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	Clutching at Straws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clutching at Straws is the fourth studio album of the progressive rock band Marillion.
		It was released in 1987 and was the last album before Fish left the band.
		Much of the musical material was then used on Seasons End with the new singer Steve Hogarth, while the lyrics ended up in some form on Fish's solo albums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clutching_at_Straws (320 words)

	MARILLION Clutching at Straws reviews and MP3
		Most of the songs written and composed for "Clutching at Straws" are intended to be breathed and lived intensively by the listener, and the album achieves that important commitment: it drives you through your inner fears, your captivated feelings and brings out the sensitivity locked away in you.
		Clutching at straws was definitely a bit of a disappointment for me. Having been introduced to this fabulous band by their illustrous debut Script and having experienced that these guys were able to continue at that high level on its successors, this one really falls from the cliff.
		Clutching At Straws marks the end of an era as this was the final farewell from Fish to the fans, although he would pop up with a solo carrier.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=1758 (8462 words)

	EURSOC: Clutching At Straws
		Straw's article, one of the first defences of the constitution to be made by an important cabinet minister, deserved more attention than it received - not least because it was riddled with inaccuracies and blunders.
		We liked Straw's claim that if Britain is able to negotiate a treaty which protects its vetos on tax, social security, defence, areas of criminal law and EU funding, "the constitution on which the British public votes will not establish a tyranny, nor found a superstate."
		Straw rounds off by claiming that Britain's security and prosperity depend on being at the heart of Europe.
	www.eursoc.com /news/fullstory.php/aid/471 (348 words)

	Progressive Ears Album Reviews
		So when the band was heading into the studio to record their fourth album, Clutching At Straws clearly the pressure was on the band to produce another hit, notably to hearken on the success that the band was building in the US.
		Enter Clutching At Straws, an album which like the three albums before it, is a cryptic and maniacal themed album, in which lead singer/lyricist Fish embarks on his personal life issues within each song as the band growing in confidence, supply memorable music to each song.
		Within Europe, Clutching At Straws was a major hit, reaching the Top 10 again, but barely missing the Top 100 album chart in the US.
	www.progressiveears.com /ASP/reviews.asp?albumID=1898 (352 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Clutching at Straws: Remastered [Enhanced] [Double CD]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The band's final album with Fish as vocalist and lyricist, it unfortunately did not gain the acclaim of its predecessor and those put off by the flaws evident in their earlier work may never have had a chance to re-assess the band on the basis of the strengths present here.
		Clutching at Straws is probably Marillion's high point.
		Clutching at Straws is not a feel-good record (despite the inclusion of the up-beat boogie of Incommunicado) and will not appeal to everyone but it's a masterpiece of booze sodden despair and the perfect soundtrack for those nights where you want nothing more than to sit, drink and mope.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IGO5 (1568 words)

	Amazon.com: Clutching at Straws: Music: Marillion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		For the uninitiated, "Clutching At Straws" is an historically relevant and musically accessible place to dive into the pool and test the water.
		Extending from the theme of growing up too fast that was at the core of 1985's "Misplaced Childhood," "Straws" examines the trappings of adulthood and responsibility, most notably the temptation to drown one's sorrows and frustrations.
		"Clutching At Straws" is the only album where, from hearing only the first 10 seconds of the first track, I knew it would be a masterpiece.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IGO5?v=glance (1435 words)

	www.reviewingtheevidence.com \| CLUTCHING AT STRAWS, by J. L. Abramo
		CLUTCHING AT STRAWS is J.L. Abramo’s second book in the Jake Diamond Private Investigation series.
		In CLUTCHING AT STRAWS, Diamond is first hired by Lefty Wright, a very well educated burglar.
		CLUTCHING AT STRAWS is an enjoyable “old-fashion” feeling mystery that looks at the modern political scene from the PI’s perspective.
	www.reviewingtheevidence.com /review.html?id=2673 (449 words)

	Amazon.com: Clutching at Straws: Music: Marillion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Clutching at Straws was the last Marillion album with Fish before the band separated (not counting the live La Gazza Ladra).
		Clutching At Straws also marks the maturation of Steve Rothery as a guitarist capable of carrying the whole album, which he does extremely effectively.
		This release of Clutching is a remastered 2-disc version, the second disc featuring demos of a few tracks, one B-side ("Tux On"), and a set of tracks the band worked on subsequently before Fish's departure.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004NRUO?v=glance (1496 words)

	Ground and Sky review - Marillion - Clutching at Straws
		In order to capitalise on their success, Marillion needed to follow up with a strong album, which this is; and preferably with another hit single, which was provided by "Incommunicado." They also needed to keep their personnel together, but unfortunately Fish was to depart shortly after work started on a fifth studio album.
		Straws are short, used to inhale cocaine and of course clutched at.
		The two CD re-release of Clutching at Straws contains a bonus disc which has the very early demo tapes of a projected fifth studio album.
	www.progreviews.com /reviews/display.php?rev=mar-cas (483 words)

