Radiation [Extra tracks, Import]

Marillion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B00000DHVA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,337,999 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Costa del Slough

2. Under the Sun

3. The Answering Machine

4. Three Minute Boy

5. Now She'll Never Know

6. These Chains

7. Born to Run

8. Cathedral Wall

9. A Few Words for the Dead

10. Estonia [Acoustic Studio Version][*]

11. Memory of Water [Big Beat Mix][*]

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of the British prog rock outfit's 1998album with two unmarked bonus tracks added: 'The Space' anda cover of Radiohead's 'Fake Plastic Trees'. 11 trackstotal, also including the single 'These Chains'. A PonyCanyon International release.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it grows on you, September 26, 2006

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Jeff Weselinski (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radiation (Audio CD)

Having lintening to albums like marbles, afraid of sunlight, and others I thought about buying the whole bands library. When I got this album and heard it for the first time ,I was not very impressed. The production value lacked very much. Some songs at the first two playings I thought were sub par, but this album really grew on me. Songs like the blistering Under The Sun, the Beatle-isque These Chains, and The epic Three Minute Boy werse really lyrically well written and musically wonderful!! The whole album flows nicely, with very few dull moments, with the eception of The Answering Machine, this album stacks up to grace and excellance! This album is alot different from the sound of past and future marillion albums. The bluesy song Born To Run shows how much depth and talent these guys have. I recommend this album to all fans, who want a different sounding Marillion album to non fans alike. This will grow on you!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars terrific 'forgotten' and underrated Marillion album, January 24, 2007

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Matthew Van Horn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radiation (Audio CD)

Yes, Marillion's RADIATION seems to be an aberration--it certainly has it's differences from Marillion albums that preceded it and followed it--and I wish and hope Marillion would make more like this one. I bought this upon release nearly ten years ago, brought it to my bedroom and played it with my girlfriend listening. Did the songs jump out and grab me? No. I thought the opener UNDER THE SUN was uneven with a laborious beat. Now I enjoy the song with its quirky lyrics and apocalyptic imagery. The melodic "These Chains" is a nice contrast to UNDER THE SUN and is one of the more accessible tracks. NOW SHE'LL NEVER know is quiet and demands you listen closely, not casually. BORN TO RUN is Marillion's version of blues, and it works well--just remember, they are not trying to be Led Zeppelin, nor do they pretend to be bluesmasters. Steve H and Co. are playing their interpretation of blues--and I like it. By the time you get to CATHEDRAL WALL, the stark, slap-in-the-face opening will wake you up if you have drifted off and lost your attention (assuming this is your first listen, because in subsequent listens, this album WILL GROW ON YOU). "Cathedral Wall" is a strange song, with strange loud and soft, night and day changes. It is a dark, cinematic picture for the mind, packed into 5 minutes. A FEW WORDS FOR THE DEAD will test your patience, but to those who wait, the song builds until with trademark Marillion explosion, the song opens up into one of the most satisfying, cathartic climaxes composed by the group. The last two tracks are really just add-ons: they are remixes of earlier tunes from the band. And they are not bad at all. To hear the band perform live this and any song from RADIATION is a treat because it seems to be the forgotten Marillion album. It was not overwelmingly received with positive reviews by fans, but I suspect that just as I did, when I remembered the album and gave it another chance, the songs, and then the album as a whole, grew on me until it is in my top 5 Marillion.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Marillion's best, November 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Radiation (Audio CD)

Radiation is perhaps, along with Afraid of Sunlight, Brave and Clutching at Straws, the best album Marillion has ever produced. Songs like "3 Minute Boy," "The Answering Machine" and "These Chains" would get tons of airplay if the name "Oasis" or "Radiohead" was on the cover instead of Marillion.

All in all, a great album from a great band from start to finish. From the hard rock of "Under The Sun" to the synth-dominated "Answering Machine" to the acoustic "Now She'll never Know" to the Beatle-esque "These Chains" and "3 Minute Boy," there's not a bad song on the disc.

Marillion is the best band that nobody's heard of. Truly a brave departure for this vastly underrated band.