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Marillion: Happiness is the Road - Volume 1 - Essence

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 2008.10.20
Time:
 56:03
Category: Progressive Rock
Producer(s): Michael Hunter & Marillion
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.marillion.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Dreamy Street (Marillion) - 2:02
[2] This Train Is My Life (Marillion) - 4:50
[3] Essence (Marillion) - 6:29
[4] Wrapped Up in Time (Marillion) - 5:06
[5] Liquidity (Marillion) - 2:12
[6] Nothing Fills the Hole (Marillion) - 3:23
[7] Woke Up (Marillion) - 3:40
[8] Trap the Spark (Marillion) - 5:43
[9] A State of Mind (Marillion) - 4:33
[10] Happiness Is the Road (Marillion) - 10:05
    (blank) – 1:59
[11] Half-Full Jam (Marillion) - 6:48 (hidden track)

Track 12 is listed as Half-Empty Jam on the download version, but was changed just prior to the CD release of the album. This could be seen as a play on words, as the lyrics of the song begin with "I used to be half empty, but now I'm half full..." Track 11 does not appear on the download version.

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Steve Hogarth - Vocals, Keyboards, Producer
Mark Kelly - Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Producer
Ian Mosley - Drums, Backing Vocals, Producer
Steve Rothery - Guitars, Backing Vocals, Producer
Pete Trewavas - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Guitars, Producer

S. Claydon - Arco Bass
S. Audley - Dulcimer
P. Bisset - Additional Tuned Percussion
Jon Hotten - Overworked Tambourine
Emil Hogarth - Ultrasound Heartbeat on [1]
Dawn Roberts - Finger Cymbal on [3]

Michael Hunter - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Roderick Brunton - Assistant Engineer
Jon Cameron - Assistant Engineer
Simon Heyworth - Mastering
Antonio Seijas - Artwork & Photography
Carl Glover - Graphic Design & Layout

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Once upon a time, Marillion was unmistakably a prog pop band. But by the dawn of the 21st century, it was becoming increasingly clearer that the group was shedding their early prog direction in favor of melodic pop (akin to Radiohead's more focused and mainstream moments, or even comparable to Coldplay, if Chris Martin and co. were a tad more askew). This is especially evidenced by the first half of their 2008 double album, Happiness Is the Road (issued as two separate releases, "Volume 1: Essence" and "Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder"). By this point, the group's devoted cult following awaits each release with baited breath, and both neither volume should disappoint their post-Fish era fans -- especially on the simply soaring title track from Vol. 1. But on the second disc, the group gets to follow a much proggier path -- which you could have figured by taking a gander at the song title, "The Man from Planet Marzipan." Marillion continue to explore the artier side of rock without getting too crazy, as heard throughout both volumes of Happiness Is the Road.

Greg Prato - All Music Guide



Happiness Is the Road is Marillion's 15th studio album, released as two separate album-length volumes respectively titled Essence and The Hard Shoulder. The overall playing time is 110 minutes (116 including a hidden track), taking it to double album length. According to the band, the album combines their rock sound with "elements of pop, dub and soul and draws influence from artists as diverse as The Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye to Interpol, The Doors, Traffic, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. The album also sees Marillion experimenting with a host of new instruments including, Dulcimers, Glockenspiels, a Harmonium, French Horns and even Sleigh bells, a Harp and Zither." The title track "Happiness Is the Road" was inspired by Eckhart Tolle's book The Power of Now.[3] The album's artwork was created by the Spanish artist Antonio Seijas in co-operation with Marillion's long-time designer Carl Glover.

Wikipedia.org



Musikalisch wie geschäftlich zählen Marillion zu den innovativsten Bands der letzten 25 Jahre. Mit dem zweigeteilten Happiness Is The Road schenken sie ihren Fans ein weiteres herzerwärmendes Statement gegen Fast-Food-Musik und die Hektik der Postmoderne.

Die Briten, die einst mit ihrem ersten Sänger Fish als 70er-Jahre-Progrock-Band begannen, sind anno 2008 mehr auf der Höhe der Zeit als je zuvor. Ohne Unterstützung einer Plattenfirma, nur mit dem Support der treuen, seit vielen Jahren vorbildlich vernetzten Fan-Gemeinde nahm man 108 Minuten neue Musik auf, die auf zwei CDs verteilt vorrangig über das Internet vertrieben wird. Und auch musikalisch setzt bei Marillion nichts Staub an. Essence und The Hard Shoulder, die beiden Teile des Doppeldeckers, bieten zeitlos guten, anspruchsvollen Avantgarde-Rock, der gekonnt den weiten Bogen von der ersten Prog-Generation bis zu Bands wie Radiohead und Coldplay spannt. Steve Hogarth & Co. brillieren mit ruhigen, nachdenklichen Traumreisen, aber auch mit wunderbar in Szene gesetzten härteren Riff-Kaskaden und inspirierten Jam-Nummern. In dieser Form sind Marillion noch genauso relevant für die zeitgenössische Rock-Szene wie zu ihrer kommerziellen Hochphase in den 80ern.

Michael Rensen - Amazon.de
 

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