MARILLION - Script For A Jester's Tear - Vinyl (picture disc LP + insert)
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MARILLION
Script For A Jester's Tear
Parlophone
picture disc LP + insert Cat: 505419 7424861Rel: 17 Nov 25
Progressive Rock Side 1 - Track 1. Script For A Jester's Tear Side 1 - Track 2. He Knows You Know Side 1 - Track 3. The Web Side 2 - Track 1. Garden Party Side 2 - Track 2. Chelsea Monday Side 2 - Track 3. Forgotten Sons
In 1983, Marillion's debut arrived like a defiant gesture against the tide. Recorded at London's Marquee Studios, it channelled the grand theatricality of 70s prog through the raw nerves of the Thatcher era. Fish's lyrics cut deep -self-lacerating and vividly British - while the band matched his drama with intricate, surging arrangements. The title track opens as a lament and builds into a storm, Fish's voice veering between confession and performance. 'He Knows You Know' dives into addiction's spiral with the intensity tempered by Mark Kelly's eerie synths while 'Garden Party' mocks the elite with gleeful precision. It felt like prog's past reborn - restless and wounded, yet alive in its despair - and it made them unlikely stars.
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