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The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
Jeff Wayne →The War of the Worlds3850:0032,101 listeners121,718 plays
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“The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine” is the third track on Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978), a progressive rock concept album based on H.G. Wells’ classic 1898 science fiction novel. The track dramatically depicts the aftermath of the initial Martian assault, introducing the character of the Artilleryman and the terrifying Martian war machines. Background Following the devastation described in “Horsell Common and the Heat Ray”