Porcupine Tree discography
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 Porcupine Tree performing live at Krakow, Poland in July 7th, 2007. |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 9 | |
| ↙Live albums | 4 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 3 | |
| ↙Extended plays | 3 | |
| ↙Singles | 9 | |
| ↙Video albums | 1 | |
| ↙Limited editions | 14 | |
| ↙Promotional | 13 | |
| References and footnotes | ||
The following is a listing of officially-released works by the English band Porcupine Tree. The band has released nine major studio albums, as well as many EP's, Limited Editions, and revamped material.
At the time Steven Wilson was going to sign to Delerium label, he owned a lot of material recorded during mid and later 80's he had launched subsequently on three demo tapes Tarquin's Seaweed Farm, Love, Death & Mussolini and The Nostalgia Factory, and sent to those persons he felt would be interested in the recordings, asking them to spread the voice. Delerium originally intended to release all that material in a double debut album, but Wilson decided to pick himself just the songs he considered the best ones, so these songs were mastered to make the Porcupine Tree's first studio album, On the Sunday of Life... (1991); all the lefover tracks would be later released on a compilation album called Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape (1994).
Richard Barbieri and Colin Edwin met Steven Wilson to play in a few songs he was working in. Again, there was an amount of songs written that would perfectly fit on a double album, but one of these songs saw the light prior to the release of their second studio album on the Voyage 34 (1992) single, thereafter followed by Voyage 34: Remixes (1993), and the other material ended up on the Staircase Infinities (1994) EP. Finally, ten tracks were chosen for their next studio album, Up the Downstair (1993), which Melody Maker described as "a psychedelic masterpiece... one of the albums of the year."[1] At the end of 1993, Chris Maitland joined the band for live shows and would later record some drums and percussions for three songs of Porcupine Tree's third studio album, The Sky Moves Sideways (1995), an album that made people refer them as the "Pink Floyd of the nineties". They did not record as a full band until Signify (1996), the first Porcupine Tree album to be performed entirely by the four members. It contained shorter compositions and less improvisations than its predecessors.
The next album would delay almost three years to come, due the band was looking for a new record label after finishing deal with Delerium. In the meantime they launched Metanoia (1998), a compilation of improvisations recorded during the Signify sessions, some of which were later shaped into songs. Finally, they signed to Snapper/K-Scope and the album Stupid Dream (1999) was issued. The album was a departure for the style of all their previous works, in favour a more song-oriented direction, as a consecuence this alienated some older fans but brought a lot of new ones. Its follow-up, Lightbulb Sun (2000), assured the fan based and solidified the ground of its predecessor. For this one, they worked with Dave Gregory of XTC, who provided string arrangements. A collection of EP tracks and out-takes from the previous two albums was launched a year after under the title of Recordings (2001).
In Absentia (2002) turned out to be one of their most successful works to date, remaining a favourite to many fans, charting in many European countries and selling over 100.000 copies in its first year of release.[2]
With Deadwing (2005) they entered the Billboard chart for the first time peaking #132 on the Billboard 200[3].
Porcupine Tree's latest studio album, Fear of a Blank Planet (2007), debuted at #59 on the Billboard 200[4], won the "Album of the Year" award for the 2007 edition of the Classic Rock magazine awards[5], and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Surround Sound Album" category[6]. The album features collaborations of Rush's guitarist Alex Lifeson and King Crimson's Robert Fripp.
In September 2007, they released Nil Recurring, an EP of four leftover tracks product of the recording sessions for Fear of a Blank Planet. It was released on Transmission, the band's own record label as a limited edition of 5000 copies that did not late to sell out through the band's online store, Burning Shed, forcing the band to keep printing more copies for indefinite time. Nevertheless, the EP was reissued in February 18, 2008 on Peaceville Records[7].
An in-store appearance at Park Avenue CDs in Orlando, Florida from October 4, 2007, was recorded and released on CD under the name of We Lost The Skyline[8]. The title is a reference to the lyrics on "The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)". The album was released on vinyl in March 21th, 2008[9]. It is the Porcupine Tree's first official acoustic live record.
