Prog Album of the Week - Week 51 (08/26/2014): Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear

As always, we encourage participation from everyone - if you've never heard the album, there's a YouTube link provided! Go check it out and report back!

Welcome to the fifty-first week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed King Crimson's Three of a Perfect Pair and that was lovely.

If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, please visit the archive.

80's Neo-Prog. Marillion is probably the best there is, right? Maybe...

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###Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear (1983)

Track Listing:

Track listing: 1) Script for a Jester's Tear; 2) He Knows You Know; 3) The Web 4) Garden Party; 5) Chelsea Monday; 6) Industry; 7) Forgotten Sons.

• The album on Wikipedia
• The album on YouTube
• Progarchives review (4.22/5)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• Our second Marillion release. We previously covered Misplaced Childhood; which of these do you prefer? What similarities and differences can you hear?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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