MARILLION

MARILLION
CLUTCHING AT STRAWS (1987)
224-256KBPS

The final Marillion studio album with Fish as vocalist sees the subject direction and success of Misplaced Childhood maintained, with the lead singer producing a semi-autobiographical account of his life and his love of, and battle with the demon drink.
With occasional forays into politics (White Russian) and the lure, perils and trappings of the fame game (Incommunicado), Fish displays a startling admittance of the problems he had created for himself, with his soul searching (particularly prevalent on Sugar Mice) providing a superbly emotional, bleak and bitter soundscape for the listener.
An alcoholic’s album but a brilliant one nonetheless and a fond farewell from the Fish era Marillion.

1. Hotel hobbies
2. Warm wet circles
3. That time of the night (The short straw)
4. Going under
5. Just for the record
6. White Russian
7. Incommunicado
8. Torch song
9. Slàinte Mhath
10. Sugar mice
11. The last straw - Happy Ending

Bonus CD (1997 Release)
1. Incommunicade (alternate)
2. Tux on
3. Going under (Extended)
4. Beaujolais day (unreleased)
5. Story from a thin wall (unreleased)
6. Shadows on the barley (unreleased)
7. Sunset hill (unreleased)
8. Tic-tac-toe (unreleased)
9. Voice in the crowd (unreleased)
10. Exile on Princes Street (Unreleased)
11. White Russian (demo)
12. Sugar mice in the rain (demo)

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