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| Track Listing 1. Script For A Jester's Tear 2. He Knows You Know 3. Web 4. Garden Party 5. Chelsea Monday 6. Forgotten Sons 7. Market Square Heroes 8. Three Boats Down From The Candy Grendel 9. Chelsea Monday 10. He Knows You Know 11. Charting The Single 12. Market Square Heroes
Album Notes Re-issue contains a bonus disc featuring album tracks, B sides, studio takes & demos.Marillion: Fish (vocals); Steve Rothery (guitar); Mark Kelly (keyboards); Pete Trewavas (bass); Mick Pointer (drums). Recorded at The Marquee Studios & EMI House, London, England between December 1982 & February 1983. Includes liner notes by Mark Wilkinson.Digitally remastered by Peter Mew & Mark Kelly (1997, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).Special Edition.The early 1980s was perhaps the worst time in musical history to be a prog-rock band, much less to start a new one, but that's just what the hardy souls in Marillion did. Little could anyone have imagined that they'd set off a whole wave of "neo-prog" in the UK. At a time when synth-pop was all the rage, and unassuming ditties ruled the charts, Marillion's debut album, SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR nodded proudly to such ambitious forebears as Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel-era Genesis. Lead vocalist Fish, in fact, bore an uncanny sonic similarity to Gabriel, a fact that his penchant for onstage theatrics did little to discourage. In turn, the rest of the band offered a '70s-flavored blend of Floyd/Camel-like melodic guitar lines, Rick Wakeman-with-an-attitude multi-keyboard cascades, and odd-metered rhythms.If that was the whole story, Marillion would have been written off as mere revivalists. The real spark of SCRIPT lies in the fact that it filtered these influenced through a sense of urgency and concision that could only have come from living through the post-punk era. In fact, many of Fish's lyrical themes were concerned with skewering the upper classes in a manner not dissimilar to the likes of Ian Dury or any Thatcher-hating New Waver of the era. Prog was born anew with SCRIPT, and it had a chip on its shoulder. | |||||||||||||||
Reviews  Marilliion - Script For A Jester's TearReview created: 06/08/08(updated 09/08/08) by:  Saw Marillion at The Edinburgh Playhouse back in 1985 (supported by Beltaine Fire!!!!) when Fish was still the front man - what a showman! His "Gizza Bun routine" if you didn't see it live was brilliant. This has brought back loads of memories from the eighties and has inspired me to go on a get Fugazi & Misplaced Childhood, (which I used to have on vinyl, but over the past 20 yrs or so have been lost)which along with Script are the 3 best albums by Marillion IMHO. Review ID: 10000000008228305 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Classic CDReview created: 08/07/08 by: 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. The fact that there was an additional bonus CD was a big plus for me. As well as the classic songs on the first CD, I have always wanted one of the tracks on the bonus CD Market Square Heroes. I have tried to purchase this track on ebay but it has laways been on picture disc and a bit out of my price range. I was well impressed when I saw it was part of the set so had to buy it Review ID: 10000000007878465 Was this review helpful? Report this review A classic album with etras!!!Review created: 11/02/08 by: 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. I knwo it's a bit sad to like prog twaddle but this is a classic album. A must for Cardiacs fans too. From the sublime Chelsea Monday to the Northern Irteland protests of Forgotten Sons, this album oozes style and complex bits that we all love. Added to this is a fantastic bonus disc with oodles of hard to get extras. I've always been a sucker for Grendel, but 3 boats down from the candy is the clincher for me. GREAT Review ID: 10000000005600821 Was this review helpful? Report this review timeless.Review created: 08/12/07 by: 1 of 1 people found this review helpful. i first saw marillion at the marquee when they first started out and they were great live. years later i have bought this cd because of that, and all the songs sound just as good now as they did then. if you like prog rock then you must bye this cd . you will not be dissapointed. Review ID: 10000000004795092 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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