Script for a Jester's Tear

Script for a Jester's Tear
Cover art by Mark Wilkinson
Studio album by
Marillion
Released14 March 1983[1]
RecordedDecember 1982 – February 1983
StudioThe Marquee, London
GenreNeo-prog
Length46:45
LabelEMI
ProducerNick Tauber
Marillion chronology
Script for a Jester's Tear
(1983) 		Fugazi
(1984)
Singles from Script for a Jester's Tear
  1. "He Knows You Know"
    Released: 31 January 1983
  2. "Garden Party"
    Released: 6 June 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Record Mirror[3]
Smash Hits4/10[4]

Script for a Jester's Tear is the debut studio album by British neo-prog band Marillion, released in the United Kingdom on 14 March 1983 by EMI Records. The album reached number seven and spent 31 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, eventually achieving a platinum certificate, and produced the top 40 single "He Knows You Know" and the top 20 single "Garden Party".

Script for a Jester's Tear is the only studio album by Marillion to feature the band's original drummer and founding member Mick Pointer, who was dismissed following the album's UK tour.[5][6] In Martin Popoff's 2016 biography of Yes, the album is credited with being part of a "new wave" of British progressive rock which also helped to give a second life to earlier bands.[7]

  1. ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 5 March 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ Franck, John. Marillion: Script for a Jester's Tear > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ Smith, Robin (12 March 1983). "Fishing for Compliments. Marillion – Script for a Jester's Tear review" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 20. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Steels, Mark (17–30 March 1983). "Marillion: Script for a Jester's Tear" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 6. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 30. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ "Friars Interviews Mick Pointer". Aylesbury Friars. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ^ Ling, Dave (October 2001). "Fish interview". Classic Rock. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). Time And a Word: The Yes Story. London: Soundcheck Books. p. 98. ISBN 9780993212024.