SCRIPT FOR A JESTER'S TEAR

The most important Marillion album ever made. Period. I first listened to this in 1986, at the tender age of 16 and was almost swept into another world by these compositions. Almost at once i rushed out to get an electric guitar to learn Rothery's masterful solo's. For a debut album of this genre, Marillion did a remarkable job, although Pointer's drumming was indeed 'basic', it has to be said. The way the album was put together indicated a fine bit of producing, all the songs worked very well in a 'live'context, they are intelligent, moving, sarcastic and humourous observations, backed by a crackin' band. True songcraft, very British, and despite those iffy drums, still sounds grand to this day. Important? Oooooh yes!