Marillion - Clutching at Straws ( 1987 )

 

Track listing

All songs were written by Fish, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery and Pete Trewavas.

Side one

1. "Hotel Hobbies" – 3:35
2. "Warm Wet Circles" – 4:25
3. "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)" – 6:00
4. "Just for the Record" – 3:09
5. "White Russian" – 6:27

Side two

1. "Incommunicado" – 5:16
2. "Torch Song" – 4:05
3. "Slàinte Mhath" – 4:44
4. "Sugar Mice" – 5:46
5. "The Last Straw" – 5:50
6. "Happy Ending" – 0:08 (No music. Someone shouts "Help!", then Fish laughs.)

Personnel

Band members

• Fish – vocals
• Steve Rothery – guitars
• Mark Kelly – keyboards
• Pete Trewavas – bass
• Ian Mosley – drums

Additional musicians

• Tessa Niles – backing vocals on "That Time of the Night" and "The Last Straw"
• Chris Kimsey (credited as "Christopher 'Robbin' Kimsey") – backing vocals on "Incommunicado", production
• John Cavanaugh – "Dr. Finlay" voice on "Torch Song"