Anorak in the UK

Infobox Album
Name = Anorak in the UK
Type = live
Longtype =
Artist = Marillion


Released = 8 April 2002 (mail order, 2 discs)
22 April 2002 (retail, 1 disc)
Recorded = 19-22 May 2001, Manchester Academy, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, London Forum
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 70:24 (retail, 1 disc)
Label = Racket Records (mail order, 2 discs)
EMI
Producer = Dave Meegan
Reviews =
Last album = "Anoraknophobia"
(2001)
This album = "Anorak in the UK"
(2002)
Next album = "The Best of Marillion"
(2003)

"Anorak in the UK" is a live album by Marillion released in April 2002 and documenting the previous year's "Anoraknophobia" tour. Most songs were recorded on three nights in May 2001 (Manchester Academy, May 19th, Wolverhampton Civic Hall, May 20th, London Forum, May 22nd) using a mobile studio, while two tracks ("When I Meet God" and "This is the 21st Century") were recorded in front of a small private audience at the band's own studio after the October leg of the tour.The album was released in two versions: A two-disc set only distributed via Marillion's own mail-order business, and a one-disc retail edition distributed by EMI. Under this deal, EMI required the band to provide one exclusive song on the retail edition that would not be found on the two-disc version. The band chose "Easter" from 1989, as it is available on several previous official and semi-official live albums and therefore would not "force" fans to purchase both versions of the album. "Anorak in the UK" is Marillion's first official retail live album since "Made Again" (1996). The title takes its cues from the Sex Pistols single "Anarchy in the U.K." and, self-mockingly, the British slang term anorak (a person with unfathomable interest in arcane, detailed information regarded as boring by the rest of the population) often applied to Marillion fans. The cover shows a crowd consisting of "Barry" featured on "Anoraknophobia".

Track listing

Two-disc version

Disc 1

#"Intro"
#"Separated Out" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Rich" (from "marillion.com", 1999)
#"Man of a Thousand Faces" (from "This Strange Engine", 1997)
#"Quartz" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Go!" (from "marillion.com", 1999)
#"Map of the World" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Out of This World" (from "Afraid of Sunlight", 1995)
#"Afraid of Sunlight" (from "Afraid of Sunlight", 1995)
#"Mad" (from "Brave", 1994)

Disc 1

#"Between You and Me" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"The Great Escape" (from "Brave", 1994)
#"If My Heart Were a Ball it Would Roll Uphill" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Waiting to Happen" (from "Holidays in Eden", 1991)
#"The Answering Machine" (from "Radiation", 1995)
#"King" (from "Afraid of Sunlight", 1995)
#"This is the 21st Century" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"When I Meet God" (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)

One-disc version

#"Intro / Separated Out" – 6:36 (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Quartz" – 9:27 (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Map of the World" – 5:04 (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"Out of This World" – 7:09 (from "Afraid of Sunlight", 1995)
#"Between You and Me" – 6:11 (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"The Great Escape" – 5:56 (from "Brave", 1994)
#"King" – 7:48 (from "Afraid of Sunlight", 1995)
#"If My Heart Were a Ball it Would Roll Uphill" – 9:22 (from "Anoraknophobia", 2001)
#"The Answering Machine" – 5:43 (from "Radiation", 1995)
#"Easter" – 7:03 (from "Seasons End", 1989)

External links

[http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/anorak-live.htm marillion.com]