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Marillion announce their 15th studio album Happiness Is The Road, released exclusively on www.marillion.com on 20th October, 2008.
Marillion are widely acknowledged as the first band to truly embrace the internet and tap into its potential to interact with their fans and have sold more than 15 million albums world-wide to date.
Happiness Is The Road is a 110-minute 2CD double album; the first album, entitled 'Essence', is an adventurous musical trip exploring life’s biggest question: "What’s it all about?" Alongside their signature rock orchestration, Happiness Is The Road also references elements of pop, dub and soul and draws influence from artist’s as diverse as The Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye to Interpol, The Doors, Traffic, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. The album also sees Marillion experimenting with a host of new instruments including, Dulcimers, Glockenspiels a Harmonium, French Horns and even Sleigh bells a Harp and Zither.
Happiness is the Road will offer its first single release on October 1 via iTunes, 'Whatever is Wrong with You', which celebrates a lover's eccentricities. Additionally, Marillion have once again invited fans to be a part of the process with a contest (the winner will receive £5000) to make their own video for the first single and upload their interpretation to YouTube. The winning video will be determined on December 1 by the video most viewed on YouTube. For a listen to the single and more information on the contest please visit www.whateveriswrongwithyou.com
Inspiration for title track Happiness Is The Road came from H’s visit to the doctor during mid-tour stress-exhaustion. The Dutch doctor prescribed not drugs, but a book called 'The Power Of Now' by Eckhart Tolle; the book expounds on man’s addictive tendency to obsess with past and future whilst denying the present moment – the only real thing in life – and the only path to happiness. This proved to be the creative "essence" for the lyrics of this incredible new album.
Happiness Is The Road also marks the start of Marillion's 30th Anniversary year and sees the band embarking on a string of live dates across the UK this autumn and into 2009.
I've been a fan for almost 25 years now and still get to see them (& Fish) when I can.
Was just wondering if there are any other Marillos out there in Goatland?
Marillion are widely acknowledged as the first band to truly embrace the internet and tap into its potential to interact with their fans and have sold more than 15 million albums world-wide to date.
Happiness Is The Road is a 110-minute 2CD double album; the first album, entitled 'Essence', is an adventurous musical trip exploring life’s biggest question: "What’s it all about?" Alongside their signature rock orchestration, Happiness Is The Road also references elements of pop, dub and soul and draws influence from artist’s as diverse as The Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye to Interpol, The Doors, Traffic, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. The album also sees Marillion experimenting with a host of new instruments including, Dulcimers, Glockenspiels a Harmonium, French Horns and even Sleigh bells a Harp and Zither.
Happiness is the Road will offer its first single release on October 1 via iTunes, 'Whatever is Wrong with You', which celebrates a lover's eccentricities. Additionally, Marillion have once again invited fans to be a part of the process with a contest (the winner will receive £5000) to make their own video for the first single and upload their interpretation to YouTube. The winning video will be determined on December 1 by the video most viewed on YouTube. For a listen to the single and more information on the contest please visit www.whateveriswrongwithyou.com
Inspiration for title track Happiness Is The Road came from H’s visit to the doctor during mid-tour stress-exhaustion. The Dutch doctor prescribed not drugs, but a book called 'The Power Of Now' by Eckhart Tolle; the book expounds on man’s addictive tendency to obsess with past and future whilst denying the present moment – the only real thing in life – and the only path to happiness. This proved to be the creative "essence" for the lyrics of this incredible new album.
Happiness Is The Road also marks the start of Marillion's 30th Anniversary year and sees the band embarking on a string of live dates across the UK this autumn and into 2009.
I've been a fan for almost 25 years now and still get to see them (& Fish) when I can.
Was just wondering if there are any other Marillos out there in Goatland?