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Porcupine Tree

Heavy Prog

4.28 | 2830 ratings

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My history: 1971 - Bowie 1974 - 1979 Yes, Genesis, etc 1980 - now mainly Classical music.

This is the first album for 30 years from a new band that I rate highly. It's fairly bleak stuff though not depressing (like late 70's Pink Floyd). I'm giving it 4 stars because of Steve Wilson's desire to rekindle some of the old prog rock traditions. I felt tempted in giving it 3 stars for the following reasons: 1. sometimes heavy metal guitars just for the sake of it. 2. at times they run short of ideas. 3. i found it a tad boring after about 8 listens. However, I gave it 4 stars because it has some inspired moments particularly in tracks 1 & 3. I do understand that my knowledge of music at this time dwarfs my knowledge in 1980 but I feel this is a fair judgement.

I've stretched myself, now stretch yours:

Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (1978) Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)

Shostakovich at 29 years old - Symphony No 4 (Prog rating off the Richter scale)

BLACKWINDOWS | 4/5 | 2009-11-17

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