Anoracnophobia
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May 1, 2001 |
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63:40 |
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Marillion, Dave Meegan |
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The Racket Club, Aylesbury (England) |
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Anoraknophobia is the twelfth studio album by the British progressive rock band Marillion . It was released in May 2001.
background
The album title Anoraknophobia is a suitcase word made up of "Anorak", "No" and "Phobia". Anorak is an English slang term used to describe someone who has an obsessive hobby. "Anoracnophobia" should mean not to be afraid of people with passions. Marillion also understood this as a show of solidarity with their fans who had financed this album. The three previous albums were released by Castle Communications, an indie label , where Marillion did not feel in good hands. The fans were asked by email whether they would pre-finance the album, which more than 12,000 fans did. With the secured funding, Marillion then approached EMI and made the major label their distributor , but the rights remained with the band.
Track list
- Between You and Me (06:27)
- Quartz (09:06)
- Map of the World (05:02)
- When I Meet God (09:17)
- The Fruit of the Wild Rose (06:57)
- Separated Out (06:17)
- This is the 21st Century (11:07)
- If My Heart Were a Ball It Would Roll Uphill (09:28)
The bonus CD for pre-orderers also contained:
- Number One (02:48)
- The Fruit of the Wild Rose (Demo) (06:20)
- Separated Out (Demo) (06:03)
- Between You and Me (Mark Kelly Remix) (05:08)
- Number One (Recording Demo Video)
- Map of the World (Recording Demo Video)
Single releases
The single was released in October 2001 between You and Me with Map of the World as the second A-side. The single did not reach any chart positions.
reception
In contrast to the previous albums , Anoracnophobia was very well received by most of the critics. At laut.de, the reviewer still mourns the Fish era and finds "incomprehensible breaks and monotonous vocal melodies". The reviewers of the Babyblauen Seiten, on the other hand, awarded more than 10 points for the first time since This Strange Engine . Progarchives.com, dprp.net, durp.com and vampster.com also emphasize Marillion's progressive orientation in the true sense of the word.
Web links
- Anoracnophobia at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of anoracnophobia on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE
- ↑ We called the album AnorakNoPhobia as a way of showing solidarity with our hardcore fans ( Memento from August 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), medazzarock.ch, accessed on June 12, 2012
- ↑ we got the idea to ask our fans if they would not agree to pre-finance the album , durp.com, accessed on June 12, 2012
- ^ The revolutionary pre-order idea for Anoraknophobia was a first for the music industry , marillion.com, accessed June 12, 2012
- ↑ Single B-sides , whitgunn.freeservers.com, accessed June 12, 2012.
- ↑ double a-side single was sold to fans on a buy-one-get-one-for-free basis , marillion.com, accessed June 12, 2012.
- ↑ incomprehensible breaks and monotonous vocal melodies , laut.de, accessed on June 12, 2012.
- ↑ What I really like about the album is that every song is its own little highlight , babyblaue-seiten.de, accessed on June 12, 2012.
- ↑ Marillion stormed back with a disc that re-established them as a world class act , progarchives.com, accessed June 12, 2012.
- ↑ the record is progressive in the true sense of the word , dprp.net, accessed June 12, 2012.
- ↑ Marillion are back on the scene , durp.com, accessed on June 12, 2012.
- ↑ Musically open-minded natures ... should give anoraknophobia a chance , vampster.com, accessed June 12, 2012.