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released in April 2002 and documenting the previous year's ''

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'' tour. Most songs were recorded on three nights in May 2001 (

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, 22 May) 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

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. 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 ''

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single "Anarchy in the U.K." and, self-mockingly, the British slang term

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(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 ''

'', 2001) - 6:36 #"Rich" (from ''

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'', 1999) - 5:36 #"Man of a Thousand Faces" (from ''This Strange Engine'', 1997) - 7:51 #"Quartz" (from ''

'', 2001) - 9:27 #"Go!" (from ''

'', 1999) - 6:13 #"Map of the World" (from ''

'', 2001) - 5:04 #"Out of This World" (from ''

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'', 1995) - 7:09 #"Afraid of Sunlight" (from ''

'', 1995) - 7:09 #"Mad" (from '' Brave'', 1994) - 5:28

Disc 2

#"Between You and Me" (from ''

'', 2001) - 6:11 #"The Great Escape" (from '' Brave'', 1994) - 6:10 #"If My Heart Were a Ball it Would Roll Uphill" (from ''

'', 2001) - 9:22 #"Waiting to Happen" (from ''

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'', 1991) - 5:55 #"The Answering Machine" (from ''

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'', 1998) - 2:59 #"King" (from ''

'', 1995) - 8:41 #"This is the 21st Century" (from ''

'', 2001) - 10:17 #"When I Meet God" (from ''

'', 2001) - 10:08

One-disc version

#"Intro / Separated Out" – 6:36 (from ''

'', 2001) #"Quartz" – 9:27 (from ''

'', 2001) #"Map of the World" – 5:04 (from ''

'', 2001) #"Out of This World" – 7:09 (from ''

'', 1995) #"Between You and Me" – 6:11 (from ''

'', 2001) #"The Great Escape" – 5:56 (from '' Brave'', 1994) #"King" – 7:48 (from ''

'', 1995) #"If My Heart Were a Ball it Would Roll Uphill" – 9:22 (from ''

'', 2001) #"Waiting To Happen" – 5:43 (from ''

'', 1991) #"Easter" – 7:03 (from ''

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'', 1989)

Personnel

Steve Hogarth Steve Hogarth (born Ronald Stephen Hoggarth, 14 May 1956 in Kendal, Westmorland) also known as "h", is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Since 1989 he has been the lead singer of the British rock band Marillion, for which ...

– vocals *

Steve Rothery Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician. He is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the British rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo the Wishing ...

- guitars *

Mark Kelly Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, former astronaut, and United States Navy captain who has served as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he was electe ...

- keyboards *

Pete Trewavas Peter Trewavas (born 15 January 1959) is an English musician, known as the bassist of Marillion. He joined in 1982, replacing Diz Minnitt, while acting occasionally as a backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist. Trewavas was born in Middlesbroug ...

- bass *

Ian Mosley Ian F. Mosley (born 16 June 1953, Paddington, London, England) is an English drummer. He is best known for his long-time membership of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion, which he joined for their second album, ''Fugazi'', released in 19 ...

- drums

External links

marillion.com
{{Marillion 2002 live albums Marillion live albums