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Joined: August 22 2009
Location: Ohio
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Posted: August 27 2016 at 07:56
This is so hard, as this album has special personal meaning for me. I'm going to have to stew on this a bit. It's between Russia On Ice, Hatesong, Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth, Shesmovedon and How Is Your Life Today. Anyone have a dart and a blindfold?
Joined: October 12 2011
Location: Melb, Australia
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Posted: August 27 2016 at 08:00
`Russia on Ice' is a knockout, but my personal favourite has always been `Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth...'. It has that wonderful warm acoustic first half, then drifts into dreamy space with the second half over the message from the Heaven's Gate cult leader. Eerie stuff!
Years ago right as the album came out, I wrote to Steven Wilson asking what the connection between the two parts of the song was, thinking there was some link that I was missing. I got a nice letter back from him (this was before Porcupine Tree exploded in popularity, so I guess he had a bit more time back then! ), and he simply replied `Actually, there is no connection, I just thought they sounded cool together'..... which I thought was both quite amusing and hugely disappointing!
What a great album, a stack of PT's best poppier moments on that one, (although the exception `Feel So Low' I don't expect to see many votes for! ).
Joined: June 18 2009
Location: Mexico
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Posted: August 27 2016 at 21:20
I haven't heard it all (actually I haven't heard it, except for the tracks that appear on the live "Warzawa" album), but I really love "Russia on Ice". Actually, my favourite PT tracks are "Radioactive Toy", "The Sky moves Sideways" (from Coma Divine), and "Russia on Ice" (from Warzawa). They make a wonderful trio of songs for me that beat anything they did since Gavin Harrison joined the band.
I pretty much like everything Steve Wislon touches...to some degree (maybe apart from Blackfield). It is a difficult choice between Shesmovedon and Russia on Ice but the latter edges it due to Chris Maitland's rrrrumbling kathartic drum work at the very end. I prefer him over Gavin in PT.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Posted: August 28 2016 at 15:48
Russia On Ice over Hatesong
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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