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Porcupine Tree: Up the Downstairs

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On June 7, 1993, “Delirium” label released “Up the Downstair”, the second Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded February 1992 – January 1993, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson- vocals, various instruments
  • Richard Barbieri– electronics
  • Colin Edwin– bass guitar
  • Suzanne J. Barbieri– vocals

Track listing:

All music by Steven Wilson, all lyrics by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. What You Are Listening To…
  2. Synesthesia
  3. Monuments Burn into Moments
  4. Always Never – Alan Duffy
  5. Up the Downstairs
  6. Not Beautiful Anymore
  7. Siren
  8. Small Fish – Alan Duffy
  9. Burning Sky
  10. Fadeaway – Alan Duffy

Porcupine Tree: Lightbulb Sun

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On May 22, 2000, “Snapper” label released “Lightbulb Sun”, the sixth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded November 1999 – January 2000, at “Foel Studio” in Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Welshpool, “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hampstead, UK, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, mellotron, hammered dulcimer, samples, banjo, harp, arrangements
  • Richard Barbieri– synthesizers, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, mellotron, arrangements
  • Colin Edwin– bass, drum machine, guimbri, arrangements
  • Chris Maitland– drums, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Eli Hibit – backup rhythm guitar
  • Stuart Gordon – violin, viola
  • Nick Parry – cello

The Minerva String Quartet

  • Katy Latham – violin
  • Lisa Betteridge – violin
  • Sarah Heines – viola
  • Emmeline Brewer – cello
  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • John Foxx– cover photograph, additional photography
  • Luigi Colasanti Antonelli – group portraits, other photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson except where noted.

  1. Lightbulb Sun
  2. How Is Your Life Today?
  3. Four Chords That Made a Milion
  4. Shesmovedon
  5. Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
  6. The Rest Will Flow
  7. Hatesong – Colin Edwin, Steven Wilson
  8. Where we Would Be
  9. Russia on Ice – Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland, Steven Wilson
  10. Feel So Low

Porcupine Tree: On the Sunday of Life…

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On May 12, 1992, “Delirium” label released “On the Sunday of Life…”, the debut Porcupine Tree album. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson recorded for two cassette-only releases, “Tarquin’s Seaweed Farm” (1989) and “The Nostalgia Factory” (1991). It was recorded 1988 – 1992, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – vocals, various instruments
  • Solomon St. Jemain – voice, additional guitar
  • John Marshall – drums
  • Master Timothy Masters – oboe

Track listing:

All music by Steven Wilson, all lyrics by Alan Duffy except where noted.

Part 1: First Love

  1. Music for the Head
  2. Jupiter Island
  3. Third Eye Surfer
  4. On the Sunday of Love…
  5. The Nostalgia Factory

Part 2: Second Sight

  1. Space Transmission
  2. Message from a Self – Destructing Turnip
  3. Radioactive Toy – lyrics by Steven Wilson
  4. Nine Cats

Part 3: Third Eye

  1. Hymn
  2. Footprints
  3. Linton Samuel Dawson
  4. And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun
  5. Queen Quotes Crowley

Part 4: Fourth Bridge

  1. No Luck With Rabbits
  2. Begonia Seduction Scene
  3. The Long Silence
  4. It Will Rain for a Million Years

 

Steven Wilson: The Raven That Refused to Sing

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On February 25, 2013, “Kscope” label released “The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)”, the third Steven Wilson album. It was recorded in September 2012, at “EastWest Studios” in Los Angeles, October 2012 at “Angel Recording Studios” in London, and was produced by Alan Parsons and Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– lead vocals, mellotron, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar, mixing
  • Guthrie Govan– lead guitar
  • Nick Beggs– bass guitar, Chapman Stick, backing vocals
  • Adam Holzman– keyboards, hammond organ, piano, minimoog
  • Marco Minnemann– drums, percussion
  • Theo Travis– flute, saxophone, clarinet
  • Jakko Jakszyk– additional vocals
  • Alan Parsons– wah-wah guitar,ding engineer recor
  • Dave Stewart – strings arrangements
  • The London Session Orchestra
  • Perry Montague-Mason – soloist
  • Niko Tsonev– guitar
  • Brendan Dekora – assistant engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. Luminol
  2. Drive Home
  3. The Holy Drinker
  4. The Pin Drop
  5. The Watchmaker
  6. The Raven That Refused to Sing

Steven Wilson: Cenotaph

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On November 8, 2011, “Tonefloat” label released “Cenotaph”, the ninth Steven Wilson studio album (under the pseudonym Bass Communion). It was recorded January 2010 – June 2011, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson – performer
  • Theo Travis – trombone
  • Carl Clover – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson.

