Radiation (album)

Radiation

Studio album by Marillion

Released

21 September 1998
(see release history)

Recorded

November 1997 — June 1998

Studio

The Racket Club
(Buckinghamshire, England)

Genre

Neo-progressive rock

Length

48:33^{[nb 1]}

Label

Raw Power

Producer

Marillion
Stewart Every

Marillion chronology

This Strange Engine
(1997)

Radiation
(1998)

marillion.com
(1999)

Alternative cover

Radiation 2013

Singles from Radiation

"These Chains"
Released: 14 September 1998

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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.

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 written by Steve Hogarth; all music composed by Marillion, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Costa del Slough"	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"	7:20
9.	"A Few Words for the Dead"	10:32
Total length:		48:33

U.S. bonus tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Estonia" (acoustic studio version)		6:43
11.	"Memory of Water" (Big Beat mix)	Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, John Helmer	8:08
Total length:			63:27

Japan bonus tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"The Space"	Hogarth, Rothery, Trewavas, Kelly, Mosley, Colin Woore, Geoff Dugmore, Fergus Harper	4:13
11.	"Fake Plastic Trees"	Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Philip Selway, Thom Yorke	4:58

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]}.

Marillion

Steve Hogarth – vocals, additional piano and percussion
Steve Rothery – guitars
Mark Kelly – keyboards and backing vocals
Pete Trewavas – bass, acoustic guitar (on "Now She'll Never Know") and backing vocals
Ian Mosley – drums and percussion

Additional musicians

Erik Nielsen – backing vocals
Jo Rothery – additional backing vocals (on "Three Minute Boy")
Viki Price – additional backing vocals (on "Three Minute Boy")

Technical personnel

Stewart Every – co-production, engineering and mixing (at The Forge, Oswestry, Shropshire, England) (original 1998 mix)
Michael Hunter – mixing (2013 remix)
Carl Glover – photography and graphic design
Niels van Iperen – portrait photography

Charts

Album

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[7]	26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	46
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	35

"These Chains"

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[6]	78

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
Worldwide	July 2013	Madfish	2LP	SMALP996

References

Notes

↑ Raw Power RAW CD 126, GSA0000126RAW
1 2 Madfish SMACD996
↑ Madfish SMALP996

Citations

↑ Jensen, Dale. Marillion: "Radiation" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
↑ Hogarth, Steve (September 1999). "A diary of events recalled from the famously unreliable memory of Mr. H ..." (Interview). marillion.com. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
↑ "Album: Radiation". Bert ter Steege. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
1 2 "Radiation". The Official Marillion Website. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
1 2 "Archive Chart: 1998-09-26" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Marillion – Radiation" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Marillion – Radiation" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

External links

The Official Marillion Website

Marillion

Steve Rothery Mark Kelly Pete Trewavas Ian Mosley Steve 'h' Hogarth Mick Pointer Brian Jelliman Doug 'Rastus' Irvine Fish Diz Minnett Andy Ward John 'Martyr' Marter Jonathan Mover

Studio albums	Script for a Jester's Tear Fugazi Misplaced Childhood Clutching at Straws Seasons End Holidays in Eden Brave Afraid of Sunlight This Strange Engine Radiation marillion.com Anoraknophobia Marbles Somewhere Else Happiness Is the Road Less Is More Sounds That Can't Be Made Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R)

Compilations	Brief Encounter B'Sides Themselves A Singles Collection The Best of Both Worlds The Best of Marillion The Singles '82–88' The Singles '89-'95

Live albums	Real to Reel The Thieving Magpie Made Again Unplugged at the Walls Anorak in the UK Marbles Live Early Stages Live from Loreley Recital of the Script

Singles	"Market Square Heroes" "He Knows You Know" "Garden Party" "Punch and Judy" "Assassing" "Kayleigh" "Lavender" "Heart Of Lothian" "Lady Nina" "Welcome to the Garden Party" "Incommunicado" "Sugar Mice" "Warm Wet Circles" "Freaks (Live)" "Hooks in You" "The Uninvited Guest" "Easter" "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" "No One Can" "Dry Land" "Sympathy" "No One Can" (1992) "The Great Escape" "The Hollow Man" "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" "Beautiful" "Man of a Thousand Faces" "80 Days" "These Chains" "Between You and Me"/"Map of the World" "You're Gone" "Don't Hurt Yourself" "The Damage" (Live) "See It Like a Baby" "Thankyou Whoever You Are"/"Most Toys" "Carol of the Bells"

Related articles	Marillion discography Brave, the Film

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