Fish out of Marillion has finally made an album to eclipse the British rock stalwart's finer moments and easily the best of his solo career. '13th Star' has the quality to be this year's less than guilty pleasure. Marvellous.
Colin Somerville, Scotland on Sunday, February 2008


...a meditation on loss, the emotional resonance of songs such as 'Arc Of The Curve' making this his strongest work since his late '80s Marillion swansong 'Clutching At Straws'.
Q magazine (Paul Elliott), April 2008 issue


...the tone of his delivery has the richness of an actor. The half-spoken sections of Square Go are like a movie trailer for the anger and despair to come, and by the time he reaches Arc Of The Curve, the record's melancholic centrepiece, the melody that emerges from the ravages is both sad and uplifting.
...the defining album of his solo years.
Classic Rock (Jon Hotten), March 2008


The record contains some of the musical highlights of 2007 - from the opening refrains of 'Circle Line' through the heavy riffage of 'Manchmal' all the way to the closing beauty of the title track.
Planet Rock, February 2008


To my surprise, I consider 13th Star to be a sure bet for my 2008 Top ten album of the year list, and Fish will certainly be my comeback kid of the year. If you got tired of Fish in recent years and stopped purchasing his albums (or considered doing it) '13th Star' will certainly make you change your mind.
13th Star gets my highest recommendation indeed.
ProgGnosis (Marc Roy), March 2008