Steven Wilson's discography

Insurgents, the only solo albums of his I like.

Insurgentes!!!!

^ Same here on pretty much all counts, but voted Grace.

Edit: Oh, I already voted. Duh.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - April 09 2013 at 13:18

The Raven, easily.

Grace. I feel like I should withhold the reasons for my choice on this one (especially regarding The Raven).

Edited by Dayvenkirq - March 20 2013 at 11:40

silverpot wrote: Raven, definately. Especially after hearing it live last saturday.

I am so jealous.

The Raven . Enjoy the other two though

It may be pretty early days since it's release but I think I have to say The Raven.

I find Insurgentes a fantastic album, and GFD only just behind, perhaps only a little short of the sparkle and diversity of the first.  GFD is brilliant too though. 

I have to say though that I am bowled over by The Raven, what a piece of work this is.  All the tracks are absolutely stunning, the musicianship is tight as a drum and the performance of the album by Steve and his band when I saw them on tour recently was beyond awesome.  The Raven is an emotional experience and to end the album with the pure genius of the title track is almost too much.  Incredible. 

Dellinger wrote: Raccoon wrote: I'm not sure, I think GfD has the advantage since it's a double album... But after several, several, several listens, I have to choose The Raven. Every song's exciting, energetic, beautiful, brilliant... Actually, I usually consider that being a double albums is a disadvantage, for it is harder to fill a double album with great material than a single one. However, Grace for Drowning must be among my very favourite dobule albums. And I'm putting it above "The Wall", "Topographic Oceans", "The Lamb", etc. Indeed, it might just as well be my favourite double album.

That's the thing with Steven Wilson. It's one of my favorite all-time double albums too!! But even so, I gotta choose The Raven. After I listen to that album once, I gotta spin it again. It can't beat The Lamb or The Wall, but ranked sky-high up there.

You're right though, a plethora of artists mess the whole double album format. Most artists construct a double-album just for the idea--It's hard to balance the quality of music throughout, and GfD does that. I can't choose my favorite song from that album because it's all so fantastic and deserves a full-length, one-sitting listen. The Raven goes down as one of the all-time, best album concept/music/production...

Raccoon wrote: I'm not sure, I think GfD has the advantage since it's a double album... But after several, several, several listens, I have to choose The Raven. Every song's exciting, energetic, beautiful, brilliant...

Actually, I usually consider that being a double albums is a disadvantage, for it is harder to fill a double album with great material than a single one. However, Grace for Drowning must be among my very favourite dobule albums. And I'm putting it above "The Wall", "Topographic Oceans", "The Lamb", etc. Indeed, it might just as well be my favourite double album.