14 Being Mick Pointer - Clutching at Straws by Marillion Part 2

Episode 14: Being Mick Pointer
Marillion’s Clutching at Straws - Part Two (July 22nd 2018)

'The podcast too scared to go back into the water'

For the second episode of a two-part series, we go track-by-track through Marillion’s 1987 album Clutching at Straws, and as Vince casts Robert Downey Jnr to play Marillion’s frontman in a hypothetical biopic, Jeremy does Barry White impressions.

We struggle to name an album by It Bites, or anything by Then Jericho (remember them?); we give the album a final score; we discuss the hardest things we’ve ever had to do whilst chomping on sugar mice; and we vow to never again accidentally insult the north east of England.

FULL TRACK LISTING
Overrated Podcast Theme Tune – There It Is (Royalty Free)
Incommunicado – Marillion
Torch Song – Marillion
Slainte Mhath – Marillion
Sugar Mice – Marillion
The Last Straw – Marillion

Vince’s rankings:
11 - Just for the Record
10 - The Last Straw
9 - Going Under
8 - Incommunicado
7 - White Russian
6 - Slainte Mhath
5 - Sugar Mice
4 - Hotel Hobies
3 - That Time of the Night
2 - Torch Song
1 - Warm Wet Circles

Jeremy’s Rankings
11 - White Russian
10 - Sugar Mice
9 - Going Under
8 - Just for the Record
7 - Slainte Mhath
6 - That Time of the Night
5 - Hotel Hobbies
4 - The Last Straw
3 - Incommunicado
2 - Warm Wet Circles
1 - Torch Song

Final Scores: 157 / 220
Clutching at Straws gets a rating of 71/100

VINCE RECOMMENDS:
I Remember Elvis Presley (The King is Dead) - Danny Mirror