, his own personal problems and his troubled experiences with his previous record label EMI.The album's music reflects Fish's indulgence in the vast...
     
     , 1991.
3. "Incommunicado" (Dick/Rothery/Trewavas/Kelly/Mosley) – 3:56
   • From Marillion's Clutching at Straws
     Clutching at Straws
     Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988...
     
     , 1987.
4. "Goldfish and Clowns" (Dick/Wilson) – 4:11
   • From Sunsets on Empire, 1997.
5. "Long Cold Day" (Dick/Wesley/Young) – 5:33
   • From Fellini Days, 2001.
6. "Brother 52" (Dick/Wilson) – 3:57
   • From Sunsets on Empire, 1997.
7. "Clock Moves Sideways" (Dick/Wesley) – 7:02
   • From Fellini Days, 2001.
8. "The Perception of Johnny Punter" (Dick/Wilson) – 8:39
   • From Sunsets on Empire, 1997.
9. "Moving Targets" (Dick/Watson/Duguid) – 5:45
   • From Field of Crows, 2004.
10. "Plague of Ghosts" (Dick/Turrell/Doghorn)
    • From Raingods With Zippos, 1999.
    1. "Old Haunts" – 3:14
    2. "Digging Deep" – 6:48
    3. "Chocolate Frogs" – 4:04
    4. "Waving at Stars" – 3:12
    5. "Raingods Dancing" – 4:16
    6. "Wake Up Call (Make It Happen)" – 3:32