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I've been a Porcupine Tree fan for 7 years now. I own all of their material (and quite a few bootlegs too). I must start by saying that the bands last release left me kinda flat, so when I heard that this was coming out I was hoping that they'd gotten back to what made them a great band...and they did. This is more of the older way, art prog., great guitar, but not overpowering like "Fear Of A Blank Planet" was. With this release you get more lyrics, more statement songs, and the same great guitar sound. I've listened to all 18 tracks and there isn't a single bad track on here. I'd actually give it a 4 1/2 stars, but ebay isn't set up that way. I can't quite bring myself to give it the highest rating because I can't help but to compare it to past release like "Deadwing" or "In Absentia" which are my personal favorites, but all-in-all if your a fan of the band, or a fan of artsy progressive rock then you won't be disappointed in this at all.Read full review
I came fairly late to Porcupine Tree's music, when I started dating my boyfriend in August 2006, and he introduced me to the band. Marek (who used to own a record store in Brooklyn for 11 years) would play a disc, which I would fall in love with, and then the disc would disappear into his impenetrable archives, never to be seen again . . . or, at least, not for a very long time. Ultimately, I took a weekend course in Orlando, accompanied by the discs "Deadwing" (2005) and "Fear of a Blank Planet" (2007), playing them back to back all weekend long. From then on I was hooked, and have made an effort to collect Porcupine Tree's entire back catalogue, which for the most part I have done, minus some of the truly obscure releases. I have also collected the music from Steven Wilson's other projects, from Blackfield to No-Man to Bass Communion to IEM, including some of his early solo releases as well as his excellent 2008 disc "Insurgentes". Seeing Porcupine Tree in concert at the House of Blues in Orlando was a true highlight of my life. I grew up in Los Angeles in the 70s, and saw some of the most amazing bands in concert, but Porcupine Tree is now firmly in top place. Simply the best concert I've ever seen, period. We saw them again this past September 24th in NYC, at Manhattan's Terminal 5, but the venue wasn't nearly as good and the sound quality was terrible by comparison. Their performance, however, was every bit as good as their performance at House of Blues two years earlier, and they rocked the house. Their first set was to play the first CD from "The Incident" in its entirety, all 55 minutes: Marek, who couldn't understand the words in the concert setting, was unimpressed and said that he thought maybe Steven Wilson was "running out of ideas". I loved the music, what I could hear of it, anyway, and knew I had to have this album as well. I have not been disappointed. "The Incident" is almost a bridge album between early Porcupine Tree and their later works, spanning their entire recorded career. As with many other PT releases, it is essentially a dark album with lighter moments, but it is more openly nostalgic than their previous discs. What I love about the album is what I love about Porcupine Tree in general - beautiful melodies, evocative and unusual chord progressions, excellent instrumentation and production values, great lyrics, and first rate guitar and vocals by Steven Wilson. All four members of the band are fine musicians at the top of their game, and John Wesley, who joins them on tour as their second guitarist and back up vocalist, is excellent as well. Lyrically, "The Incident" is a disturbing yet wonderful ride. The first disc is one cohesive piece of music, broken up for convenience into 14 tracks; in classical music they would be referred to as movements. The centerpiece of the collection is the title track "The Incident", which is about a terrible car crash and the subsequent feelings of the observer. My personal favorite piece among them is the Pink Floyd-flavored "Time Flies", which has beautiful chord progressions and a wonderful flow. And "Drawing the Line" is a wonderful song that I wish I'd heard when I was around 17, and is a wonderfully empowering song for anyone with energy vampires in their life. In conclusion, I highly recommend this CD, and for a treat, buy the LP for the best sound. Steven Wilson is the master of sound. Their DVD "Arriving Somewhere" is outstanding as well.Read full review
I am one of those Porcupine Tree fans who constantly hopes for more tracks like "MoonLoop", the 40 minute 7 second version. I would even go for more tracks like "Untitled" from -Recordings-. This group of excellent musicians for me are at their best when they compose and perform masterpieces like "MoonLoop" and "Untitled". I keep buying Porcupine Tree music in hopes that they will realize that others like me are out here, hoping for more sonic instrumental landscapes, flawless ones I may add like "MoonLoop" and "Untitled". Semper Fidelis, Wm. ERROL PACE
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Great CD, marvelously produced, brilliant musicianship.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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