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Svetonio
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213 |
Posted: March 03 2015 at 18:32 | ||
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 25890 |
Posted: March 04 2015 at 01:42 | ||
feeling quite smug that I got the Blu Ray edition. Great sound , images ( a series of 'mocked up' photos that appear very real) and an excellent documentary that is 30 minutes long. You can also have an instrumental version of the album if you want. Wasn't that expensive either ( less than a tenner)
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Floydian42
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 13 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 846 |
Posted: March 08 2015 at 12:46 | ||
I voted Happy Returns. For me it's the most emotionally provocative. Its the least proggy track, and yet the most surprising one to me.
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aliano
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 01 2013 Location: A musty corner Status: Offline Points: 264 |
Posted: March 08 2015 at 12:53 | ||
+1 |
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20449 |
Posted: March 08 2015 at 17:07 | ||
Listened to it again via you tube......good solid songs - Wilson doesn't write bad music-, but to me they all sound like re-workings or variations of earlier material with PT and things he's done before. That's not a bad thing nor a criticism per se but I have trouble getting excited about any of his solo albums ( I did like several tracks on Raven since I like that retro sound...) and I like the melodies and tracks better on the older albums with PT. I simply don't see any major changes nor that he's writing better material than he did in the past.
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Floydian42
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 13 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 846 |
Posted: March 08 2015 at 19:35 | ||
That's one of the more frustrating things about Wilson, album to album there doesn't sound like there's much evolution, but go back five or six reeases it seems like he's progressed a bunch. He'd really benefit from slowing down his output, maybe put out material once every five years or so as opposed to something every single year.
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proggman
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 14 2013 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 1458 |
Posted: March 24 2015 at 17:25 | ||
Ancestral.
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tszirmay
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 17 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6673 |
Posted: March 24 2015 at 17:36 | ||
Ancestral but Regret #9 is right behind.
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Imperial Zeppelin
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 14 2013 Location: Kuwait Status: Offline Points: 6116 |
Posted: March 24 2015 at 17:39 | ||
1. Routine
2. Routine 3. Routine
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20245 |
Posted: March 24 2015 at 17:44 | ||
^That's three more than I could pick.
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Littlecarrots
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Posted: March 24 2015 at 18:14 | ||
3 Years Older, the chorus is just amazing, I really dig the acoustic guitar that gives it an almost folk vibe on some parts. But I'm really hooked with this album. Happy Returns/Ascendant Here On..., Perfect Life and Routine hit me really hard on an emotional level, Home Invasion/Regret #9 and Ancestral are simply mindblowing. The whole album is marvelous!
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 24 2015 at 22:42 | ||
At last I got this album... but I don't think I can pick a song yet. So far the one I have been coming back most is Perfect Life... but I guess that's mainly because it's the most recognizable, I really don't think it will be my favourite from the album. I guess it will end up being one of the songs that come after that one (Routine, Home Invasion, or Ancestral). There's one which has a keyboard part that really reminds me of ELP (bordering on rip-off)... I guess it's Ancestral... that one might just as well end up being the one.
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POTA
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 17 2005 Status: Offline Points: 173 |
Posted: August 30 2015 at 20:28 | ||
Regret #9 is easily the highlight of the album in my opinion. It blows me away every time I hear it.
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CryoftheCarrots
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 29 2005 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 674 |
Posted: August 30 2015 at 22:09 | ||
Adam Holzman's Moog solo followed by Guthrie Govan's guitar solo is just perfect. Regret#9 it is.
This is the only SW solo album that my wife enjoys & regularly talks about !
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WrytXander
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 09 2014 Location: Turkey Status: Offline Points: 237 |
Posted: August 31 2015 at 03:51 | ||
Ancestral, though I'm surprised at the lack of votes for Home Invasion. Very solid piece as well.
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Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: August 31 2015 at 04:40 | ||
Yeah man, from the very first listen - Ancestral. Not that I dislike any of the tracks on this album. Still, I prefer Raven overall.
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Svetonio
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 20 2010 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 10213 |
Posted: August 31 2015 at 07:59 | ||
A half year after, I'd like to say that Hand.Cannot.Erease is a decent album with a few really great prog songs. I still do like to see Porcupine Tree reunited where Mr Wilson will get some new energy and then the band perhaps will release a really masterpiece of contemporary prog.
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20449 |
Posted: August 31 2015 at 09:45 | ||
Definitely.Over.Rated
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Horizons
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Posted: August 31 2015 at 09:58 | ||
I actually laughed. Well played. I sampled this album a bit very soon after it got released. For some reason i just felt unmoved by what i heard. Musically it sounded pretty unadventurous, which has been the case with recent Swilson albums. I used to go out and buy blind any Swilson album, did it with the last 3 PT albums and his solo albums until Raven. Since then he has kind of lost me a bit. Raven was amazing in some parts, but the lengthier tracks just sounded formulaic. Somehow Swilson sounds a lot more progressive and unexpected when he sticks to his more alt-rock influences. Grace by Drowning and Insurgentes is some of the best things he has ever touched, but since then i've been disappointed with his sound. I'll be giving this a proper listen soon, because it still is Swilson - but it'll have to work hard to sway how i already feel.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Metalmarsh89
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 15 2013 Location: Oregon, USA Status: Offline Points: 2673 |
Posted: August 31 2015 at 10:21 | ||
The shops here have tons of the older prog material. I can find Amon Duul, anything by Zappa, Yes, Genesis, Can, Camel, younameit from the 70's, it's probably here. Unfortunately, they don't have much of the newer variety. They do have Tool, but no PT/Steven Wilson, no Spock's Beard, no Anglagard, no Beardfish. Some of this is to be expected I guess, but they didn't even have the new Muse album that came out. |
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