The Thieving Magpie (album)

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The Thieving Magpie
The Thieving Magpie cover
Live album by Marillion
Released November 1988
Recorded 1984, 1986, 1987
Genre Progressive Rock
Label EMI
Producer Marillion and Privet Hedge
Marillion chronology
B'Sides Themselves The Thieving Magpie Seasons End

Marillion's double live album, named after the introductory piece of classical music the band used before coming on stage during the Clutching at Straws tour 1987-1988, Rossini's La gazza ladra, which translates as "The Thieving Magpie", a reference to The Magpie rhyme.

[edit] Track listing

LP version

Side 1

  1. "Intro: La Gazza Ladra" - 2:45
  2. "Slàinte Mhath" - 4:49
  3. "He Knows You Know" - 5:12
  4. "Chelsea Monday" - 8:00

Side 2

  1. "Pseudo Silk Kimono" - 2:19
  2. "Kayleigh" - 3:52
  3. "Lavender" - 2:27
  4. "Bitter Suite" - 7:38
  5. "Heart of Lothian" - 5:12

Side 3

  1. "Jigsaw" - 6:24
  2. "Punch & Judy" - 3:23
  3. "Sugar Mice" - 6:03
  4. "Fugazi" - 8:39

Side 4

  1. "Script for a Jester's Tear" - 8:45
  2. "Incommunicado" - 5:23
  3. "White Russian" - 6:14


CD version

CD 1

  1. "Intro: La Gazza Ladra" - 2:45
  2. "Slàinte Mhath" - 4:49
  3. "He Knows You Know" - 5:12
  4. "Chelsea Monday" - 8:00
  5. "Freaks" - 4:06
  6. "Jigsaw" - 6:24
  7. "Punch & Judy" - 3:23
  8. "Sugar Mice" - 6:03
  9. "Fugazi" - 8:39
  10. "Script For A Jester's Tear" - 8:45
  11. "Incommunicado" - 5:23
  12. "White Russian" - 6:14

CD 2

  1. "Pseudo Silk Kimono" - 2:19
  2. "Kayleigh" - 3:52
  3. "Lavender" - 2:27
  4. "Bitter Suite" - 7:38
  5. "Heart of Lothian" - 5:12
  6. "Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)" - 2:16
  7. "Lords of the Backstage" - 6:07
  8. "Blind Curve" - 5:34
  9. "Childhoods End?" - 2:48
  10. "White Feather" - 4:22