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Clutching at Straws

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Clutching at Straws
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Length
11 tracks
Release Date
12 June 1987
Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the band in 1988. Although commercially not quite as successful as its 1985 predecessor Misplaced Childhood, Clutching at Straws spent 15 weeks on the UK album chart (the shortest chart residency of any of Marillion's first four studio albums), reaching number two (the second highest chart placing for a Marillion album). The album is considered to be among the best work of Marillion's "Fis… read more
Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last albu… read more
Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and is a concept album. Released in 1987, it was the last album with lead singer Fish who left the … read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Hotel Hobbies
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 4:14 22,748 listeners
2 Play track Warm Wet Circles
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 5:58 28,634 listeners
3 Play track That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)
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 22,815 listeners
4 Play track Going Under
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 2:47 19,983 listeners
5 Play track Just for the Record
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 19,219 listeners
6 Play track White Russian
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 6:55 21,755 listeners
7 Play track Incommunicado
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 5:31 43,997 listeners
8 Play track Torch Song
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 3:55 22,648 listeners
9 Play track Slainte Mhath
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 4:47 21,687 listeners
10 Play track Sugar Mice
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 7:58 32,345 listeners
11 Play track The Last Straw: Happy Ending
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 3,774 listeners

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Marillion are a rock band formed in Aylesbury, England . Their 30-year career is marked by two distinctive phases; the early years fronted by Fish which saw their greatest commercial success, and much longer period fronted by Steve Hogarth in which the band have constantly re-invented themselves so as to continue to be relevant into the 21st century. The Fish era is often categorized as . They originally started as "Silmarillion" (from Tolkien's book) with heavy influences from classic Genesis but went on to develop their own distinctive sound. The ban… read more
Marillion are a rock band formed in Aylesbury, England . Their 30-year career is marked by two distinctive phases; the early years fronted by Fish which saw their greatest commercial succe… read more
Marillion are a rock band formed in Aylesbury, England . Their 30-year career is marked by two distinctive phases; the early years fronted by Fish which saw their greatest commercial success, and much longer period fronted by Steve Ho… read more

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