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Marillion - Clutching at Straws
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Side one
"Hotel Hobbies" – 3:35
"Warm Wet Circles" – 4:25
"That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)" – 6:00
"Just for the Record" – 3:09
"White Russian" – 6:27
Side two
"Incommunicado" – 5:16
"Torch Song" – 4:05
"Slàinte Mhath" – 4:44
"Sugar Mice" – 5:46
"The Last Straw" – 5:50
"Happy Ending" – 0:08 (No music. Someone shouts "Help!", then Fish laughs.)
The CD version of the album includes the bonus track "Going Under" (2:47) between "That Time of the Night" and "Just for the Record". This was not included on the vinyl or cassette versions.
1999 remastered CD edition Disc 2 (bonus tracks)
"Incommunicado" (alternative version) – 5:57
"Tux On" – 5:13
"Going Under" (extended version) – 2:48
"Beaujolais Day" – 4:51
"Story from a Thin Wall" – 6:47
"Shadows on the Barley" – 2:07
"Sunset Hill" – 4:21
"Tic-Tac-Toe" – 2:59
"Voice in the Crowd" – 3:29
"Exile on Princes Street" – 5:29
"White Russians" (demo) – 6:15
"Sugar Mice in the Rain" (demo) – 5:54
4-CD + Blu-ray Disc, 2018, Remastered, Digi-Book
CD 2 Live At The Edinburgh Playhouse 1987
La Gazza Ladra 2:46
Slainthe Mhath 5:03
Assassing 6:47
White Russian 6:25
Incubus 10:36
Sugar Mice 6:14
Fugazi 9:57
Hotel Hobbies 4:04
Warm Wet Circles 4:17
That Time Of The Night 6:00
CD 3 Live At The Edinburgh Playhouse 1987
Pseudo Silk Kimono 1:06
Kayleigh 3:48
Lavender 2:34
Bitter Suite 8:32
Heart Of Lothian 7:23
The Last Straw 7:16
Incommunicado 5:00
Garden Party 6:26
Market Square Heroes [Incomlete / Feat. 'My Generation', 'Margaret' & 'Let's Twist Again'] 10:09
Marillion Band Members
Fish – vocals
Steve Rothery – guitars
Mark Kelly – keyboards
Pete Trewavas – bass
Ian Mosley – drums
Additional musicians
Tessa Niles – backing vocals on "That Time of the Night" and "The Last Straw"
Chris Kimsey (credited as "Christopher 'Robbin' Kimsey") – backing vocals on "Incommunicado", production
John Cavanaugh – "Dr. Finlay" voice on "Torch Song"
Clutching at Straws is the 4th studio album by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, released in 1987. It was the last album with lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988, and is a concept album.
Although Clutching at Straws did not achieve the sales of its predecessor, the number one album Misplaced Childhood, spending 15 weeks on the UK album chart (the shortest chart residency of any of Marillion's first four studio albums), it was still an immediate commercial success, becoming the second highest charting Marillion album by entering the chart at number two. It produced three UK Top 40 singles: "Incommunicado", "Sugar Mice" and "Warm Wet Circles".
