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| 4.5 superb | Deadwing2112 | April 6th 20 |
The album represents progressive rock excellence yet the concept material is sad by nature and perhaps pseudo autobiographical in terms of what the band was experiencing at the time of recording. This also draws a close to the Fish era of Marillion and the existence of the band itself was in question. Fish channels a rather tortured character in Torch facing alcoholism, family dysfunction and commercial failure with his band. Steve Rothery emerges as a beast on guitar lead. Extra credit for the album artwork depicting scene changers John Lennon, Robert Burns, Dylan Thomas, James Dean, Truman Capote, Lenny Bruce and Jack Kerouac. Clutching at Straws is an elegant sunset for Marillion's first phase in its career.
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| 4.5 superb | Torontonian | November 21st 14 |
No soundoff possible could do this album justice. Best album ever made if you ask me.
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| 4.5 superb | Fernando Alves STAFF | August 7th 11 |
The previous is definitely my favourite but all their records with Fish are brilliant and Clutching at Straws is one of those timeless records I never get tired of listening. Probably their darkest and introspective record to date. All songs are amazing but my favourites are Warm Wet Circles, That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw), Incommunicado, Torch Song and Sugar Mice. Absolute classic.
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| 4.5 superb | perkunas | January 13th 08 |
This is the last album with their singer Fish and they were not happy anymore with each other.
And that's what makes this album so special because it sounds like everybody in the band tried to show to the others that he was the most important member in the band. So this really brought out the best of each member and resulted their best album I think.
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| 3.5 great | Timmy | March 9th 23 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | February 28th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Grimmy | December 3rd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Chippe | May 17th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Juuso | March 11th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | November 20th 21 |
| 2.5 average | KuyJuk | September 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Superb | April 20th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Basina | December 28th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | J1m1 | July 24th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djang0 | June 7th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | valek | May 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | adios | November 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Krpa | May 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thomm | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | hsb | November 21st 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Baehr52 | November 1st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | igi78 | October 18th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | oly | October 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Akifexx | October 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | NateMa | September 5th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | OliKad | August 24th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | elch21 | June 2nd 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Boivin | March 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | BjornW | December 29th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Skrymir | October 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | random | May 22nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | KyleW | April 17th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | March 22nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | MelbCro | January 25th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hybza | December 20th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | valis61 | November 15th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | gilly | July 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Xinlo | July 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Ianman | June 5th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Robbit | May 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | progsun | March 21st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | loulou | March 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | akosto | January 8th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | DarthGL | December 22nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | orlock | November 13th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | e210013 | September 16th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | jybt | May 9th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Kalhur | December 9th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Titan | October 11th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Splint | September 4th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | kaca | June 10th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | thx06 | June 4th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Jurpub | March 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | manosg EMERITUS | January 31st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Egarran | January 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chironex | November 12th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | alvahe | August 15th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | atob | May 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ramon | May 15th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | kual21 | April 5th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Gard3n | February 26th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | JS19 | February 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | vkristi | January 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | plato66 | October 14th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | KILL | September 22nd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | menawati | September 9th 12 |
| 3.5 great | ast | July 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Host78 | March 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hoppoman | February 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | August 10th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | KaliMa | June 29th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Staker | February 13th 11 |
| 3.5 great | netromo | December 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | neo99 | July 5th 10 |
| 3.5 great | igg20 | April 2nd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | MrGM | February 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | lkd | January 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DonDijk | January 13th 10 |
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