Some of their best and most interesting work; 'Three Minute Boy' is a truly great song and 'Cathedral Walls' is menacing and fierce. Much more experimental than most of their albums, I hope that the forthcoming 'F.E A.R.' is in a similar vein.
I cannot for the life of me imagine why this album is so denigrated by Marillifans. Maybe not quite 'Marbles,' but what is? I have all of Marillion's output in different formats over the years and there is only one song that I have to skip through; it's certainly not on 'Radiation.'
Having lintening to albums like marbles, afraid of sunlight, and others I thought about buying the whole bands library. When I got this album and heard it for the first time ,I was not very impressed. The production value lacked very much. Some songs at the first two playings I thought were sub par, but this album really grew on me. Songs like the blistering Under The Sun, the Beatle-isque These Chains, and The epic Three Minute Boy werse really lyrically well written and musically wonderful!! The whole album flows nicely, with very few dull moments, with the eception of The Answering Machine, this album stacks up to grace and excellance! This album is alot different from the sound of past and future marillion albums. The bluesy song Born To Run shows how much depth and talent these guys have. I recommend this album to all fans, who want a different sounding Marillion album to non fans alike. This will grow on you!