This Strange Engine

Radiation Specially-priced reissue of this prog-rock band's 1998 album, often cited as one of the best of their recent offerings. 9 tracks including 'Under The Sun', 'These Chains' and more. Sanctuary.	marillion.com	Somewhere Else With 'Somewhere Else' Marillion have played to their strengths and cut one of their very best records. With their innate sense of drama and pomp tempered by a winning melancholy, Marillion have produced a set of rich and vivid soundscapes. 'Somewhere El	Marbles	Afraid of Sunlight Digitally remastered reissue of the hit English prog rock outfit's 1995 album for EMI with a bonus CD featuring nine rare tracks & CD-ROM material. The main album contains eight tracks, including the title cut, plus 'Beautiful', 'CannibalSurf Babe' and 'King'. The bonus disc trac...
Anoraknophobia A promotional blurb accompanying Marillion's 12th studio album (a venture funded entirely by 12,000 of the band's fans) challenges music journalists to avoid references to progressive rock, Genesis, and dinosaurs in their reviews. "You're all wrong about Marillion, just put it on...	Brave 2CD set. EMI.	Holidays in Eden Another Reissue of Marillion's Original Album with Bonus Disc Containing Over 40 Minutes of Unreleased Material. 28 Pages Bookled features Previouisly Unseen Photographs from the Band's Guitarist Steve Rothery and Sleevenotes from Fish.	Season's End 24 Bit Remastered from the Original 1/2" Mastertapes. a Bonus Nine Track Disc is Included, featuring Previously Unreleased Versions of 'Season's End', 'The Uninvited Guest', 'Berlin' and Others.	Vol. 1-Happiness Is the Road: Essence

Marillion - One Of The Band's More Underated Efforts
This is an album that never seems to get rated very highly by Marillion fans, but it is one of my personal favorites from the band. To me it is a great mix of the more pop / commercial oriented side of the band with their progressive rock roots. The album features a significant amount of more acoustic oriented tracks with the lone rocker being "An Accidental Man" and the closing section to the title track. A lot of Marillion fans don't seem to like this one due to 6 songs that lean more on the pop side than the progressive rock side. But, I think these are all great well written songs with "Man Of A Thousand Faces", and "80 Days" especially standing out. The two proggier pieces are both winners too. "Estonia" is a haunting brooding track that was inspired by a car ferry sinking that occurred off the coast of Estonia and killed hundreds of people. The song is both tragic and inspirational at the same time. The title track "This Strange Engine" is a 15 minute epic that ranks right up there with Marillion's best. Steve Hogarth's vocals are incredible as he screams the finale. Steve Rothery throws in lots of soulful guitar and Mark Kelley's keyboards anchor the piece. It is really one of my all time favorite Marillion tracks. Opinions seem to vary greatly on this album, but I think it is a great release.

Superb
just an excellent album. It does have some songs driven by the acoustic guitar but that's a good thing in this case because it works so well with the songs. It also has the best marillion song as far as I'm concerned,"this strange engine", an epic 10+ minute track that has every element that makes marillion music so special. Pick this one up, you won't regret it.

different and mellow
This album is a little more mellow than other marillion albums, and the acoustic guitar is more abundment. The songs Man Of a Thousand Faces, Eighty Days, Estonia, Memories of water, definitely have acoustic guitars as a main instrument of choice here. The song One Fne Day is a bluesy song and An Accidental Man is the sole rocker onthe album. The album moves nicely. Good songs throughout but if you are going to buy your first Marillion album, get Marbles or Afraid of Sunlight.