Radiation (album)

Radiation is the tenth studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1998. Recorded at The Racket Club between November 1997 and June 1998, it was co-produced by Stewart Every.

Radiation
Studio album by
Marillion
Released21 September 1998
RecordedNovember 1997 — June 1998
StudioThe Racket Club
(Buckinghamshire, England)
GenreNeo-progressive rock
Length48:33[nb 1]
LabelRaw Power
Producer
Marillion chronology
This Strange Engine
(1997)		 Radiation
(1998)		 marillion.com
(1999)
Alternative cover
Radiation 2013
Singles from Radiation
  1. "These Chains"
    Released: 14 September 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

For this album the band decided to experiment with different instrument tones, vocal effects, samples (making segues between songs by cutting and pasting pieces from elsewhere in the album), and the like. They also tried a different approach to mixing that left the recording often sounding flat and tinny. The entire album was significantly remixed in 2013 to give a different perspective and rectify many of those complaints.

During the recording sessions, the tracks "Tumble Down the Years" and "Interior Lulu" were recorded and mixed, but it was decided to leave them for the next album, marillion.com (1999), as the band thought the songs were incomplete.[2]

Release

Radiation was released in Europe on 21 September 1998 by the Castle Communications imprint Raw Power.[3] It was the second of the three recordings Marillion made on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. Due to an announcement on the band's official website before the release, the album's title had been incorrectly listed as either Don't Try This at Home or Radiation Leak.[4] As Marillion's tenth studio album, the number 10 can be seen in the "io" in both "marillion" and "radiation" on the front cover.

The album peaked at number 35 in the UK charts and stayed there for just one week,[5] making it the last Marillion album to enter the Top 40 until Somewhere Else (2007). The only single released from Radiation was "These Chains" which stalled at number 78 in the UK Singles Chart.[6]

In the autumn of 2012, Radiation was remixed by Michael Hunter, and re-released in March 2013 by Madfish as a 2CD deluxe edition[nb 2] containing both the original and the new mixes as well as featuring re-designed artwork by Carl Glover. In July 2013, Hunter's mix was issued on double 180gm heavyweight translucent blue vinyl[nb 3].[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Steve Hogarth, except where noted; all music is composed by Marillion, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Costa del Slough" (music: Steve Rothery)1:27
2."Under the Sun"4:10
3."The Answering Machine"3:48
4."Three Minute Boy"5:59
5."Now She'll Never Know"4:59
6."These Chains"4:50
7."Born to Run"5:12
8."Cathedral Wall" (lyrics: Hogarth, John Helmer)7:20
9."A Few Words for the Dead"10:32
Total length:48:33
U.S. bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Estonia" (acoustic studio version) 6:43
11."Memory of Water" (Big Beat mix)Hogarth, Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Helmer8:08
Total length:63:27
Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."The Space"Hogarth, Rothery, Trewavas, Kelly, Mosley, Colin Woore, Geoff Dugmore, Fergus Harper4:13
11."Fake Plastic Trees"Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke4:58
  • The Japan bonus tracks are live acoustic versions taken from Unplugged at the Walls (1999) released by Racket Records. The latter is also featured as a B-side of the single "These Chains".

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 2013 liner notes[nb 2].

Charts

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan 18 September 1998 Canyon International CD PCCY-01281
Europe 21 September 1998 Raw Power RAW CD 126, GSA0000126RAW
United States 27 October 1998 Velvel 63467-79760-2
Worldwide March 2013 Madfish 2CD SMACD996
July 2013 2LP SMALP996

References
Notes
  1. Raw Power RAW CD 126, GSA0000126RAW
  2. Madfish SMACD996
  3. Madfish SMALP996
Citations
  1. Jensen, Dale. Marillion: "Radiation" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. Hogarth, Steve (September 1999). "A diary of events recalled from the famously unreliable memory of Mr. H ..." (Interview). marillion.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. "Album: Radiation". Bert ter Steege. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  4. "Radiation". The Official Marillion Website. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  5. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  6. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Marillion – Radiation" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Marillion – Radiation" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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