Track Listing

1. Thunder Fly
2. Man from the Planet Marzipan
3. Asylum Satellite #1
4. Older Than Me
5. Throw Me Out
6. Half the World
7. Whatever Is Wrong with You
8. Especially True
9. Real Tears for Sale

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21995 in Music
• Released on: 2008-10-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

A Pleasant Journey
Hi ya!

I have listened to both discs quite a few times now (Vol 1: Essence & Vol 2: The Hard Shoulder)

I love it. I think its fantastic!

The more I listen to it the more I get into it. For me its one of those albums that I have to sit down and listen to...to get myself in tune with and to get absorbed into it both musically and lyrically. Many elements are not openly obvious to me, at first...but when I get it, its great. To me these are very important elements of what makes a great album! The gentle and subtle things are just as important as the powerful ones. And the production.... YES! ...wonderful to my ears! :)


I'm enjoying the journey...
To the band and Mike Hunter (+Roderick & Jon & other contributors),
thanks for paving the way...
its a happy road to travel :)

Give this album a close listen and a chance. Give it time. It gets better and better. :)

-A

Happiness is the new Marillion album
This is Volume Two of the new Marillion album Happiness is the Road.

This new album needs listening to properly and on a good stereo. If you do you will be rewarded with one of the finest albums, not just by Marillion but by anyone ever. Highlights on disc 2 include Thunder Fly, The Man from Planet Marzipan, Older Than Me, Throw Me Out, Whatever Is Wrong You and Real Tears for Sale.

Steve Hogarth is again on fine form with great lyrics and his amazing voice. But it's not just him as all five of them are on top form and have created a stunning emotional album.

I strongly recommend this album but make sure you listen to it properly and you will be rewarded. It's a masterpiece.

Diverse and modern
It's amazing that a band that has been around since the early 80s can create an album of tracks as diverse and modern-sounding as this.

It includes breathtaking musical soundscapes (Asylum Satellite 1), glorious vocal melodies (Half the World), a driving rock anthem (Whatever is Wrong with You) and complex, dense, multi-layered musings on identity and emotional exposure (The Man from the Planet Marizpan, Real Tears for Sale).

Special mention goes to the opening track Thunderfly, in which the band manage to seamlessly merge hook-laden rock with ambient oases of gentle colours and sound, to create a single track which I promise sounds like nothing you will have ever heard before.

There are bands out there approaching their 'difficult second albums' that would kill for material this good - god only knows how Marillion manage to keep this up at their 15th attempt.