Musically, "Three Boats Down from the Candy" (the first song co-written by keyboardist Mark Kelly) and "Grendel" are more typical of the progressive rock style. "Grendel" is a long and complex composition which has drawn frequent (mostly unfavourable) comparisons with "Supper's Ready" by Genesis. As Fish himself admitted later: "We were concerned about the similarity to the lengthy composition by Genesis called 'Supper's Ready' which also meandered and burst into sections, the end one in particular, which would add conviction to the many critics opinions that Marillion were more than influenced by Genesis."