New Steven Wilson solo album due out in February

More accessible than Insurgentes? I mean if walls of sound turn you off that much. 

Because some albums are growers and don't appeal to me initially, though later they do.  I try to give albums, especially well respected ones, time.   Many times I've come to appreciate or even love albums I loathed initially.  Had I written them off quickly I'd have missed out on some great stuff. 

Originally posted by Finnforest Because some albums are growers and don't appeal to me initially, though later they do.  I try to give albums, especially well respected ones, time.   Many times I've come to appreciate or even love albums I loathed initially.  Had I written them off quickly I'd have missed out on some great stuff.

I feel the same way. I want to understand why some people love this album. King Crimson was like that. Some hated Lizard, some loved it immensely. I tried it over and over, and now it remains as my favorite KC album. Every album needs a re-re-re-re-listen.

Originally posted by Raccoon Originally posted by Finnforest Because some albums are growers and don't appeal to me initially, though later they do.  I try to give albums, especially well respected ones, time.   Many times I've come to appreciate or even love albums I loathed initially.  Had I written them off quickly I'd have missed out on some great stuff.  This phenomenon is completely unfamiliar to me. In fact, with me it's often the other way around: I may give something the benefit of the doubt, extrapolating my expectations from the previous experience (or drifting along with wishful thinking), only to be a little disappointed afterwards, when the anticipation fails reality check.  I feel the same way. I want to understand why some people love this album. King Crimson was like that. Some hated Lizard, some loved it immensely. I tried it over and over, and now it remains as my favorite KC album. Every album needs a re-re-re-re-listen.

Edited by Argonaught - February 28 2013 at 19:45

Originally posted by Finnforest Grace, bottom line I didn't buy the "proggy", intense sections at all...thought they felt totally contrived, proggy for the sake of it, whereas I think he is brilliant and a natural for crafting melodic pop with crossover or metal overtones.  But I'm sort on an outlier Wilson fan I suspect....I'd much rather hear FoaBP or Incident than Sky Move Sideways or most of his earlier, "cool" stuff.Just bought the concert DVD too!  Excited, but I doubt it will slay me like Anesthetize or Octane.   But I'll give it and Raven a fair shot, I promise you that

I don't know much of the pre-Harrison Porcupine Tree, except for the live album "Coma Divine", and so far I got all the Harrison albums, however I haven't enjoyed any of them as much as "Coma Divine", I kind of find it more interesting and all. For that matter, I also liked "Grace for Drowning" more than any of those albums more, though for different reasons. As for the Lizard/Islands comparisons made with Grace for Drowning, I kind of agree too, though I like GfD more than those Crimson albums too.