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Porcupine Tree

Heavy Prog

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PT's second full release, and guest artists who will later become the band are starting to show up.

This is a very different album to 'On the Sunday of Life', being a coherent whole (although it still works better as two sides of an LP) but much darker and heavier in feeling, especially on the first side (tracks 1 to 5).

For those who prefer their prog lighter then things start to get better on side 2. The short instrumental 'Siren' leads into the enigmatic 'Small Fish' which takes you straight into the blistering 'Burning Sky' (which by the way is 11.06 long, not 1.06 as listed above). This monster instrumental is fantastic, and can possibly be taken as the 'dummy run' for the Epic 'Sky Moves Sideways' - need I say more. 'Burning Sky' is awesome, and it is worth having the album for this alone - although I know of many people who would disagree with me - whilst still oving the album. 'Fadeaway' is a classic PT depressing lyrics last track...

MilesB | 3/5 | 2004-7-21

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