Misplaced Childhood
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| Misplaced Childhood | ||
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| Missing image Misplaced-childhood-album-cover.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Marillion | ||
| Released | 1985 | |
| Recorded | Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, March - May 1985 | |
| Genre | Progressive Rock | |
| Length | 41 min 16 sec (single-disc edition) 1 hour 42 min 44 sec (two-disc edition) | |
| Record label | EMI | |
| Producer | Chris Kimsey for Wonderknob Ltd. | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 4 and a half stars out of 5 | Link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:ch9ss32ba3mg) |
| Marillion Chronology | ||
| Fugazi (1984) | Misplaced Childhood (1985) | Clutching at Straws (1987) |
Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album of the progressive rock band Marillion. It was released in 1985 and has been their most commercially successful album.
The album features the band's most successful single, Kayleigh, which reached No. 2 in the UK and was a worldwide success. This name was invented by Fish to slightly obscure the name of a former girlfriend named "Kay Lee" (with "Lee" being the middle name), who the song was mostly about. Quite a few girls born in that time were given this name. The movie The Butterfly Effect has a character named Kayleigh after the song on this album.
Misplaced Childhood was the band's first full concept album, consisting of two contiguous pieces of music on the two sides of the vinyl. In live concerts previewing the album Fish had originally claimed that there would only be two tracks, Side One and Side Two, but this idea was evidently dropped.
The story is essentially about lost love, sudden success, lost childhood, with a surprisingly upbeat ending. As Fish explains, he perceived the concept during a 10-hour acid trip (see the external link below).
A 2-CD remastered version with additional B-sides and demos was released in 1998.
Track listing
- Pseudo Silk Kimono - (2:14)
- Kayleigh - (4:03)
- Lavender - (2:25)
- Bitter Suite - (7:56)
- Heart Of Lothian - (4:02)
- Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) - (2:13)
- Lords Of The Backstage - (1:52)
- Blind Curve - (9:29)
- Childhoods End? - (4:33)
- White Feather - (2:25)
The 1998 remaster has the following additional tracks on the second CD:
- Lady Nina (Extended 12" Version) - (5:50)
- Freaks (Single version) - (4:08)
- Kayleigh (Alternative Mix) - (4:03)
- Lavender Blue (Lavender Remix) - (4:22)
- Heart of Lothian (Extended Mix) - (5:54)
- Pseudo Silk Kimono (Demo) - (2:11)
- Kayleigh (Demo) - (4:06)
- Lavender (Demo) - (2:37)
- Bitter Suite (Demo) - (2:54)
- Lords of the Backstage (Demo) - (1:46)
- Blue Angel (Demo) - (1:46)
- Misplaced Randezvous (Demo) - (1:56)
- Heart of Lothian (Demo) - (3:49)
- Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) (Demo) - (2:00)
- Passing Strangers (Demo) - (9:17)
- Childhoods End? (Demo) - (2:23)
- White Feather (Demo) - (2:18)
External links
Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the marillion.com (http://www.marillion.com) band page):
- Fish (http://www.marillion.com/band/fish/misplaced.html)
- Mark Kelly (http://www.marillion.com/band/kelly/misplaced.html)
- Steve Rothery (http://www.marillion.com/band/rothery/misplaced.html)
- Pete Trewavas (http://www.marillion.com/band/trewavas/misplaced.html)