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THE ARTIST British rock band Marillion, founded in 1979, have, over the course of 19 studio albums, become one of the most commercially successful progressive rock bands of the 1980s and are still one of the most outstanding representatives of their genre. As the first of their peers, Marillion have started to embrace the potential of the internet for both their commercial approach and to interact with their audience. THE PRODUCT Whether it's the last hour you were allowed to play outside as a child before you had to go home, a reference to the fight against time in regard to the climate crisis or the last minutes of a person's life - "An Hour Before It's Dark" certainly doesn't lack interpretations. Recorded in Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, Marillion remain musically true to themselves and continue swimming against the path of adjusting to norms and limitations. An Hour Before It's Dark

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Record LabelErmu, Earmusic

UPC4029759171713

eBay Product ID (ePID)25053057175

Product Key Features

FormatRecord

Release Year2022

GenreRock

ArtistMarillion

Release TitleAn Hour before It's Dark

Dimensions

Item Height0.36 in

Item Weight1.27 lb

Item Length12.38 in

Item Width12.32 in

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Number of Tracks18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Be Hard on Yourself (I) the Tear in the Big Picture 1.2 Be Hard on Yourself (II) Lust for Luxury 1.3 Be Hard on Yourself (III) You Can Learn 1.4 Reprogram the Gene (I) Invincible 1.5 Reprogram the Gene (II) Trouble-Free Life 1.6 Reprogram the Gene (III) a Cure for Us? 1.7 Only a Kiss 1.8 Murder Machines 1.9 The Crow and the Nightingale 1.10 Sierra Leone (I) Chance in a Million 1.11 Sierra Leone (II) the White Sand 1.12 Sierra Leone (III) the Diamond 1.13 Sierra Leone (IV) the Blue Warm Air 1.14 Sierra Leone (V) More Than Treasure 1.15 Care (I) Maintenance Drugs 1.16 Care (II) An Hour Before It's Dark 1.17 Care (III) Every Cell 1.18 Care (IV) Angels on Earth

Number of Discs2

NotesOften referred to as the leaders of the neo-progressive movement of the early 80s, Marillion is a great deal more than that. They are purveyors of soulful, powerful, and deeply-moving music, with a long-standing reputation of impressive live shows and an imposing, faithful and loyal global fan base. "It would seem that much of the foreboding in our last album FEAR turned out to be well-founded," notes Steve Hogarth. "For this one I set out to avoid writing about the pandemic at all costs because I thought every other artist would be. When push came to shove though, it was impossible not to reference it. It has become part of life so there's no ignoring it creatively just as there's no ignoring it, period. "However, the pandemic isn't our biggest problem, the mass extinction and the climate-gone-mad is where we really need to blow our economies - personal and national," he adds. "We're going to have to save the earth whether we're hippies or billionaires. That's got to be our number 1 priority. We're gonna have to be hard on ourselves. It was this thought that shaped the overall lyrical arc of this album. Despite the bleak concept, musically it's rich and perhaps our most upbeat work for many years. There is also a love song to Leonard Cohen and a song about a big diamond."