Marillion – Script For A Jester's Tear (CD)
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Marillion arrived at a moment when progressive rock had been declared commercially dead, and their debut proved otherwise, cracking the UK Top 10 on the strength of Fish's theatrical vocals and a sound that owed as much to Genesis and Van der Graaf Generator as it did to the emerging alternative scene. This 2020 stereo remix, overseen with the band's involvement, gives the dense, layered arrangements of songs like "Script for a Jester's Tear" and "Forgotten Sons" a clarity that the original recording never quite captured.
Script For A Jester's Tear was Marillion's debut studio album originally released on 13 March 1983, reaching #7 in the UK Albums Chart (eventually achieving a platinum status) and produced the two Top 40 singles 'He Knows You Know' and 'Garden Party'. Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979, the band went through several personnel changes before recording their debut album. Having attracted attention with a three-track session for the Friday Rock Show they were signed by EMI Records releasing their first single, 'Market Square Heroes', in October 1982 with their debut album Script For A Jester's Tear following a few months later after their second single 'He Knows You Know'.
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UPC: 190295301804
Label: Rhino / Parlophone
Release Date: 7.30.21
Format: CD