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This Strange Engine
Rock · 1997 · 10 tracks

This Strange Engine

Marillion

A transition into warmer, organic textures. Intimate piano ballads and maritime epics define this soulful departure from the band's denser 80s roots.

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It's the one where they traded the big synths for acoustic guitars and wrote a 15-minute song about a marine engineer.

A gentle, seafaring journey through personal memory and quiet resilience.

This Strange Engine · vs · Marillion
Ocean+3.1σ

Ocean saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Man of a Thousand Faces
7:33
02
One Fine Day
5:31
03
80 Days
5:00
04
Estonia
7:57
05
Memory of Water
3:01
06
An Accidental Man
6:12
07
Hope for the Future
5:11
08
This Strange Engine
15:47
09
Beautiful
4:49
10
Made Again
9:49
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting entry of the balalaika on Estonia creating a fragile, icy folk texture.
The transition into the soaring, bluesy saxophone solo during the climax of the title track.
The massive choral swell that lifts the final movement of Man of a Thousand Faces.
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