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Track List
01) A Legacy
02) Deserve
03) Go!
04) Rich
05) Enlightened
06) Built-in Bastard Radar
07) Tumble Down the Years
08) Interior Lulu
09) House
01) A Legacy
02) Deserve
03) Go!
04) Rich
05) Enlightened
06) Built-in Bastard Radar
07) Tumble Down the Years
08) Interior Lulu
09) House
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4:25
6:13
5:44
5:01
4:54
4:35
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10:15
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First Released
1999
Progressive Rock
Rousing
Rock/Pop
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marillion.com is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Marillion, released in 1999. It was the last of three albums in three consecutive years that Marillion released on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. It was the first Marillion studio album to fail to reach UK Top 40, peaking at No. 53 and staying on the chart for one week. It was also the first Marillion album from which no singles were released officially. However, "Deserve" was released as a promo single, and "Rich" served as a radio single in Brazil. There was also a video made for the track "Deserve", featuring tour and backstage footage.
marillion.com was self-produced with additional production from Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson on five out of nine tracks. The last track, "House", features a dance (trip-hop) influence and had the working title "the Massive Attack song". The band would go on to explore this territory on their next album Anoraknophobia. Among fans, the album was received more favourably than its predecessor, but it still belongs to their least popular work; in particular, the track "Built-in Bastard Radar" is considered to be one of their worst ever by many fans.
The album's title is a reference to Marillion's then-new approach in using the internet to communicate with their fans, and in particular to ensure the financing of projects, which would later become known as "crowdfunding": In 1997, fans had funded a US tour (which would otherwise not have happened as Castle Communications refused to support it); the next album, Anoraknophobia would be completely financed by pre-orders, this making the band independent from record company support (except for distribution). The line "thank God for the internet" from the track "Interior Lulu" (although used ironically in the original context) can also be read as a reference to the band's internet activities, and was in fact used as a slogan later. While preparing the album, the band's management invited fans to send them passport photographs and 732 of these were then used to make up the artwork for the booklet.
The songs "Tumble Down the Years" and "Interior Lulu" were recorded and mixed during the recording sessions for Radiation (1998). It was decided not to include the tracks on that album as the band thought they were incomplete.
Marillion made a companion disc to marillion.com, which was named marillion.co.uk and was available for free to everyone who bought the album. The companion disc had a collection of tracks from various live and demo releases, as well as a short interview video (which was originally from a press kit for the album). For several years, marillion.co.uk was regularly updated with newer songs. As a physical item, it is now out of print, but the most recent version from 2005 remains available to download from Marillion's website.
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marillion.com is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Marillion, released in 1999. It was the last of three albums in three consecutive years that Marillion released on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. It was the first Marillion studio album to fail to reach UK Top 40, peaking at No. 53 and staying on the chart for one week. It was also the first Marillion album from which no singles were released officially. However, "Deserve" was released as a promo single, and "Rich" served as a radio single in Brazil. There was also a video made for the track "Deserve", featuring tour and backstage footage.
marillion.com was self-produced with additional production from Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson on five out of nine tracks. The last track, "House", features a dance (trip-hop) influence and had the working title "the Massive Attack song". The band would go on to explore this territory on their next album Anoraknophobia. Among fans, the album was received more favourably than its predecessor, but it still belongs to their least popular work; in particular, the track "Built-in Bastard Radar" is considered to be one of their worst ever by many fans.
The album's title is a reference to Marillion's then-new approach in using the internet to communicate with their fans, and in particular to ensure the financing of projects, which would later become known as "crowdfunding": In 1997, fans had funded a US tour (which would otherwise not have happened as Castle Communications refused to support it); the next album, Anoraknophobia would be completely financed by pre-orders, this making the band independent from record company support (except for distribution). The line "thank God for the internet" from the track "Interior Lulu" (although used ironically in the original context) can also be read as a reference to the band's internet activities, and was in fact used as a slogan later. While preparing the album, the band's management invited fans to send them passport photographs and 732 of these were then used to make up the artwork for the booklet.
The songs "Tumble Down the Years" and "Interior Lulu" were recorded and mixed during the recording sessions for Radiation (1998). It was decided not to include the tracks on that album as the band thought they were incomplete.
Marillion made a companion disc to marillion.com, which was named marillion.co.uk and was available for free to everyone who bought the album. The companion disc had a collection of tracks from various live and demo releases, as well as a short interview video (which was originally from a press kit for the album). For several years, marillion.co.uk was regularly updated with newer songs. As a physical item, it is now out of print, but the most recent version from 2005 remains available to download from Marillion's website.
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