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.
Without promotional efforts of a major record label, This Strange Engine continued the decline in mainstream success for Marillion, reaching only number 27 in the UK Albums Chart and staying there for three weeks.[2] It sold significantly better in the Netherlands, home of one of the band's most loyal audiences, peaking at number 10 on the charts.[3] Two singles from the album were released: "Man of a Thousand Faces" and "Eighty Days". For the first time in the band's history, no song cracked the UK Top 40; the first single reached number 98 and the second one failed to chart at all.
The fourth track, "Estonia", was written after singer Steve Hogarth met Paul Barney, the only British survivor of the sinking of the cruise ferry Estonia in the Baltic Sea on 28 September 1994, which killed 852 people. This is the only song of Marillion to feature a balalaika.
The title track is a tribute by Steve Hogarth to his father, a marine engineer and an officer. The senior Hogarth sacrificed his life at sea for a job in a coal mine so that he could be close to his family.
On European editions, following the last track, at approximately 29:35, there is a hidden track of Hogarth giggling uncontrollably, recorded on his return to the studio after a night on the town.[4]
A remix of the album, Tales from the Engine Room, conducted by the electronic music project Positive Light, was first released as a limited edition January 1998 on Racket Records, and in June 1998 it was released worldwide by Eagle Records.
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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 This Strange EngineStudio album by MarillionReleased9 April 1997 Japan 21 April 1997 UK RecordedAugust November 1996StudioThe Racket Club Buckinghamshire EnglandLength56 06LabelRaw PowerProducerMarillionMarillion chronologyThe Best of Both Worlds 1997 This Strange Engine 1997 Radiation 1998 Singles from This Strange Engine Man of a Thousand Faces Released 2 June 1997 UK Eighty Days Released 13 October 1997 UK Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 Marillion 3 2 Additional musicians 3 3 Technical personnel 4 Charts 5 ReferencesBackground editWithout promotional efforts of a major record label This Strange Engine continued the decline in mainstream success for Marillion reaching only number 27 in the UK Albums Chart and staying there for three weeks 2 It sold significantly better in the Netherlands home of one of the band s most loyal audiences peaking at number 10 on the charts 3 Two singles from the album were released Man of a Thousand Faces and Eighty Days For the first time in the band s history no song cracked the UK Top 40 the first single reached number 98 and the second one failed to chart at all The fourth track Estonia was written after singer Steve Hogarth met Paul Barney the only British survivor of the sinking of the cruise ferry Estonia in the Baltic Sea on 28 September 1994 which killed 852 people This is the only song of Marillion to feature a balalaika The title track is a tribute by Steve Hogarth to his father a marine engineer and an officer The senior Hogarth sacrificed his life at sea for a job in a coal mine so that he could be close to his family On European editions following the last track at approximately 29 35 there is a hidden track of Hogarth giggling uncontrollably recorded on his return to the studio after a night on the town 4 A remix of the album Tales from the Engine Room conducted by the electronic music project Positive Light was first released as a limited edition January 1998 on Racket Records and in June 1998 it was released worldwide by Eagle Records Track listing editAll lyrics are written by Steve Hogarth and John Helmer except where noted all music is composed by MarillionNo TitleLyricsLength1 Man of a Thousand Faces 7 332 One Fine Day 5 313 80 Days Hogarth5 004 Estonia Hogarth7 565 Memory of Water 3 016 An Accidental Man 6 127 Hope for the Future 5 108 This Strange Engine Hogarth15 34Total length 56 06 Japan Pony Canyon edition bonus tracksNo TitleLyricsLength9 Beautiful unplugged version Hogarth4 4910 Made Again unplugged version Helmer5 12Total length 66 07 USA Velvel second pressing bonus tracks 5 No TitleLyricsLength9 Estonia The Positive Light Mix Hogarth11 4910 80 Days Acoustic Version Hogarth5 39Total length 70 49Personnel editMarillion edit 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 edit Charlton amp 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 Technical personnel edit Stewart Every engineer Dave Meegan mixing engineer Andrew Gent artwork Hugh Gilmour art direction designCharts editChart 1997 Peakposition Dutch Albums Album Top 100 3 10 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 6 38 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 7 48 UK Albums OCC 2 27References edit Franck John Marillion This Strange Engine gt Review at AllMusic Retrieved 2 March 2018 a b Marillion Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved 17 March 2015 a b Dutchcharts nl Marillion This Strange Engine in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 17 March 2022 Collins Jon 2003 Separated Out Marillion History 1979 2002 Helter Skelter p 145 This Strange Engine Marillion Discography Retrieved 9 December 2019 Marillion This Strange Engine in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 17 March 2022 Offiziellecharts de Marillion This Strange Engine in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 17 March 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title This Strange Engine amp oldid 1222047923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
