MARILLION Happiness Is The Road (2009 UK 21-track 2-CD album set - 'Happiness Is The Road' is a 110 minute 2CD set, the first album entitled 'Essence'; an adventurous musical trip exploring life's biggest question 'What's it all about?'. Alongside their signature rock orchestration, 'Happiness Is The Road' also references elements of pop, dub and soul and draws influence from artists as diverse as The Beach Boys & Marvin Gaye to Interpol, The Doors, Traffic, Pink Floyd & David Bowie. The second half ['The Hard Shoulder'] is a collection of songs that draw their inspiration from far and wide including Space Aliens America, Love Found and Lost, Sanity Found and Lost, and Britney Spears?! Steve H says In many ways 'Happiness Is The Road' represents our broadest and most wide ranging collection of influences to date, the music was written in the usual way - by jamming and listening, more jamming, more listening but with this album I think we've pushed our boundaries and redefined the traditional Marillion sound once again..).