Unplugged At The Walls is an album by British rock band Marillion

Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

 released in 1999. It was recorded in a small restaurant in Oswestry

Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

 June 25 and 26, 1998 as a strictly acoustic set. Lead vocalist Steve Hogarth

Steve Hogarth

Steve Hogarth also known as "h", is the lead vocalist and occasional keyboardist/guitarist with the British rock band Marillion. Hogarth was formerly a keyboard player and co-lead vocalist with The Europeans and vocalist with How We Live...

 is reported to claim "We offered to play a gig in there for a free meal and some beers."

As soon as the fans found out they were going to perform in the restaurant, everyone wanted to come and see them. They eventually had to sell some tickets, and those were sold out in less than a day or so. Fans from all around the world found their way to the small town of Oswestry to hear the band perform, and the response was so great that the band also figured they had to tape the thing. The band rewrote much of their performed material for the gig. They also perform their version of Abraham, Martin And John which appeared later on Marillion Christmas 1999 fan-club only release in a studio version.

Unplugged At The Walls was released on the bands own label, Racket Records.

Track listing

CD 1

1. "Beautiful" - 4:51
2. "Beyond You" - 5:58
3. "Afraid of Sunrise" - 4:13
4. "Runaway" - 6:36
5. "Now She'll Never Know" - 5:18
6. "Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury" - 3:52
7. "The Space" - 4:09
8. "Fake Plastic Trees
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   " (Radiohead
   Radiohead
   Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
   
    cover) - 5:09
9. "Holloway Girl" - 4:13
10. "King" - 6:32

CD 2

1. "The Answering Machine" - 4:29
2. "Gazpacho" - 5:38
3. "Cannibal Surf Babe" - 7:11
4. "Blackbird
   Blackbird (song)
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   " (The Beatles
   The Beatles
   The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
   
    cover) - 2:54
5. "Abraham, Martin & John" (Richard Holler cover) - 8:09
6. "Hooks In You" - 3:48
7. "Eighty Days" - 4:17

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