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| View Larger Image | Radiation | Audio CDby Marillion
| List Price: | $21.99 | |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Import | | Studio: | Sanctuary | | Release Date: | January 06, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 217,396th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Costa del Slough
- Track 2: Under the Sun
- Track 3: Answering Machine
- Track 4: Three Minute Boy
- Track 5: Now She'll Never Know
- Track 6: These Chains
- Track 7: Born to Run
- Track 8: Cathedral Wall
- Track 9: Few Words for the Dead
- Track 10: Estonia [Acoustic Studio Version][*]
- Track 11: Memory of Water [Big Beat Mix][*]
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Album Description
Specially-priced reissue of this prog-rock band's 1998 album, often cited as one of the best of their recent offerings. 9 tracks including 'Under The Sun', 'These Chains' and more. Sanctuary. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 4 reviews)
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Marillion - A Step Down From Their Previous Three Albums by Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States)  3 Stars
September 19, 2007
For many fans this album is where the train started to leave the tracks. Coming from any other band this would probably be considered a very good album, but Marillion had already set the bar so high for themselves that "Radiation" is somewhat of a disappointment especially compared to the band's previous 3 disks. I really like the first 4 songs on this one. "Costa Del Slough" is a cool rocker. "Under The Sun" is another rocker that deals with the depletion of the ozone layer. "The Answering Machine" is commercial, but catchy as hell. "Three Minute Boy" is the best song on the album and stacks up with the band's best. The album goes down hill from there though. The material is not bad, but there is not much here that grabs me either. "Born To Run" is Marillion's attempt at doing blues. It works to an extent, but his is not really one of the band's strengths. "A Few Words For The Dead" is the longest track on the album clocking in at 10 minutes. It ends the album on a high note, and I really like the lyrics, but the music does not really stack up to some of the band's past epics. Overall I think this is one of the band's weakest albums, although Marillion has never done what I would consider a bad album, and it is still worth owning for about half of it. I give it 3.5 stars.
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A dark period in Marillion's history by Guy Campeau (Stoneham, Québec Canada)  2 Stars
April 01, 2007
Let's say it clear, this cd is under what the band can do.
The only good moments on this cd are the songs "Three minute boy" and "Born to run". A special mention also for the acoustic version of "Estonia", this song was available on another cd (This Strange Engine)
The other songs are weak with few good moments in them. This is one of the least interesting album from Marillion in Hoggart's era.
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terrific 'forgotten' and underrated Marillion album by Matthew Van Horn  5 Stars
January 24, 2007
Yes, Marillion's RADIATION seems to be an aberration--it certainly has it's differences from Marillion albums that preceded it and followed it--and I wish and hope Marillion would make more like this one. I bought this upon release nearly ten years ago, brought it to my bedroom and played it with my girlfriend listening. Did the songs jump out and grab me? No. I thought the opener UNDER THE SUN was uneven with a laborious beat. Now I enjoy the song with its quirky lyrics and apocalyptic imagery. The melodic "These Chains" is a nice contrast to UNDER THE SUN and is one of the more accessible tracks. NOW SHE'LL NEVER know is quiet and demands you listen closely, not casually. BORN TO RUN is Marillion's version of blues, and it works well--just remember, they are not trying to be Led Zeppelin, nor do they pretend to be bluesmasters. Steve H and Co. are playing their interpretation of blues--and I like it. By the time you get to CATHEDRAL WALL, the stark, slap-in-the-face opening will wake you up if you have drifted off and lost your attention (assuming this is your first listen, because in subsequent listens, this album WILL GROW ON YOU). "Cathedral Wall" is a strange song, with strange loud and soft, night and day changes. It is a dark, cinematic picture for the mind, packed into 5 minutes. A FEW WORDS FOR THE DEAD will test your patience, but to those who wait, the song builds until with trademark Marillion explosion, the song opens up into one of the most satisfying, cathartic climaxes composed by the group. The last two tracks are really just add-ons: they are remixes of earlier tunes from the band. And they are not bad at all. To hear the band perform live this and any song from RADIATION is a treat because it seems to be the forgotten Marillion album. It was not overwelmingly received with positive reviews by fans, but I suspect that just as I did, when I remembered the album and gave it another chance, the songs, and then the album as a whole, grew on me until it is in my top 5 Marillion.
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it grows on you by Jeff Weselinski (New Jersey)  4 Stars
September 26, 2006
Having lintening to albums like marbles, afraid of sunlight, and others I thought about buying the whole bands library. When I got this album and heard it for the first time ,I was not very impressed. The production value lacked very much. Some songs at the first two playings I thought were sub par, but this album really grew on me. Songs like the blistering Under The Sun, the Beatle-isque These Chains, and The epic Three Minute Boy werse really lyrically well written and musically wonderful!! The whole album flows nicely, with very few dull moments, with the eception of The Answering Machine, this album stacks up to grace and excellance! This album is alot different from the sound of past and future marillion albums. The bluesy song Born To Run shows how much depth and talent these guys have. I recommend this album to all fans, who want a different sounding Marillion album to non fans alike. This will grow on you!
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