This strange engine
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April 18, 1997 |
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August 1996 – November 1996 |
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CD, LP |
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8th |
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70:49 |
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Marillion, Dave Meegan |
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The Racket Club, Aylesbury (England) |
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This Strange Engine (English for. " This strange engine ") is the ninth studio album by the British progressive rock band Marillion . The CD was released in April 1997. It is the first of three Marillion albums published by Castle Communications.
background
After the concept album Brave and the concept-like album Afraid of Sunlight , This Strange Engine was followed by an album whose lyrics have nothing to do with the individual pieces. For example, the title track tells of Steve Hogarth's childhood, while Estonia tells of the sinking of the Baltic ferry Estonia . Musically, the album offers very acoustic, partly also poppy rock, especially in the title track, Marillion's neo-prog roots can be heard. This Strange Engine is a longtrack, the designated 30 minutes are actually only about 15, followed by a long silence, which is ended with piano-accompanied laughter by the singer.
Track list
- Man of a Thousand Faces (07:33)
- One Fine Day (05:31)
- 80 Days (05:01)
- Estonia (07:56)
- Memory of Water (03:02)
- An Accidental Man (6:12 am)
- Hope for the Future (05:10)
- This Strange Engine (30:24)
Bonus tracks US release
- Estonia (Positive Light Remix) (11:44)
- 80 Days (acoustic version) (04:20)
Bonus tracks JP release
- Beautiful (acoustic version) (04:50)
- Made Again (acoustic version) (05:15)
Single releases
The first single was released in May 1997, Man of a Thousand Faces with the unplugged versions of Beautiful and Made Again , as well as a longer version of Man of a Thousand Faces . In September 1997, the second single 80 Days came out, along with the live versions of This Strange Engine and The Bell in the Sea . The singles did not reach any chart positions.
reception
The album received a lot of good reviews - especially the title track - audioholics.com particularly emphasizes the sound quality.
Trivia
There is also a remixed version of this album called Tales From The Engine Room , created by The Positive Light .
Web links
- This Strange Engine at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of This Strange Engine on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK
- ^ The story of my early life , musicweb-international.com, accessed June 8, 2012.
- ^ SH: I had a chance meeting ... with the only British survivor of the Estonia tragedy , musicweb-international.com, accessed June 8, 2012.
- ↑ his manic laughter after having had one too many beers , ram.org, accessed June 8, 2012
- ^ Single B-sides , whitgunn.freeservers.com, accessed June 8, 2012.
- ↑ I Highly recommended this CD for its sound quality and musical content , audioholics.com, accessed June 8, 2012
- ↑ rousing experience , metal.de, accessed on June 8, 2012
- ↑ I admit, I love this CD , babyblaue-seiten.de, accessed on June 8, 2012
- ↑ is more progressive than most of the previous Hogarth era Marillion albums , progarchives.com, accessed June 8, 2012
- ^ Tales from the Engine Room on dprp , dprp.net, accessed June 8, 2012.
- ↑ Tales from the Engine Room on the BBS , babyblaue-seiten.de, accessed on June 8, 2012.