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''Clutching at Straws'' is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band Marillion. Released in 1987, ''Clutching at Straws'' features linked songs and has been described as a concept album. It was the last album with original lead singer Fish, who left the band in 1988. ''Clutching at Straws'' did not replicate the commercial success of its predecessor, the number one album ''Misplaced Childhood'', spending 15 weeks on the UK album chart (the shortest chart residency of any of Marillion's first four studio albums) but it still became the second highest charting Marillion album by reaching number two. The album has received critical acclaim, being listed in ''Q'' magazine's "50 Best Recordings of the Year" and ''Rolling Stone'' listing it at number 37 in its countdown of the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= 1987 Q Magazine Recordings of the Year )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time )〕 In 1999 a 2-CD 'Remastered Version' with additional B-sides and demos was released, with detailed liner notes from all of the original members including Fish. ==Concept== The character of Torch (supposedly a descendant of the Jester from earlier album sleeves) is a 29-year-old out-of-work man whose life is a mess. He seeks comfort mostly in alcohol to numb himself. He is trying, but failing, to forget what lies at his feet—a failed marriage, being a deadbeat father, and his lack of commercial success as a singer in a band. As he gets drunk, he also writes about his surroundings and his laments. Since Torch has no other real outlet at his disposal, he ends up in bars, hotel rooms, and on the road, screaming and drunk, thus, he is described as beyond redemption or hope. Marillion took a break after their tour in support of the album (with Fish eventually quitting) after it was released. The song "Incommunicado" describes the pitfalls of the business, and how pressures in real life exerted by the band's US label Capitol Records were crushing in from outside for them to either succeed or get dropped by the company, which would happen to Marillion anyway a few years later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clutching at Straws」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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