Radiation is the tenth studio album by the British neo-progressive rock bandMarillion, released in 1998. Recorded at The Racket Club between November 1997 and June 1998, it was co-produced by Stewart Every. For this album the band decided to experiment with different instrument tones, vocal effects, samples, and the like. They also tried a different approach to mixing that left the recording often sounding flat and tinny. The entire album was significantly remixed in 2013 to give a different perspective and rectify many of those complaints. During the recording sessions, the tracks "Tumble Down the Years" and "Interior Lulu" were recorded and mixed, but it was decided to leave them for the next album, marillion.com, as the band thought the songs were incomplete.
Release
Radiation was released in Europe on 21 September 1998 by the Castle Communications imprint Raw Power. It was the second of the three recordings Marillion made on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. Due to an announcement on the band's official website before the release, the album's title had been incorrectly listed as either Don't Try This at Home or Radiation Leak. As Marillion's tenth studio album, the number 10 can be seen in the "io" in both "marillion" and "radiation" on the front cover. The album peaked at number 35 in the UK charts and stayed there for just one week, making it the last Marillion album to enter the Top 40 until Somewhere Else. The only single released from Radiation was "These Chains" which stalled at number 78 in the UK Singles Chart. In the autumn of 2012, Radiation was remixed by Michael Hunter, and re-released in March 2013 by Madfish as a 2CD deluxe edition containing both the original and the new mixes as well as featuring re-designed artwork by Carl Glover. In July 2013, Hunter's mix was issued on double 180gm heavyweight translucent blue vinyl.
Track listing
The Japan bonus tracks are live acoustic versions taken from Unplugged at the Walls released by Racket Records. The latter is also featured as a B-side of the single "These Chains".
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's 2013 liner notes. ;Marillion
