Misplaced Childhood
by Marillion
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 June 1985
- Label: EMI
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 41:15
- Community rating: 3.97/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A sprawling, continuous concept album exploring lost love, sudden fame, and childhood trauma, 'Misplaced Childhood' is the commercial and artistic peak of the British neo-progressive movement. Fish's deeply theatrical, poetic vocal delivery is paired with Steve Rothery's incredibly melodic, soaring guitar work and lush synthesizers. It is a highly passionate, intricately composed, and profoundly melancholic rock record.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, conceptual, complex, progressive, theatrical
Tracklist
- Pseudo Silk Kimono (2:13)
- Kayleigh (4:03)
- Lavender (2:26)
- Bitter Suite: Brief Encounter / Lost Weekend / Blue Angel / Misplaced Rendezvous / Windswept Thumb (7:55)
- Heart of Lothian (4:04)
- Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) (2:12)
- Lords of the Backstage (1:53)
- Blind Curve: Vocal Under a Bloodlight / Passing Strangers / Mylo / Perimeter Walk / Threshold (9:29)
- Childhood's End? (4:32)
- White Feather (2:24)
Credits
- Marillion - primary artist, written-by, composed by
- Julie Hazelwood - artwork [collage]
- Pete Trewavas - bass
- Fish - concept by [cover], lyrics by, voice
- Andy Field - crew
- Privet Hedge - crew
- Mark Wilkinson - design [sleeve], illustration
- Ian Mosley - drums
- Mark Freegard - engineer [mixing]
- Steve Rothery - guitar
- Mark Kelly - keyboards
- Derek William Dick - lyrics by
- John Arnison - management
- Chris Kimsey - mixed by, producer
- Thomas Stiehler - recorded by