Released 21 September 1998 Release date 21 September 1998 | Length 48:33 | |
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Recorded November 1997 — June 1998 Producer MarillionStewart Every Genres Progressive rock, Neo-progressive rock Similar Marillion albums, Progressive rock albums | ||
Marillion costa del slough
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.
Contents
- Marillion costa del slough
- Marillion three minute boy from radiation 2013
- Release
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
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.
Marillion three minute boy from radiation 2013
Release
Radiation was released in Europe on 21 September 1998 by the Castle Communications imprint Raw Power. 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. 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, 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.
In the autumn of 2012, Radiation was remixed by Michael Hunter, and re-released in March 2013 by Madfish as a 2CD deluxe edition 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.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Steve Hogarth; all music composed by Marillion, except where noted.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's 2013 liner notes.
Songs
1Costa del Slough1:28
2Under the Sun4:10
3The Answering Machine3:48