Porcupine Tree
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Topic: Porcupine Tree
Posted By: Arnulf Floyd
Subject: Porcupine Tree
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:29
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I am a open-minded rocker and I want to listen to some modern prog rock. I am interested what song/album is perfect introduction for this band which seems cool to me. Sorry for my English. I am not native speaker ------------- Long Live Rock 'n' Roll |
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:34
| I was just listening to Lightbulb Sun the other day and thinking it's the perfect introduction to the band. |
Posted By: Arnulf Floyd
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:37
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Thanks you ------------- Long Live Rock 'n' Roll |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:38
| I haven't heard much of their earlier stuff, but Deadwing is probably my favourite of theirs. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:43
| In Absentia is my favorite PT album and I think one of there most accessible if you are new to them . Deadwing is also very good. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:50
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Other than Porcupine Tree I suggest starting with the album that is your avatar. ;) For Porcupine Tree I like lightbulb sun and inabsentia the best. Stupid Dream is great too. The later ones are more metallish but still good.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 09:51
That's my personal favorite. Good call.
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Meltdowner wrote:Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 11:14
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I chose "Fear of a Blank Planet" as my initial exposure to the group. It's a great album with "Anesthetize" as a great track. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 13:09
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"in Absentia" and "Deadwing" are probably their best. I'm a big fan of Porcupine Tree and those two were the albums that got me started on them. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 20:28
| The one with which I started is a live album from their earlier period, Coma Divine, just when the band was forming after Steven Wilson had released a few album under the name of the band, but himself performing just about all the instruments. So it's got many early songs originally performed only by him in studio, but now with a whole band. Then I got most of the other PT albums, specially the ones with Gavin Harrison on drums, but still my very favourite is this live album. However, it has a rather different vibe, this album is very ambient and spacey, while the more succesful ones with Gavin Harrison are heavier and poppier. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 20:32
| Signify is my favorite album by them. If you're more into classic prog, you should start out with The Sky Moves Sideways |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 25 2019 at 23:57
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Just to be awkward I prefer Up The Downstairs over The Sky Moves Sideways. In Absentia Signify Deadwing Fear Of A Blank Planet can't go wrong with any of those In Absentia has lots of great hooks so perhaps start with that and move onto the others. The only album that seems to be an issue is The Incident but actually there are still some great tracks on that album so it should not be avoided. Porcupine Tree have one of the best back catologues of any band in history. Then move onto Wilson's first 4 solo albums that are even better! |
Posted By: Arnulf Floyd
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 00:51
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Thanks you to all for advice I decide to begin with In Absentia ------------- Long Live Rock 'n' Roll |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 01:07
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Stupid Dream A gem. ------------- |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 01:36
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If you like Pink Floyd and Ozric Tentacles: The Sky Moves Sideways. Alternative rock mixed with "modern" progressive rock: Stupid Dream. And progressive rock/metal: In Absentia.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 04:13
| "in Absentia" |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 04:55
Awesome album. I think the live album Coma Divine is a great introduction to the band.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 05:02
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Signify In Absentia Deadwing Fear of a Blank Planet These are the only PT albums I really enjoy. Stupid ream & Lightbulb Sun are ok, but are just rehearsals for In Absentia, Deadwing & FOABP which are all much better and more consistent IMO. Signify is different from the other three, and is a more of a bridge album between the older, more 'trippy' PT, and their later heavier manifestation, but as a stand alone album I love it. It has a quite a unique atmosphere about it. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 26 2019 at 13:07
I agree..it's a nice collection. My personal favorites are Signify, Stupid Dream, Lightbulb , and Absentia... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 27 2019 at 00:36
yep very good summation of Signify. Others posters have also mentioned Stupid Dream. That nearly put me off the band completely but it does have some really good stuff.
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