Marillion’s debut album, 1983’s Script For AJester’s Tear, which had muscled its way into the Top 10, had turned them into one of the most talked-about new bands in the UK. Big things were therefore expected of the follow-up, not least from their label EMI.
“We were riding onwe’d done our first American tour, it was all wonderful,” says Fish, Marillion’s original singer and lyricist. “And then we hit