  1. Citadel (q)
  2. Carrion (u)
  3. Cenotaph (r)
  4. Conflux (n)

Porcupine Tree: Signify

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On September 30, 1996, “Delerium” label released “Signify”, the fourth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded 1995 – 1996, at “No Man’s Land” in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, “The Doghouse”  in Henley-on-Thames,” Katrina & the Waves’ Studio” in Cambridge, and was produced by Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, organ, mellotron, samples,  tapes, banshee guitar, drum programming, chimes, musical boxes, mixing
  • Richard Barbieri- synthesizers, Hammond organ, Prophet V/System 700 electronics, piano, tapes, texture, sequencers
  • Colin Edwin- electric bass, double bass
  • Chris Maitland- voices, drums, cymbals, percussion, vocal harmonies, drum loops, keyboards
  • Terumi – voices
  • Chris Thorpe – mastering
  • John Blackford – art, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Bornlivedie – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri
  2. Signify
  3. Sleep of No Dreaming
  4. Pagan
  5. Waiting (Phase One)
  6. Waiting (Phase Two)
  7. Sever
  8. Idiot Prayer – Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin
  9. Every Home Is Wired
  10. Intermediate Jesus – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland
  11. Light Mass Prayers – Chris Maitland
  12. Dark Matter (song ends at 8:10; after 19 seconds a hidden track plays)

 

 

Porcupine Tree: The Incident

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On September 14, 2009, “Roadrunner Records” label released “The Incident”, the tenth and final Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin and  Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson- vocals, guitars, keyboards, arranger, mixing
  • Richard Barbieri- synthesizers, keyboards, arranger
  • Colin Edwin- bass guitar, double bass, arranger
  • Gavin Harrison- drums, percussion, arranger
  • Steve Orchard, John Wesley – engineer
  • Jon Astley, Darcy Proper – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steven Wilson, all music by Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin and Gavin Harrison, except where noted.

  1. The Incident
  2. Occam’s Razor
  3. The Blind House

III. Great Expectations

  1. Kneel and Disconnect
  2. Drawing the Line
  3. The Incident

VII. Your Unpleasant Family

VIII. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train

  1. Time Flies
  2. Degree Zero of Liberty
  3. Octane Twisted

XII. The Séance

XIII. Circle of Manias

XIV.  I Drive the Hearse

  1. Flicker – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison
  2. Bonnie the Cat – Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison
  3. Black Dahlia – Richard Barbieri
  4. Remember me Lover – Steven Wilson

Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson: Storm Corrosion

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On May 7, 2012, “Roadrunner” label released “Storm Corrosion”, the self-titled, debut collaboration album between Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson. It was recorded March 2010 – September 2011, and was produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Mikael Åkerfeldt– vocals, guitars
  • Steven Wilson– vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Mat Collis – grand piano, engineer
  • Gavin Harrison– drums, percussion
  • Ben Castle– woodwind
  • The London Session Orchestra– orchestral performance
  • Dave Stewart – conductor
  • Carl Glover – design, layout
  • Hans Arnold– cover painting
  • Naki – photography
  • Isobel Griffiths – contractor

 Track listing:

All lyrics by Steven Wilson except where noted,  all music by Mikael Åkerfeldt and Steven Wilson.

  1. Drag Ropes
  2. Storm Corrosion
  3. Hag
  4. Happy
  5. Look How!
  6. Ljudet Innan – lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt, Steven Wilson.

Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet

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On April 16, 2007, “Roadrunner” label released “Fear of a Blank Planet”, the ninth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded October – December 2006, in London and Tel Aviv, and was produced by Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin and Gavin Harrison. In 2007, “Fear of a Blank Planet” won the “Album of the Year” award at “Classic Rock” magazine awards. In 2015, “Rolling Stone”  ranked it at number 39 on its list of the “Best Progressive Rock Albums of all Time.

Personnel:

  • Steven Wilson– vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, mixing, audio mastering, string arrangements
  • Richard Barbieri– keyboards and synthesizers
  • Colin Edwin– bass guitars
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Alex Lifeson– guitar solo
  • Robert Fripp– soundscapes
  • John Wesley– backing vocals
  • Orchestra – London Session Orchestra
  • Dave Stewart– string arrangements
  • Steve Price – engineer
  • Lasse Hoile– photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.

  1. Fear of a Blank Planet
  2. My Ashes – music by Richard Barbier, Steven /Wilson
  3. Anesthetize
  4. Sentimental
  5. Way Out of Here – music by Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
  6. Sleep Together

Ian Anderson: Thick as a Brick 2

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On April 2, 2012, “Chrysalis/EMI Records” labels released “Thick as a Brick 2”,(abbreviated TAAB 2 and subtitled Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?), the fifth Ian Anderson studio album. It was recorded March – November 2011, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flutes, acoustic guitars, liner notes
  • Florian Opahle– electric guitar
  • John O’Hara– accordion, Hammond organ, piano, keyboards
  • Pete Judge– trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor horn, E-flat tuba
  • David Goodier– bass guitar, glockenspiel
  • Scott Hammond– drums, percussion
  • Ryan O’Donnell– additional vocals
  • Mike Downs – recording
  • Steven Wilson– mixing
  • Peter Mew– mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson.

  1. From a Pebble Thrown
  2. Medley: Pebbles Instrumental / Might-Have-Beens
  3. Medley: Upper Sixth Loan Shark / Banker Bets, Banker Wins
  4. Swing It Far
  5. Adrift and Dumfounded
  6. Old School Song
  7. Wootton Bassett Town
  8. Medley: Power and Spirit / Give Till It Hurts
  9. Medley: Cosy Corner / Shunt and Shuffle
  10. A Change of Horses
  11. Confessional
  12. Kismet in Suburbia
  13. What-ifs, Maybes and Might-Have-Beens