Script for a Jester's Tear

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Script for a Jester's Tear
Studio album by Marillion
Released	March 1983 September 1997 (two-disc edition)
Recorded	Marquee Studios, London, December 1982 - February 1983
Genre	Neo-progressive rock
Length	46:58 (single-disc edition) 1:36:01 (two-disc edition)
Label	EMI
Producer(s)	Nick Tauber
Marillion chronology
	Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)	Fugazi (1984)

Script for a Jester's Tear is the first album by the progressive rock band Marillion. Released in 1983, it included songs like "Forgotten Sons" and the title track, regarded by some as modern classics.

The single released before this album was "Market Square Heroes" with the double B-sides, "Three Boats Down from the Candy" and the 17 minute epic "Grendel". (That version of "Grendel" is not the same version as the one on the second CD on the 2 CD version of this album.)

"He Knows You Know" and "Garden Party" were also released as singles.

This is the only Marillion LP to feature Mick Pointer, founding and current drummer for Arena.

There was supposed to be a rubber plant featured on the album's cover, per Fish's request; however, Mark Wilkinson who air-brushed this and several other albums for Marillion, forgot to include it.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Script for A Jester's Tear" – 8:42
2. "He Knows You Know" – 5:23
3. "The Web" – 8:52
4. "Garden Party" – 7:19
5. "Chelsea Monday" – 8:17
6. "Forgotten Sons" – 8:23

The 1997 remaster has the following additional tracks on the second CD:

1. "Market Square Heroes" (Battle Priest Version) – 4:18
2. "Three Boats Down From The Candy" – 4:31
3. "Grendel" (Fair Deal Studios Version) – 19:10
4. "Chelsea Monday" (Demo) – 6:54
5. "He Knows You Know" (Demo) – 4:29
6. "Charting The Single" – 4:51
7. "Market Square Heroes" (Alternative Version) – 4:48

[edit] External links

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