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Marillion: An Hour Before It’s Dark

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On March 4, 2022, “Intact” and “earMUSIC” labels released “An Hour Before It’s Dark”, the 20th Marillion studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Racket Club” in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “Ace” in Aartselaar, Belgium, and was produced by Michael Hunter, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly and Steve Hogarth.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth – lead vocals
  • Steve Rothery – electric guitar
  • Mark Kelly – keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas – bass guitar
  • Ian Mosley – drums
  • Choir Noir – vocals
  • Michael Hunter – recording, mixing
  • Simon Ward – artwork

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth; all music by Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly and Steve Hogarth.

  1. Be Hard on Yourself
  2. Reprogram the Gene
  3. Only a Kiss
  4. Murder Machine
  5. The Crow and the Nightingale
  6. Sierra Leone
  7. Care

Marillion: Sounds That Can’t Be Made

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On September 12, 2012, “Ear Music” label released “Sounds That Can’t Be Made”, the17th Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire and “Real World Studios”, and was produced by Mike Hunter, Stave Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, and Pete Trewavas.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– vocals, keyboards
  • Steve Rothery- guitars, backing vocals
  • Pete Trewavas- bass guitar, guitars, backing vocals
  • Mark Kelly- keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ian Mosley- drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All music by Stave Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, and Pete Trewavas, all lyrics by Steve Hogarth except where noted.

  1. Gaza
  2. Sounds That Can’t Be Made
  3. Pour My Love – lyrics by Steve Hogarth, John Helmer
  4. Power
  5. Montréal
  6. Invisible Link
  7. Lucky Man
  8. The Sky Above the Rain

Marillion: Anoraknophobia

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On May 7, 2001, “Liberty” label released “Anoraknophobia”, the twelve Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2000 – 2001, at “The Racket Club”, in Buckinghamshire, UK, and was produced by Dave Meegan.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– vocals, additional piano, percussion
  • Steve Rothery– guitars
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas– vocals, bass, additional guitar
  • Ian Mosley– drums
  • Stephanie Sobey-Jones – cello
  • Dave Meegan– recording, mixing
  • Stewart Every – mixing
  • Simon Heyworth – mastering
  • Carl Glover – booklet graphic design
  • Matt Curtis – outer cover graphics
  • Jill Furmanovsky– photography
  • Fernando Aceves – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth, except where noted, all music by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas and Ian Mosley.

  1. Between You and Me
  2. Quartz
  3. Map of the World – Steve Hogarth, Nick Van Eede
  4. When I Meet God
  5. The Fruit of the Wild Rose
  6. Separated Out
  7. This is the 21st Century
  8. If My Heart Were a Ball It Would Roll Uphill

Marillion: Happines Is The Road

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On October 20, 2008, “Intact Records” label released “Happiness Is the Road” 15th Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2007 – 2008, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire, UK, and was produced by Michael Hunter, Steve Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– vocals, keyboards
  • Steve Rothery– guitars
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Pete Trewavas– bass guitar, guitars, clarinet, backing vocals
  • Ian Mosley– drums
  • Sam Morris – French horn
  • Claydon – Arco bass
  • Audley – dulcimer
  • Bisset – additional tuned percussion
  • Jon Hotten – overworked tambourine
  • Emil Hogarth – ultrasound heartbeat
  • Dawn Roberts – finger cymbal
  • Michael Hunter – recording, mixing
  • Roderick Brunton, Jon Cameron – assistant
  • Simon Heyworth – mastering
  • Antonio Seijas – artwork, photography
  • Carl Glover – design, layout

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth, music by Steve Hogarth, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas.

CD edition

Volume 1: Essence

  1. Dreamy Street
  2. This Train Is My Life
  3. Essence
  4. Wrapped Up in Time
  5. Liquidity
  6. Nothing Fills the Hole
  7. Woke Up
  8. Trap the Spark
  9. A State of Mind
  10. Happiness Is the Road
  11. blank
  12. Half-Full Jam – hidden track

Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder

  1. Thunder Fly
  2. The Man from the Planet Marzipan
  3. Asylum Satellite #1
  4. Older Than Me
  5. Throw Me Out
  6. Half the World
  7. Whatever Is Wrong with You
  8. Especially True
  9. Real Tears for Sale

Marillion: Fear (Fuck Everyone and Run)

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On September 23, 2016, “Intact” label released “Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)”, the eighteenth Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire “Real World Box” in Wiltshire, England, and was produced by Michael Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– lead vocals, hammered dulcimer, bass xylophone
  • Steve Rothery– guitar, additional fretless bass
  • Pete Trewavas– bass, additional vocals
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards
  • Ian Mosley– drums
  • Eleanor Gilchrist, Geraldine Berreen – violin
  • Teresa Whipple – viola
  • Abigail Trundle – cello
  • Sofi Hogarth, Jennie Rothery – additional vocals
  • Michael Hunter – mixing
  • Simon Ward – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas, Mark Kelly and Ian Mosley.

  1. El Dorado
    Long-Shadowed Sun
    II. The Gold
    III. Demolished Lives
    IV. F E A R
    V. The Grandchildren of Apes
  2. Living in FEAR
  3. The Leavers
    Wake Up in Music
    II. The Remainers
    III. Vapour Trails in the Sky
    IV. The Jumble of Days
    V. One Tonight
  4. White Paper
  5. The New Kings
    Fuck Everyone and Run
    II. Russia’s Locked Doors
    III. A Scary Sky
    IV. Why Is Nothing Ever True?
  6. Tomorrow’s New Country

Marillion: Afraid Of Sunlight

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On June 24, 1995, “EMI” label released “Afraid of Sunlight”, the eighth Marillion studio album. It was recorded January – March 1995, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Dave Meegan, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas and Ian Mosley.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– vocals, additional keyboards, percussion
  • Steve Rothery– guitar
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas– bass, backing vocals
  • Ian Mosley– drums, percussion
  • Barbara Lezmy, Wendy Paige, Hannah Stobart – additional backing vocals
  • Dave Meegan– engineer, mixing
  • Nick Davis, Michael Brauer– mixing
  • Bill Smith Studio – design
  • Paul Cox – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley and John Helmer, except where noted.

  1. Gazpacho
  2. Cannibal Surf Babe
  3. Beautiful – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley
  4. Afraid of Sunrise
  5. Out of This World
  6. Afraid of Sunlight
  7. Beyond You – Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley
  8. King

Marillion: Somewhere Else

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On April 9, 2007, “Intact Records” label released “Somewhere Else”, the fourteenth Marillion studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “The Racket Club” in Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Michael Hunter.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth– vocals, piano, and percussion
  • Steve Rothery– guitars
  • Mark Kelly– keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas– bass, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ian Mosley– drums
  • Sam Morris –French horn
  • Michael Hunter –recording, mixing
  • Peter Mew– mastering
  • Carl Glover – design, photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth and Ale Dozal, all music by Steve Hogart, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas and Ian Mosley. .

  1. The Other Hall
  2. See It Like a Baby
  3. Thankyou Whoever You Are
  4. Most Toys
  5. Somewhere Else
  6. No Such Thing
  7. The Wound
  8. The Last Century for Man
  9. Faith