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1	Hotel Hobbies	3:35
2	Warm Wet Circles Backing Vocals – Tessa Niles	4:25
3	That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw)	5:59
4	Going Under	2:47
5	Just For The Record	3:09
6	White Russian	6:26
7	Incommunicado Backing Vocals – Christopher "Robbin" Kimsey*	5:15
8	Torch Song Voice [Dr. Finlay] – John Cavanagh	4:05
9	Slàinte Mhath	4:42
10	Sugar Mice	5:46
11	The Last Straw: Happy Ending Backing Vocals – Tessa Niles	5:58

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Mixed At – Advision Studios
• Recorded At – Westside Studios

Credits

• Bass – Pete Trewavas
• Drums, Percussion – Ian Mosley
• Guitar – Steve Rothery
• Illustration, Design – Mark Wilkinson
• Keyboards – Mark Kelly
• Lyrics By – Derek William Dick, Fish
• Mixed By – David Jacob
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Avril Macintosh*
• Music By, Arranged By – Marillion
• Photography By – Janus Van Helfteren
• Producer – Chris Kimsey
• Recorded By – Nick Davis
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Richard Sullivan
• Voice, Artwork By [Sleeve Concept] – Fish

Notes

Recorded at Westside Studios, London
Mixed at Advision Studios, London

This album is dedicated to Tony Stratton Smith

Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Marillion/Charisma Music Publ. Co. Ltd.

Comes in a CD sized papersleeve album replica, with obi-strip, printed inner-sleeve and insert of notes mostly in Japanese.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988006835924
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L154
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 28B9
• Matrix / Runout: TOCP-67787 1A1
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1C 064 2407851, 1C 064-24 0785 1, 24 0785 1	Marillion	Clutching At Straws ‎(LP, Album)	EMI, EMI, EMI	1C 064 2407851, 1C 064-24 0785 1, 24 0785 1	Europe	1987
31C 068 240785	Marillion	Clutching At Straws ‎(LP, Album)	EMI	31C 068 240785	Brazil	1987
35430 8	Marillion	Clutching At Straws ‎(CD, Album, Club)	EMI	35430 8	Germany	1987
64 2407851	Marillion	Clutching At Straws ‎(LP, Album)	EMI	64 2407851	Italy	1987
CDP 7 46866 2, CD-EMD 1002	Marillion	Clutching At Straws ‎(CD, Album)	EMI, EMI	CDP 7 46866 2, CD-EMD 1002	UK & Europe	1987

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