CLUTCHING AT STRAWS
Remaster
56
Cs-2
 
 
 
22 / MAR / 1999
 
EMI 98611
   
 
Producer: CHRIS KIMSEY
 
 
llustrator: MARK WILKINSON
  
 
Album:
  
 
 
 
Formats:
  
Highest Chart Position:
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
Tracks: 
    
 
HOTEL HOBBIES
3:35
  
 
WARM WET CIRCLES
4:25
  
 
THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT (THE SHORT STRAW)
6:00
  
 
GOING UNDER
2:47
  
   
JUST FOR THE RECORD
3:09
  
* Bonus disc contains a hidden track accessed via the Internet
WARM WET CIRCLES
(Rock and Roll Instrumental)
2:20
  
WHITE RUSSIAN
6:27
  
 
INCOMMUNICADO
5:16
  
 
TORCH SONG
4:04
  
 
SLAÌNTE MHATH
4:45
  
   
SUGAR MICE
5:46
  


2018 Deluxe Edition
  
THE LAST STRAW
5:58
  
       
 
INCOMMUNICADO (Alternative)
5:57
  
 
TUX ON
5:13
  
 
GOING UNDER (Extended)
2:48
  
 
BEAUJOLAIS DAY (Demo)
4:51
  
 
STORY FROM A THIN WALL (Demo)
6:47
  
 
SHADOWS ON THE BARLEY (Demo)
2:07
  
 
SUNSET HILL (Demo)
4:21
  
 
TIC-TAC-TOE (Demo)
2:59
  
 
VOICE IN THE CROWD (Demo)
3:29
  
 
EXILE ON PRINCES STREET (Demo)
5:29
  
 
WHITE RUSSIAN (Demo)
6:15
  
 
SUGAR MICE (Demo)
5:26
  
 
   
 
Many of the tracks on this bonus disc were early versions of Marillion songs with lyrics provided by former frontman Fish. This is the breakdown of where the music and lyrics ended up.
    
 

BEAUJOLAIS DAY
Seasons End (main motif - verses, choruses)
Warm Wet Circles (ending)
Fortunes of War (one verse lyric)

STORY FROM A THIN WALL
Berlin (main motif - verses)
Family Business (main lyric)

SHADOWS ON THE BARLEY
The Bell In The Sea (main motif - verses)

SUNSET HILL
The King Of Sunset Town (chorus music)
View From The Hill (chorus lyric)
Fortunes of War (pre-chorus lyric)

TIC-TAC-TOE
The Release (main motif)
State of Mind (main lyric)

VOICE IN THE CROWD
After Me (main motif)
Just Good Friends (verse lyric)
Vigil (snippets of lyrics)

EXILE ON PRINCES STREET
Internal Exile (main lyric)