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Sounds That Can’t Be Made
Rock · 2012 · 15 tracks · 3h 23m

Sounds That Can’t Be Made

Marillion

Expansive art rock featuring a seventeen-minute opening epic. Shimmering guitars and piano-led ballads balance political tension with deeply personal travelogues.

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A cinematic art-rock record that feels like traveling the world from your living room.

A high-stakes emotional journey that balances global political tension with intimate, personal vulnerability.

Sounds That Can’t Be Made · vs · Marillion
Social Commentary+1.1σ

The writing leans notably further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 3h 23m
01
Gaza
17:31
01
Making Sounds
92:58
02
Sounds That Can’t Be Made
7:16
02
Power (studio)
6:04
03
Pour My Love
6:02
03
Lucky Man (studio)
7:24
04
Power
6:03
04
Power
6:07
05
Montréal
14:04
05
Pour My Love
5:58
06
Invisible Ink
5:47
06
Gaza (intro)
3:10
07
The Sky Above the Rain (Part One)
7:40
07
Lucky Man
6:58
08
The Sky Above the Rain
10:34
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring shift from the aggressive, jagged opening of Gaza into its soaring, compassionate melodic resolution
The way the piano motif in The Sky Above the Rain slowly builds into a massive, heart-wrenching guitar solo
The intimate, conversational vocal delivery during the travelogue sections of Montréal
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