With Friends from the Orchestra

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With Friends from the Orchestra
With Friends from the Orchestra cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Marillion
Released29 November 2019
StudioThe Racket Club (Buckinghamshire)
Real World Studios (Box, Wiltshire)
Genre
Length79:41
Label
Producer
Marillion chronology
Fuck Everyone and Run
(F E A R)
(2016)		With Friends from the Orchestra
(2019)		 An Hour Before It's Dark
(2022)

With Friends from the Orchestra is an album by the English progressive rock band Marillion. It was released on 29 November 2019 through earMUSIC and Intact Records. The album consists of orchestral re-recordings of songs from the band's catalogue, spanning Seasons End (1989) to Sounds That Can't Be Made (2012). Recording took place at the Racket Club (the band's own studio) and Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. [1] Strings were provided by the In Praise of Folly String Quartet, and string arrangements were written by Michael Hunter, who also co-produced the album with the band. [2] The release is the band's second album of re-recordings, after Less Is More (2009).

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, and Ian Mosley, except "A Collection" and "Seasons End" written with John Helmer

With Friends from the Orchestra
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Estonia" This Strange Engine , 19977:57
2."A Collection""No One Can", 19913:04
3."Fantastic Place" Marbles , 20046:01
4."Beyond You" Afraid of Sunlight , 19955:25
5."This Strange Engine"This Strange Engine16:20
6."The Hollow Man" Brave , 19944:23
7."The Sky Above the Rain" Sounds That Can't Be Made , 201210:33
8."Seasons End" Seasons End , 19898:00
9."Ocean Cloud"Marbles18:00
Total length:79:41

"This Strange Engine" has an additional line of lyrics, which was left off during the original recording in 1997. [3]

Personnel

  • Nicole Miller
  • Margaret Hermant
  • Annemie Osborne
  • Maia Frankowski

Charts

Chart performance for
With Friends from the Orchestra
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [4] 42
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 79
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 85
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 69
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 179

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References

  1. ↑ Matts, Paul (16 January 2020). "Marillion - With Friends from the Orchestra (2019)". Something Else Reviews. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Marillion Release 9 Classic Tracks Re-Imagined with Friends from the Orchestra". V2. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Marillion - Explanations of Song Elements: This Strange Engine (WFftO version)". Marillion - Explanations of Song Elements. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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