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Happiness is the Road
Happiness is the Road
Studio Double Album
Released 20 October 2008
Volume 1 - Essence
Dreamy Street
This Train is my Life
Essence
Wrapped Up in Time
Liquidity
Nothing Fills the Hole
Woke Up
Trap the Spark
A State of Mind
Happiness is the Road
(Blank Track)
Half Full Jam *
 
Volume 2 - The Hard Shoulder
Thunder Fly
The Man from the Planet Marzipan
Asylum Satellite #1
Older than Me
Throw Me Out
Half the World
Whatever is Wrong with You
Especially True
Real Tears for Sale
 
* Hidden Bonus Track
 
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Deluxe Campaign 2CD Edition
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Volume 1: Essence
1CD Retail Release (Jewel Case)
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Racket Records Credits Cost: 9 Credits
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256 Kbps MP3 Audio Download
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Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder
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Album Information
Marillion's 15th Album, Happiness is the Road, is a double album will be released in 3 separate formats:
 The Deluxe Campaign 2CD edition will contain both volumes in one special package
 The Standard 1CD Edition of Happiness is the Road, Volume 1 will contain Disc 1, Essence, of the double album in a 'normal' jewel box
 The Standard 1CD Edition of Happiness is the Road, Volume 2 will contain Disc 2, The Hard Shoulder, of the double album in a 'normal' jewel box
IMPORTANT NOTE: TRACK 11 ON 'Essence' IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK!
You will notice the track list on the artwork of 'Essence' only goes up to number 10, with the occasional very-hard-to-read hints at the last track (12) called “Half Full Jam”.
The band intended this track to be a ‘hidden track’ on the album – but rather than leave 2 minutes of silence after “Happiness is the Road” and putting the music for “Hall Full Jam” on the same audio CD track, the band decided to re-create the same effect but with individual track markers. This method was specifically chosen to make the individual tracks easier to import into digital music libraries with programs such as iTunes or similar – allowing you to simply ‘skip’ or not import the silence that would have normally been part of the same audio track.
Again, this is not an error or a problem with the disc, just the band’s artistic choice to have a ‘hidden track’ and the particular way they decided to implement it.
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