Year : 1997 (Racket Records Special Box Set Edition 2024)
Style : Melodic Rock , Progressive Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 555 mb
Bio:
Marillion /mʌˈrɪlˌjən/ are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1979. They are known as the most successful band to emerge from the United Kingdom's 1980s neo-progressive rock scene,having sold 15 million albums worldwide.Their recorded studio output since 1982 is composed of seventeen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve Hogarth in early 1989. The band achieved eight Top Ten UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including a Number One album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood, and during the period the band were fronted by Fish they scored eleven Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including 1985's "Kayleigh", which reached No. 2 and became their biggest hit single. The first album released with Hogarth, 1989's Seasons End, was another Top Ten hit, and albums continued to chart well until their departure from EMI following the release of their 1996 live album Made Again and the dissipation of the band's mainstream popularity in the late 1990s; save for a resurgence in the mid- to late-2000s,they have essentially been a cult act since then.Marillion have achieved a further twelve Top 40 hit singles in the UK with Hogarth, including 2004's "You're Gone", which charted at No. 7 and is the biggest hit of his tenure. The band continue to tour internationally, and were ranked 38th in Classic Rock's "50 Best Live Acts of All Time" in 2008.Marillion are widely considered to have been one of the first mainstream acts to have fully recognised and tapped the potential for commercial musicians to interact with their fans via the internet, starting in around 1996, and are nowadays often characterised as a rock & roll 'Web Cottage Industry'.The history of the band's use of the Internet is described by Michael Lewis in the book Next: The Future Just Happened as an example of how the Internet is shifting power away from established elites, such as multinational record labels and record producers. The band are renowned for having an extremely dedicated following (often self-termed 'Freaks'),with some fans regularly travelling significant distances to attend single gigs, driven in large part by the close fan base involvement which the band cultivate via their website, podcasts, biennial conventions and regular fanclub publications. The release of their 2001 album Anoraknophobia, which was funded by their fans through advance orders instead of by the band signing to a record company, gained significant attention and was called "a unique funding campaign" by the BBC.Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis described Marillion as "the undisputed pioneers" of fan-funded music.
Album:
This is the CD / Bluray Deluxe version of a brand new (2024) Stereo & 5.1 Remix of Marillion's ninth studio album, This Strange Engine.Disc One features a brand new stereo remix of the album by Michael Hunter.Discs Two and Three feature a previously unreleased recording of the band's 1997 performance in Grand Rapids.Disc Four features B-sides and bonus tracks.The blu-ray contains the album in hi-res and 5.1 versions, jam sessions and early versions of tracks. Also included is an 85 minute documentary, promotional videos and a 133 minute Live In Utrecht bootleg concert video.This Strange Engine is the ninth studio album by the British neo-prog band Marillion, released in April 1997 by the Castle Communications imprint Raw Power. It was the first of the three recordings that Marillion made under contract with Castle, after being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and before eventually going independent in 2000. The album was recorded at The Racket Club in Buckinghamshire, England, between August and November 1996 and was produced by the band themselves.
Line Up:
Steve Hogarth – vocals, backing vocals, additional keyboards and percussion
Steve Rothery – guitar
Pete Trewavas – bass, backing vocals
Mark Kelly – keyboards, backing vocals
Ian Mosley – drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Charlton & Newbottle School Choir – choir (on "Man of a Thousand Faces")
Tim Perkins – balalaika (on "Estonia")
Phil Todd – saxophone (on "This Strange Engine")
Paul Savage – trumpet (on "Hope for the Future")
Production:
Stewart Every – engineer
Dave Meegan – mixing engineer
Andrew Gent – artwork
Hugh Gilmour – art direction, design
Tracklist:
CD1:
01. Man of a Thousand Faces (2024 Remix)
02. One Fine Day (2024 Remix)
03. 80 Days (2024 Remix)
04. Estonia (2024 Remix)
05. Memory of Water (2024 Remix)
06. An Accidental Man (2024 Remix)
07. Hope for the Future (2024 Remix)
08. This Strange Engine (2024 Remix)
CD2:
01. Intro (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
02. Estonia (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
03. Lap of Luxury (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
04. Hard as Love (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
05. 80 Days (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
06. Warm Wet Circles (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
07. Man of a Thousand Faces (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
08. Seasons End (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
CD3:
01. This Town (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
02. Slainthe Mhath (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
03. King (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
04. Bass Solo (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
05. This Strange Engine (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
06. Easter (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
07. White Russian (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
08. Garden Party (Live in Grand Rapids, 21/9/1997)
CD4:
01. Man of a Thousand Faces (Radio Edit)
02. Beautiful (Unplugged Version)
03. Made Again (Unplugged Version)
04. Man of a Thousand Faces (Extended Version)
05. This Strange Engine (Live in Paris)
06. Bell in the Sea (Live in Paris)
07. 80 Days (Racket Acoustic Session)
08. Estonia (Racket Acoustic Session)
09. Man of a Thousand Faces (Racket Acoustic Session)
10. Memory of Water (Big Beat Mix)
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