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[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio
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| On the Sunday of Life | July 1991 September 2004 |
Delerium Snapper |
CD/2LP CD |
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| Up the Downstair | May 1993 June 2005 October 2005 |
Delerium Snapper Headspin |
CD/LP 2CD 2LP |
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| The Sky Moves Sideways | February 1995 July 2004 November 2004 |
Delerium Snapper Headspin |
CD/LP 2CD 3LP+7"Single |
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| Signify | September 1996 July 2003 May 2004 July 2004 |
Delerium Delerium Headspin Snapper |
CD/2LP 2CD 2LP 2CD |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stupid Dream | March 1999 May 2006 May 2006 |
KScope/Snapper Snapper Gates of Dawn |
CD CD+DVDA 2LP |
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| Lightbulb Sun | May 2000 February 2001 April 2008 |
KScope/Snapper KScope/Snapper KScope/Snapper |
CD 2CD CD+DVDA |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| In Absentia | September 2002 January 2003 March 2004 |
Lava/Atlantic Lava Lava/DTS |
CD 2CD DVDA |
— | — | #143 | #64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deadwing | March 2005 April 2005 April 2005 May 2005 March 2006 |
Lava/Atlantic Gates of Dawn Lava/Atlantic DTS WHD (Japan) |
CD 2LP CD+DVDV DVDA 2CD |
#132 | #113 | #100 | #52 | #26 | #9 | — | #56 | — | — | — | #19 |
| Fear of a Blank Planet | April 2007 May 2007 September 2007 October 2007 |
Roadrunner/Atlantic/WHD WEA (Canada) Tonefloat Transmission |
CD/CD+DVDV CD 2LP DVDA |
#59 | #31 | #70 | #20 | #38 | #11 | #16 | #13 | #34 | #41 | #34 | — |
[edit] Compilation
| Title | Release date | Label | Format |
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| Voyage 34: The Complete Trip | April 2000 October 2004 May 2005 |
Delerium Snapper Headspin |
CD CD Vinyl |
| Recordings | May 2001 | KScope/Snapper | CD |
| Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991-1997 | March 2002 September 2005 |
Delerium/KScope Snapper |
CD |
[edit] Live
| Title | Release date | Label | Format |
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| Coma Divine - Recorded Live in Rome | October 1997 July 2003 September 2003 July 2004 |
Delerium Delerium Headspin Snapper |
CD 2CD 3LP+7" Single 2CD |
| Warszawa | February 2004 January 2005 |
Transmission Snapper |
CD CD |
| Rockpalast | July 2006 | Burning Shed | 2CD |
| We Lost The Skyline | February 2008 March 2008 |
Transmission Tonefloat |
CD LP |
[edit] DVDs
| Title | Release date | Label | Content |
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| Arriving Somewhere | September 2006 | Snapper | Full show from the Deadwing tour filmed at Park West, Chicago in October 2005, edited by Lasse Hoile, with the soundtrack mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound, live performances of "Futile" and "Radioactive Toy" from German TV show Rockpalast, the "Lazarus" promo clip, the live films used during the show for "Start of Something Beautiful", "Halo", and "Mother and Child Divided", Gavin Harrison's "Cymbal Song", and a photo gallery. |
[edit] EPs and singles
| Title | Release date | Label | Format | Notes |
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| Voyage 34 | November, 1992 | Delerium | CD/Vinyl 12" | |
| Voyage 34: Remixes | November, 1993 | Delerium | Vinyl 12" | |
| Moonloop E.P. | October, 1994 | Delerium | CD/Vinyl 12" | Also released on C+S Records (CS20242) in the U.S. as Stars Die including an extra track "Always Never" (from Up the Downstair). |
| Staircase Infinities | December, 1994 October 1995 |
Lazy Eye Blueprint |
Vinyl 10" CD |
Reissued in 2005 as a bonus disc to Up the Downstair. |
| Waiting | May, 1996 | Delerium | CD/Vinyl 12" | |
| Piano Lessons | April, 1999 | KScope/Snapper | CD/Vinyl 7" | |
| Stranger by the Minute | October, 1999 | KScope/Snapper | CD/Vinyl 7" | The CD, besides the video for "Piano Lessons", contains a Macromedia presentation including band photos, lyrics, the discography, and more. |
| Pure Narcotic | November, 1999 | KScope/Snapper | CD/Vinyl 7" | |
| 4 Chords That Made a Million | April, 2000 | KScope/Snapper | CD/Vinyl 7" | A "Special Limited Edition" CD of 2,000 copies was also released, containing the title track and a demo version of "Even Less". |
| Shesmovedon | July, 2000 | KScope/Snapper | CD/Vinyl 7" | A "Special Limited Edition" CD of 2,000 copies was also released, containing the album version of the title track and a demo version of "Russia On Ice". |
| Lazarus | March, 2005 | Lava/Atlantic | CD | Released only in Germany and Poland. |
| Nil Recurring | September, 2007 February 2008 |
Transmission Peaceville |
CD CD |
The EP is included along within the DVDA and vinyl editions of Fear of a Blank Planet. |
[edit] Limited editions and demos
| Title | Release date | Label | Format | Notes |
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| Tarquin's Seaweed Farm | 1989 1991 |
— Delerium |
Cassette CD |
Most of these tracks appeared either on the album On the Sunday of Life... or the limited edition CD Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape. However, for the CD issue tracks 3 and 4/5 were retitled "Third Eye Surfer" and "On the Sunday of Life..." respectively. Also the version of "Mute" here is an earlier mix. |
| Love, Death & Mussolini | 1990 | — | Cassette | 40 minute tape private pressing of only 10 copies. Contains 7 tracks later to appear on The Nostalgia Factory, plus "Out" (later included on the vinyl edition of Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape) and the elsewhere unavailable "It Will Rain for a Million Years" (a completely different track to the one with the same title included on On the Sunday of Life...) |
| The Nostalgia Factory | 1990 1991 |
— Delerium |
Cassette CD |
Most of these tracks appeared either on the album On the Sunday of Life... or the limited edition CD Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape. "Colours Dance Angels Kiss" and "Hokey Cokey" were later retitled "Track 11" and "Execution of the Will of the Marquis de Sade" respectively. "The Nostalgia Factory" is an earlier version to that on On the Sunday of Life... and "Queen Quotes Crowley" and "This Long Silence" are both about a minute longer than the versions later released on CD. An edit of the track "Sinatra Rape Scene" appears on Up the Downstair as "Monuments Burn into Moments". |
| Spiral Circus - Live | April, 1994 February, 1997 |
Delerium Chromatic |
Cassette LP |
These recordings are taken from the very first Porcupine Tree live performances. All tracks recorded directly from the mixing desk to cassette or DAT. |
| Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape | 1994 February, 2000 |
Magic Gnome Gates of Dawn |
CD 2LP |
"The Cross" which appeared on the original CD edition was replaced by the track "Out" (from 1987) on the vinyl edition.
