Marillion - Sugar Mice. HQ Vinyl Rip. (Linn Sondek LP12/Ittok/Troika)

From the first 1987 UK pressing of “Clutching at Straws” A1/B1 Matrix “Sugar Mice” is one of the singles from this album. This was the last album Marillion made with orignal lead singer Fish. It’s another concept album (like Misplaced Childhood was). It’s about a character called Torch who is an alcoholic and whose life is in a mess. More info here in the concept section. This is a fantastic album IMO. It has the trademark Marillion hard hitting sections, but also has moments of great subtlety and rare beauty as well. Quite unusual. It features Fish’s “stream of consciousness” style lyrics. I’ll put up more tracks from this album soon. There an interesting interview with Fish here about why he left the band. He said they were becoming big and successful but he wasn’t enjoying it compared to when they were less well known! He says in this interview that he thinks “Clutch