Afraid of Sunlight 1333798 212431341 2008-05-14T20:14:22Z Swanrizla 5590830 Quick-adding category "Albums produced by Dave Meegan" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Afraid of Sunlight | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Marillion]] | Cover = Afraid-of-sunlight.jpeg | Released = June 1995<br />March 1999 (two-disc edition) | Recorded = The Racket Club, [[Aylesbury]], January - June 1995 | Genre = [[Progressive rock]] | Length = 51:25 (single-disc edition)<br />1:40:12 (two-disc edition) | Label = [[EMI]] | Producer = [[Dave Meegan]] | Reviews = * Rootnode.org {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.rootnode.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=19 link] | Last album = ''[[Brave (Marillion album)|Brave]]''<br />(1994) | This album = '''''Afraid of Sunlight'''''<br />(1995) | Next album = ''[[This Strange Engine (Album)|This Strange Engine]]''<br />(1997) }} '''''Afraid of Sunlight''''' is [[Marillion]]'s eighth studio album, released in 1995. It would be their last for EMI. While not a [[concept album]] as such, '''Afraid of Sunlight''' examines the destructive side of celebrity. In particular, "Afraid of Sunlight" relates to the likes of [[James Dean]], while "Out of This World" is about world land and water speed record holder [[Donald Campbell]], killed in 1967. "King" refers to [[Elvis Presley]], [[Kurt Cobain]], and, the band has hinted, to [[Michael Jackson]]. The song "Beyond You" is reminiscent of [[Phil Spector]]'s [[Wall of Sound]] productions, and is recorded [[monaural]]ly, rather than in [[stereophonic sound|stereo]]. The first half of the album has a more satirical tone. "Gazpacho" lampoons the [[Hollywood]] lifestyle; "Cannibal Surf Babe" is a [[Beach Boys]] pastiche; and "Beautiful"'s utopian lyrics may be written from the perspective of an unmoored celebrity. [[Steve Hogarth]] named the 1980 [[Martin Scorsese]] film ''[[Raging Bull]]'', about a boxer's inability to deal with fame, as a strong influence on the album. Hogarth also cited [[O.J. Simpson]], on trial for murder at the time the album was recorded, as another influence on its theme. The wreckage of [[Donald Campbell]]'s ''[[Bluebird K7]]'' and Campbell's remains were not recovered until [[May 28]], [[2001]] when diver [[Bill Smith (diver)|Bill Smith]] was inspired to look for the wreck after hearing "Out of This World". Both [[Steve Hogarth]] and [[Steve Rothery]] were present at the raising.<ref name="A Day in the Lakes">{{cite news | date=[[2001-03-08]] | url=http://www.marillion.com/news/2001/20010308.htm | title=A Day in the Lakes | publisher=www.marillion.com | accessdate=2007-02-09}}</ref> ==Track listing== # "Gazpacho" – 7:28 # "Cannibal Surf Babe" – 5:25 # "Beautiful" – 5:12 # "Afraid of Sunrise" – 5:01 # "Out of This World" – 7:54 # "Afraid of Sunlight" – 6:49 # "Beyond You" – 6:10 # "King" – 7:03 The 1999 remaster has the following additional tracks on the second CD: # "Icon" – 6:04 # "Live Forever" – 4:34 # "Second Chance" (Dave Meegan Mix of ''Beautiful'') – 5:14 # "Beyond You" (Demo) – 5:17 # "Cannibal Surf Babe" (Studio Outtake) – 5:59 # "Out of This World" (Studio Outtake) – 7:27 # "Bass Frenzy" – 1:17 # "Mirages" (Demo) – 6:02 # "Afraid of Sunlight" ([[Steel-string guitar|Acoustic]] Demo) – 6:49 # "Sympathy (For The Road Crew)" Note: The last track on CD 2 can only be accessed via a computer and a passcode. The passcode can be found on the [http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/aos.htm Marillion.com] - Afraid of Sunlight page. ==References== {{reflist|1}} ==External links== Liner notes for the remaster by some of the band members (on the [http://www.marillion.com marillion.com] band page): *[http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/aos.htm#mark Mark Kelly] *[http://www.marillion.com/music/albums/aos.htm#h Steve Hogarth] {{mar}} [[Category:Marillion albums]] [[Category:1995 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Dave Meegan]] [[it:Afraid of Sunlight]] [[ka:Afraid of Sunlight (ალბომი)]] [[no:Afraid of Sunlight]] [[pl:Afraid of Sunlight]] [[fi:Afraid of Sunlight]]