First published at 08:57 UTC on December 12th, 2023.
Script for a Jester's Tear is the debut studio album by British neo-prog band Marillion, released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 1983 by EMI Records. The album reached number seven and spent 31 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, eventually achiev…
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Script for a Jester's Tear is the debut studio album by British neo-prog band Marillion, released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 1983 by EMI Records. The album reached number seven and spent 31 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, eventually achieving a platinum certificate, and produced the Top 40 single "He Knows You Know" and the Top 20 single "Garden Party".
Script for a Jester's Tear is the only studio album by Marillion to feature the band's original drummer and founding member Mick Pointer, who was dismissed following the album's UK tour. In Martin Popoff's 2016 biography of Yes, the album is credited with being part of a "new wave" of British progressive rock which also helped to give a second life to earlier bands.
Track List:
1. Script for a Jester's Tear - 0:00
2. He Knows You Know - 8:38
3. The Web - 13:44
4. Garden Party - 22:49
5. Chelsea Monday - 29:58
6. Forgotten Sons - 38:12
Marillion
Fish – vocals
Steve Rothery – guitars; photography (1997 remastered edition)
Pete Trewavas – bass
Mark Kelly – keyboards; digital remastering (at Abbey Road Studios, London, April – July 1997)
Mick Pointer – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
Marquee Club's Parents Association Children's Choir – choir (on "Forgotten Sons")
Peter Cockburn – newscaster's voice (on "Forgotten Sons")
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