	MARILLION: Clutching at Straws (Sanctuary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		For many fans of the band, the band wasn't the same when lead vocalist and lyricist Derek Dick (better known as Fish) left the group in 1987, shortly after the Clutching at Straws tour.
		To these ears, Clutching was the pinnacle of their career.
		Clutching at Straws has it all--great music and gripping, impassioned lyrics to match.
	www.thenightowl.com /reviews/clutchin.htm (373 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY STEPHANIE SOLLOW
		In different tracks, its different things that are the highlights for me - throughout most of Clutching At Straws it is Rothery's guitar and Kelly's keys - not to leave out Fish's vocals, of course, because most of what resonates with me is Fish's lyrics.
		Clutching is not a new album by any means, though if you aren't familiar with the Marillion back catalogue, having just discovered them through their more recent releases, it will be new to you.
		Given that the members of the band were heading in different directions at the time, that doesn't come as too surprising.
	www.progressiveworld.net /maril4.html (1124 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Clutching at straws
		If Jack Straw is to be believed, he decided to intervene in the Mike Tyson affair to prevent some hapless immigration official having to square up to the fighter at Heathrow airport.
		He would also undoubtedly have been aware of the effect it would have had on thousands of fans who had already bought tickets for the fight at the end of the month.
		It also appears that Mr Straw may have been hit with compensation claims from some of the business interests who would have lost millions if Tyson had been barred.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_603000/603435.stm (1058 words)

	Marillion MP3 Downloads - Marillion Music Downloads - Marillion Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Written and conceived during a period of inner-band turmoil, Clutching at Straws would prove to be Fish's swan song, and perhaps Marillion's most unheralded masterpiece.
		Teaming up once again with producer Chris Kimsey, Clutching at Straws showcases some of the band's most satisfying compositions, including the magnificent "Warm Wet Circles" and...
		The album's stunning closer, "The Last Straw," is Fish's self-realization that yes, the band is not only over, but that in his mind, it's null and void ("and if you ever come across us, don't give us your sympathy").
	www.mp3.com /albums/10138/summary.html (420 words)

	Bogieblog: Clutching at Straws
		I made an appointment for a clutch replacement at a local shop that I had been told was very good.
		After I got there to have the clutch replaced, I had this conversation: (this is an approximation, but it is an incident I remember well - I did leave off a whole lot of swearing I did at the end though).
		I drove it to the garage, and told another mechanic what the problem was and what had already been done, and that I wanted a new clutch put in.
	bogieblog.typepad.com /happenings/2005/01/clutching_at_st.html (1233 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		The building - a live/work space comprising offices in one wing (No 9) and living quarters in the other (No 10), both raised from the ground by rather surreal columns - meshes elements of the steel-obsessed hi-tech aesthetic with recycled wood and concrete.
		A wall of 550 straw bales insulates the living quarters, and 'militaristic' cement-filled sandbags and quilted sheets of silicon-faced fibreglass cloth envelop the office spaces (Till and Wigglesworth work on the upper floor, and there's another practice on the lower floor) to muffle the noise of the trains thundering past.
		Almost as flexible as this confluence of rustic and hi-tech materials is the way in which the live and work spaces bleed into each other.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4334261,00.html (1039 words)

	marillion.com \| MUSIC - Discography - Clutching at Straws \| The Official Marillion Website
		The ups and downs included bursts of laughter, practical jokes, flashes of genius; as well as moments of silence, hours of pub-crawling, days of dedicated work and as expected, the predictable disagreements that either fuelled the projects' process or brought it to a screeching halt.
		It was 1987, and if the 80's were defined by women, drugs and booze 'Clutching At Straws' represented last call.
		The whole period surrounding Clutching at Straws is a bit vague for all five of us.
	www.marillion.com /music/albums/cas.htm (6504 words)

	The Perception of Fish - official Fish site. Archives pages: Discography and lyrics - other projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The 'Angel' looked 'stuck-on' and didn't bode well for the album cover which was a second choice as the band rejected the original idea which ended up as the inside back cover of the CD booklet.
		The cover was shot in Colchester's Baker's Arms and was supposed to be the 'Great bar in the sky' populated with various artists, writers and poets who had a reputation for 'liking a wee dram!'.
		In answer to those who still hold a torch for that era and a reformation of the 81-88 line up I can only say that I'm sure as individuals we'll work together somewhere in the future but as for anything else you would be clutching at straws.
	www.the-company.com /dacas.htm (4120 words)

	Guardian \| Clutching at straws
		Undoubtedly we need a debate, but we could have done without the Home Secretary's ill-informed and biased launch.
		As a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Straw should be ashamed of himself.
		He makes a succession of statistical assumptions which would make a sixth former blush.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3813101-103677,00.html (383 words)

	Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Marillion - Clutching At Straws
		Clutching At Straws, the fourth and final studio album by the Fish-led incarnation of Marillion, is often regarded as a high creative point for the band.
		Clutching At Straws, it is easily the weakest of the Fish-era albums.
		The next segue is into "At That Time Of The Night (The Short Straw)", a soliloquy sung from the barstool.
	www.tranglos.com /marek/yes/tr_132.html (1721 words)

	Re: clutching at straws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In Reply to: clutching at straws posted by Amelia on January 05, 2004
		: does anyone know the origin of clutching at straws, or maybe, grasping at straws.
		An old proverb that goes something like "Drowning men will grasp at straws," meaning that people who feel desperate will try anything, even if it's unlikely to help.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/27/messages/389.html (72 words)

	The Virtual FormGuide - AAP - Track Critics 'clutching At Straws' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The Makybe Diva camp rejected criticisms that the Flemington track had been doctored to help their mare win an historic third Melbourne Cup.
		Trainer Lee Freedman's brother Anthony put the complaints down to sour grapes and said the comments were in poor taste.
		"I think that's clutching at straws a bit," he told Sydney radio station 2KY.
	www.virtualformguide.com /cgi-bin/tvf/displaynewsitem.pl?20051102trackcritics.txt (325 words)

	Trust No One CLUTCHING AT STRAWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		'Clutching At Straws' can also be found on Trust No One's 2004 'Promo' promotional CD Sampler.
		The lyrics are an innocent, almost twee romantic call to a potential companion.
		Clutching At Straws (Hi-fi Song Excerpt) - 1:00
	www.trustnoone.org.uk /clutchingsong.html (144 words)

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		A worthy successor to "Catching Water in a Net" (2001), Abramo's second in the San Francisco-based Jake Diamond PI series is a clever and well-crafted detective novel, gritty enough to satisfy hard-boiled readers but not so dark that it will put off more traditional mystery fans.
		Abramo keeps his readers guessing, and the good guys are not always what they seem in "Clutching at Straws." The author knows how to spin a good, punchy yarn, and his atmosphere-soaked tale moves along at a sprightly clip.
		Abramo echoes themes from some of the great crime writers past and present, adding a great deal of his own...handled with aplomb and wit.
	www.jlabramo.com (672 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Clutching At Straws [Remaster] - Marillion at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		(This song is the first to use the word “straw” — “the short straw takes its bow.”) Then like the sun beating down, a rollicking guitar plunges in with Fish’s voice becoming more intense to match.
		A song about lying in bed in the wee hours staring at the shadows on the ceiling.
		Full of angst and wasted energy, 2 lines reinforce the theme of the album: “We’re clutching at straws, still drowning.” The last track on the album is “Happy Ending”, a short clip which has fish yelling “No!” over a droning sound and then bursting into demonic laughter.
	www.epinions.com /musc-review-5755-5B18733-398640E0-prod3 (1688 words)

	Father of Australian Guantanamo prisoner speaks to WSWS: "Howard is clutching at straws, but they're getting ...
		Father of Australian Guantanamo prisoner speaks to WSWS: "Howard is clutching at straws, but they're getting shorter"
		Terry Hicks, the father of 28-year-old David Hicks, one of two Australians imprisoned by US military in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has stepped up his campaign to secure his son’s release by visiting Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States.
		He is clutching at straws, but the straws are getting shorter.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/aug2003/hick-a12.shtml (2189 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Clutching at Straws: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Incommunicado has been namechecked elsewhere, but this is not representative of a more mellow and, to be frank, depressing, mood.
		More fabulous metaphor and allusion from Fish as the suite moves into it's final 3rd, "That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)", with gently pumping bass and atmospheric keys.
		The song builds to a crescendo with Fish bellowing out "Warm Wet Circles!", before leaving the female guest vocalist to repeat the sames words as Steve Rothery plays a series of suspended 4th chords (again, Chorus enhanced) that sound simply awesome (3rd guitar highlight).
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004UFTV (934 words)

	The Wilderness Society - Tasmania’s pulp mill alliance ad clutching at straws
		A three-quarter page newspaper advertisement in today’s Launceston 'Examiner' attacking The Wilderness Society’s pulp mill brochure is little more than a blatant attempt to affect crowd numbers at tomorrow’s rally at Albert Hall.
		“Pro mill lobby groups are clutching at straws to salvage public support and impact on public participation of tomorrow’s rally.
		It’s ludicrous that the Community Alliance should be attacking the modest budget of this brochure when they have spent thousands of dollars on this ad, and Gunns and the state government have spent millions promoting this native forest-fed, polluting pulp mill,” Mr Bayley concluded.
	www.wilderness.org.au /campaigns/forests/tasmania/gunns_proposed_pulp_mill/pulp_mill9 (381 words)

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