The version of "Radioactive Toy" here is the original cassette version as opposed to the re-recorded and extended version on On the Sunday of Life.... "Mute" is a newer mix to the one on the cassette. "An Empty Box" had not appeared on either cassette but is another recording from the same period. Note that the vinyl edition corrects some factual errors and therefore dates some of the material back to 1984. |
| Insignificance | March, 1997 | Delerium | Cassette | Remastered and reissued in 2003 as a bonus disc to Signify. |
| Metanoia | December, 1998 December, 2001 February, 2006 |
Chromatic Delerium Snapper |
2LP 10" CD CD |
The digipack reissue on Snapper contains the same music as the Delerium version, but was remastered. |
| Coma Divine II | January, 1999 | Delerium | CD | Recorded live during the Coma Divine recordings at the Frontiera, Rome during March 26 and 27, 1997. This release was distributed to subscribers of the Transmission service in 1997. |
| Stars Die - Rare and Unreleased | February, 1999 | Rock Serwis | Cassette | Released in Poland only. |
| Tonefloating : The Use of Ashes vs Steven Wilson | February, 2000 | Tonefloat | Vinyl 7" | Given away to people attending the Use of Ashes/Steven Wilson acoustic concert in Delft, Holland on Feb 27th 2000. About 200 copies in existence. |
| Transmission IV | December, 2001 March, 2006 October, 2006 |
Delerium Delerium Delerium |
CD Vinyl 12" CD |
The 2006 reissue is an exact reproduction of originally issued fan club edition, which was released 2001 and which was limited to 500 copies. The reissue has also been remastered by Steven Wilson. |
| XM | July, 2003 | Transmission | CD | First release on the band's own Transmission imprint. |
| Porcupine Tree Sampler 2005 | March, 2005 | Transmission | CD | |
| XMII | June, 2005 | Transmission | CD |
[edit] Promotional
- Radio Active E.P. (1992)
- Waiting (1996)
- The Porcupine Tree Delerium EP (2001)
- Porcupine Tree Sampler (2002)
- Porcupine Tree Sampler 2002.1 (2002)
- Porcupine Tree Sampler 2002.2 (2002)
- Porcupine Tree Sampler 2002.3 (2002)
- Blackest Eyes (2003)
- Trains (2003)
- The Sound of Muzak (2003)
- Lava Records Pre-Cleared Songs for Film Vol. 1 (2003)
- Futile (2003)
- Shallow (2005)
- Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
[edit] Counterfeit CDs
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There is a huge problem with counterfeit Porcupine Tree CDs, as many of their albums were released as limited 20,000 copy runs. The net has become overrun with these fakes and they are hard to tell from the real thing. They are factory-pressed, but usually in Russia or China, and are identical to the originals with two key exceptions: 1) the artwork is slightly different (the right-hand side is slightly cut off and sometimes there is "PORCUPINE TREE- STUPID DREAM" printed at the top in neon green) and 2) on the bottom of the discs, between the clear and silver parts, there will be a small number line on the white strip, as opposed to the authentic large numberline AND barcode. Also, the counterfeits tend to be in jewel cases as opposed to digipaks in which most of the remasters have been released.
[edit] References
- ^ Porcupine Tree's Digital Releases. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ Innerviews-Pt
- ^ Deadwing > Charts > Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Porcupine Tree. Billboard.com (2005-05-14). Retrieved on 2005-05-14.
- ^ Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Porcupine Tree. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
- ^ "Classic Rock - Oh, what a night!" (2007-11-06). Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
- ^ "GRAMMY.com - 50th Annual GRAMMY Nominations List" (2007-12-06). Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
- ^ The Seaweed Farm: Nil Recurring on Peaceville Records. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ The Seaweed Farm: Nil Recurring and We Lost The Skyline released today!. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
- ^ The Seaweed Farm: We Lost The Skyline vinyl edition. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
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