Artist: MARILLION
Album: ANORAKNOPHOBIA (CD)

Release date: 1991
Media type: CD

Anoraknophobia is Marillion's 12th studio album, released in 2001. Following the success of their previous North American tour, underwritten by the band's fans themselves, Marillion turned to their fans to finance the making of Anoraknophobia, asking them to pre-order the album before it was even recorded. This was as unprecedented as it was successful, as more than 12,500 fans pre-ordered it.

Some fans see the Mark Kelly Remix of "Between You And Me" as the definitive version of that song. In a slightly edited form it was released as a single, although the single was only sold from the band's website.

The album title is a portmanteau of "anorak" (or "anorak (slang)" ) and "arachnophobia." The word is borrowed from Anoraknophobia, a Wallace and Gromit comic book.

The anorak-wearing character on the cover is called Barry and is originally from a series of Japanese Nissan car adverts from the 1990s. The coat hanger barry holds was for breaking into the cars.

TRACKLIST:

"Between You And Me" – 6:27
"Quartz" – 9:06
"Map Of The World" – 5:02
"When I Meet God" – 9:17
"The Fruit Of The Wild Rose" – 6:57
"Separated Out" – 6:17
"This Is The 21st Century" – 11:07
"If My Heart Were A Ball It Would Roll Uphill" – 9:28