down in a well. Water is dropping on me and the idea is that as a consequense of the water raining into the well the level of the water subsequently rises and I climb to freedom in the end. So it was a metaphor for being trapped only to find that what trapped you released you. So that was it in its simpliest terms. What it amounts to really was me standing in a lot of cold water all day." Release Radiation was released in Europe on 21 September 1998 by the Castle Communications imprint Raw Power. It was the second of the three recordings Marillion made on a contract with Castle Communications between being dropped by EMI Records in 1995 and eventually going independent in the 2000s. Due to an announcement on the band's official website before the release, the album's title had been incorrectly listed as either Don't Try This at Home or Radiation Leak. As Marillion's tenth studio album, the number 10 can be seen in the "io" in both "marillion" and "radiation" on the front cover. The album peaked at number 35 in the UK charts and stayed there for just one week, making it the last Marillion album to enter the Top 40 until Somewhere Else (2007). The only single released from Radiation was "These Chains" which stalled at number 78 in the UK Singles Chart. In the autumn of 2012, Radiation was remixed by Michael Hunter, and re-released in March 2013 by Madfish as a 2CD deluxe edition containing both the original and the new mixes as well as featuring re-designed artwork by Carl Glover. In July 2013, Hunter's mix was issued on double 180gm heavyweight translucent blue vinyl. Some of the remixed tracks are shorter because the cut-and-paste reprises were eliminated (see track listing below), making the 2013 version almost two minutes shorter than the original. Track listing The Japan bonus tracks are live acoustic versions taken from Unplugged at the Walls (1999) released by Racket Records. The latter is also featured as a B-side of the single "These Chains". Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's 2013 liner notes. Marillion Steve Hogarth – vocals, additional piano and percussion Steve Rothery – guitars Mark Kelly – keyboards and backing vocals Pete Trewavas – bass, acoustic guitar (on "Now She'll Never Know") and backing vocals Ian Mosley – drums and percussion Additional musicians Erik