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CLUTCHING AT STRAWS

Marillion

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4.76 | 32 ratings | 1 reviews | 81% 5 stars

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2018

Songs / Tracks Listing

Disc 1: Clutching At Straws (2018 Andy Bradfield & Avril Mackintosh Re-mix)
1. Hotel Hobbies
2. Warm Wet Circles
3. That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)
4. Going Under (Alternate Version)
5. Just for the Record
6. White Russian
7. Incommunicado
8. Torch Song
9. Slàinte Mhath
10. Sugar Mice
11. The Last Straw / Happy Ending

Disc 2: Live at the Edinburgh Playhouse 19/12/1987 (2018 Michael Hunter Mix)
1. La Gazza Ladra
2. Slàinte Mhath
3. Assassing
4. White Russian
5. Incubus
6. Sugar Mice
7. Fugazi
8. Hotel Hobbies
9. Warm Wet Circles
10. That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)

Disc 3: Live at the Edinburgh Playhouse 19/12/1987 (2018 Michael Hunter Mix)
1. Pseudo Silk Kimono (Intro)
2. Kayleigh
3. Lavender
4. Bitter Suite
5. Heart of Lothian
6. The Last Straw
7. Incommunicado
8. Garden Party
9. Market Square Heroes (incomplete, featuring "My Generation," "Margaret," and "Let's Twist Again")

Disc 4: Clutching At Straws Demos (1999 Remaster)
1. Beaujolais Day
2. Story From A Thin Wall
3. Shadows On The Barley
4. Exile On Princes Street
5. Sunset Hill
6. Tic-Tac-Toe
7. Voice In The Crowd
8. White Russians
9. Sugar Mice In The Rain
Previously Unreleased Demos:
10. Hotel Hobbies / Warm Wet Circles (The Mosaic Demos)
11. Just for the Record
12. Torch Song
13. Slàinte Mhath

Disc 5: Blu-ray
Clutching At Straws (2018 Andy Bradfield & Avril Mackintosh Re-mix)

48/24 PCM Stereo Remix
48/24 LPCM Master Audio 5.1 Mix
48/24 DTS Master Audio 5.1 Mix

The Final Straw Documentary (60 Minutes)

Promo Videos (SD Content)
*Incommunicado
*Sugar Mice
*Warm Wet Circles

Extras:
Clutching At Straws (Original 1987 Album Mix)

Plus: 1999 Remaster Bonus Tracks:
*Incommunicado (Alternative Version)
*Tux On
*Going Under (Extended Version)

Line-up / Musicians

- Fish / Voice
- Steve Rothery / Guitars
- Pete Trewavas / Bass & Vocals
- Mark Kelly / Keyboards
- Ian Mosley / Drums / Percussion

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MARILLION Clutching At Straws ratings distribution


4.76
(32 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(81%)
81%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(6%)
6%
Good, but non-essential (10%)
10%
Collectors/fans only (0%)
0%
Poor. Only for completionists (3%)
3%

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Review by Warthur
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5 stars As well as providing more or less everything that the previous 2CD remaster of Clutching At Straws offered, plus a Blu- Ray of extras, this lavish boxed set also includes a real treat: a two-disc recording (complete bar for the end of the closing Market Square Heroes medley) of the band's 19th December 1987 gig at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Extracts from this visit to Fish's native Scotland on the Clutching At Straws tour had appeared on The Thieving Magpie, but here the concert gets a new mix and you get all the songs in their original context, complete with Fish's between-songs banter.

Perhaps it's just that Christmas is coming up and they're feeling cheerful, but the band are performing well here, with no signs of the behind-the-scenes tensions which would eventually put an end to the Fish-era lineup by the time the Clutching At Straws tour wrapped. Marillion fans are well-served for live releases from the Clutching At Straws era - what with it also being represented by Live At Loreley and a show each from the Early Stages and Curtain Call boxed sets - but honestly, when the band sounded so good and when their set was so loaded with classics, that's no surprise, and it's lovely to have another gig from that era in the collection.

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