Label: Ear Music – 0217171EMU
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Orange Translucent
Country: Europe
Released: 4 Mar 2022
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
A1 Be Hard On Yourself (i) The Tear In The Big Picture
A2 Be Hard On Yourself (ii) Lust For Luxury
A3 Be Hard On Yourself (iii) You Can Learn
A4 Reprogram The Gene (i) Invincible
A5 Reprogram The Gene (ii) Trouble‐Free Life
A6 Reprogram The Gene (iii) A Cure For Us?
A7 Only A Kiss (Instr.)
A8 Murder Machines
B1 The Crow And The Nightingale
B2 Sierra Leone (i) Chance In A Million
B3 Sierra Leone (ii) The White Sand
B4 Sierra Leone (iii) The Diamond
B5 Sierra Leone (iv) The Blue Warm Air
B6 Sierra Leone (v) More Than Treasure
C1 Care (i) Maintenance Drugs
C2 Care (ii) An Hour Before It's Dark
C3 Care (iii) Every Cell
C4 Care (iv) Angels on Earth
D1 Murder Machines 12" Remix
Whether it's the last hour you were allowed to play outside as a child before you had to go home, a reference to the fight against time in regard to the climate crisis or the last minutes of a person's life - An Hour Before It's Dark certainly doesn't lack interpretations.
Be it "Seasons End" on the 1989 album of the same name or the much discussed track "Gaza" on the 2012 album Sounds That Can't Be Made - Marillion have never minced their words and don't do so on this album either.
An Hour Before It's Dark is not only the title of the album, but also the overarching theme that creates a connection between all the songs on the album. Recorded in Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, Marillion remain musically true to themselves and continue swimming against the path of adjusting to norms and limitations.