Clutching At Straws

by Marillion


Clutching At Straws
Artist Marillion
Genre Rock
Style Symphonic Rock
Style Prog Rock

Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released on June 22, 1987. It was the last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988, and is a concept album.Although Clutching at Straws did not achieve the sales of its predecessor, the number one album Misplaced Childhood, spending 15 weeks on the UK album chart (the shortest chart residency of any of Marillion’s first four studio albums), it was still an immediate commercial success, becoming the second highest charting Marillion album by entering the chart at number two. It produced three UK Top 40 singles: “Incommunicado”, “Sugar Mice” and “Warm Wet Circles”. The album has received critical acclaim, being listed in Q magazine’s “50 Best Recordings of the Year”, it has been described by AllMusic as an “unheralded masterpiece”, and Rolling Stone placed it at number 37 in its countdown of the “50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time”. In 1999, a 2-CD ‘Remastered Version’ with additional B-sides and demos was released, including detailed liner notes from all of the original members including Fish.

Tracklisting

  1. Clutching At Straws (2018 Andy Bradfield & Avril Mackintosh Re-Mix)
  2. Hotel Hobbies (3:35)
  3. Warm Wet Circles (4:25)
  4. That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) (6:00)
  5. Going Under (Alternate Version) (2:47)
  6. Just For The Record (3:10)
  7. White Russian (6:25)
  8. Incommunicado (5:17)
  9. Torch Song (4:04)
  10. Slàinte Mhath (4:45)
  11. Sugar Mice (5:46)
  12. The Last Straw / Happy Ending (6:00)
  13. Live At The Edinburgh Playhouse 19th December 1987 (2018 Michael Hunter Mix)
  14. La Gazza Ladra (2:46)
  15. Slàinte Mhath (5:03)
  16. Assassing (6:47)
  17. White Russian (6:25)
  18. Incubus (10:36)
  19. Sugar Mice (6:14)
  20. Fugazi (9:57)
  21. Hotel Hobbies (4:04)
  22. Warm Wet Circles (4:17)
  23. That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw) (6:00)
  24. Pseudo Silk Kimono (Intro) (1:06)
  25. Kayleigh (3:48)
  26. Lavender (2:34)
  27. Bitter Suite (8:21)
  28. Heart Of Lothian (7:23)
  29. The Last Straw (7:16)
  30. Incommunicado (5:00)
  31. Garden Party (6:26)

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Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutching_at_Straws
Format Vinyl 2× LP Album Reissue Remastered, Vinyl 3× LP, Box Set Deluxe Edition Limited Edition Stereo (180 Gram)
Label Parlophone
Catalog Number 0190295605179
Notes ALBUM INFORMATION: This is the vinyl box set version of a brand new (2018) Stereo Remix of Marillion’s 1987 album Clutching At Straws. LPs one and two feature a brand new stereo remix of the album by Andy Bradfield & Avril Mackintosh. LPs three, four and five contain Marillion’s December 19th, 1987 concert at The Edinburgh Playhouse, remixed by Michael Hunter. ℗ 2018 this compilation Parlophone Records Ltd. © 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd. This label copy information is the subject of copyrights protection. All rights reserved. © 2018 Parlophone Records Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company. All runouts are etched.
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