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