Man of a Thousand Faces (song)

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"Man of a Thousand Faces"

Single by Marillion

from the album This Strange Engine

Released

2 June 1997

Recorded

1996

Studio

The Racket Club, Buckinghamshire, England

Genre

Neo-prog

Length

3:37 (radio edit)

Steve Hogarth, John Helmer

Producer(s)

Marillion

Marillion singles chronology

"Beautiful"
(1995)

"Man of a Thousand Faces"
(1997)

"Eighty Days"
(1997)

"Man of a Thousand Faces" is the lead single from British neo-prog band Marillion's ninth studio album This Strange Engine, released on 2 June 1997 by Castle Communications imprint Raw Power. It was the band's first single since they departed from EMI Records in 1995. Reflecting the decline in popularity for Marillion, the song reached only the number 98 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] A music video was created for "Man of a Thousand Faces".

Track listing

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All music is composed by Marillion

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Man of a Thousand Faces" (radio edit)	Steve Hogarth, John Helmer	3:37
2.	"Beautiful" (unplugged version)	Hogarth	4:50
3.	"Made Again" (unplugged version)	Helmer	5:15
4.	"Man of a Thousand Faces" (extended version)	Hogarth, Helmer	8:19
Total length:			22:03

Personnel

Marillion

Steve Hogarth – vocals
Steve Rothery – guitar
Pete Trewavas – bass
Mark Kelly – keyboards
Ian Mosley – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Charlton & Newbottle School Choir – choir

Technical personnel

Stewart Every – engineer
Dave Meegan – mixing engineer
Andrew Gent – artwork
Hugh Gilmour – art direction, design

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[1]	98

References

^ ^a ^b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

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