Label: Parlophone
Reissued 2017, Originally released 1985
Digitally remastered edition of the British prog band's 1985 album. Misplaced Childhood is the third studio album by Marillion. The album was recorded during the spring of 1985 at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin and produced by Chris Kimsey, who had previously worked with the Rolling Stones. Misplaced Childhood is the group's most commercially successful album to date, peaking immediately at #1 in the UK charts and spending a total of 41 weeks on the chart. It ultimately gained the Platinum status. Misplaced Childhood features Marillion's two most successful singles, the guitar-led rock ballad "Kayleigh", which reached #2 in the UK, and piano-led "Lavender", which peaked at #5. Misplaced Childhood was listed as the sixth best album of 1985 by Kerrang! And chosen as the fourth greatest concept album of all time by Classic Rock in 2003.
Track listing:
- Pseudo Silk Kimono
- Kayleigh
- Lavender
- Bitter Suite
- Heart of Lothian
- Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)
- Lords of the Backstage
- Blind Curve
- Childhood's End?
- White Feather