Album of the Day

Radiation, by Marillion (1998): As it happens, Radiation is getting a lot of mention in reviews of the new album, Somewhere Else, which Amazon has finally found a copy of to send me. This is not a positive thing, however, because the sentiment seems to be that the new one may be the band's worst effort since . . . Radiation. Oy. It's surely not their strongest work, but there are at least four good to great tunes on it - "The Answering Machine," "Three-Minute Boy," "Cathedral Wall," and "A Few Words for the Dead." That's a better batting average than most bands manage.