ON THE SUNDAY OF LIFE...

For those of you who don't know- this is from the archives: "Mostly compiled from two prior cassette releases "Tarquin's Seaweed Farm" (1989) and "The Nostalgia Factory" (1990). CD reissued in repackaged and remastered form in November 1997." Don't think of this as 'vintage' Porcupine Tree. Rather, a pile of waste. Let me explain. There I was, at the Virgin record store in San Francisco, browsing through progressive rock. I came across PT- and this album begged me to grab it. For just under 14 dollars I purchased what I thought was going to be some great music by a terrific band. And then I played it, and was disgusted! I can't go through song by song, or even go into much detail. The way I see it- this CD has 3 redeemable tracks. Did I mention this CD had 18 tracks? Yes, only 3. "Radioactive Toy", "Nine Cats", and "It will rain for a million years" The funny thing is- if you put these 3 tracks on another PT album they would be the weakest link. That's how awful this album is. The rest of the tracks on the album sound like brainless experiments in noise. Some of the music production is so bland and fake sounding that it is almost laughable. I think Steven Wilson should be ashamed of repackaging such crap. Avoid, Avoid, and Avoid.