Anesthetize (video)

Anesthetize
Video by Porcupine Tree
Recorded 013 Popcentrum; Tilburg, Netherlands, October 2008
Genre Progressive rock
Progressive metal
Length 2:15:50 (CD)
Label Kscope, Roadrunner Records
Director Lasse Hoile
Producer Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree video chronology
Arriving Somewhere...
(2006)		 Anesthetize
(2010)

Anesthetize is the second live DVD by progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released on May 20, 2010.[1] The blu-ray edition was released on June 15. It is filmed in high definition and taken from two concerts given by Porcupine Tree at Tilburg, Netherlands on October 15 and 16, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet tour in 2008. The film is directed and edited by Lasse Hoile and the audio track is mixed in stereo and 5.1 Surround by Steven Wilson.

Deluxe special edition of Anesthetize includes a 130 minute concert film on both standard definition DVD and high definition Blu-Ray disc. Additionally, the package includes two audio CDs of the entire live film soundtrack, alongside a bonus track not featured in the film. Limited to 4,000 copies with a grey cover and 1,000 copies with a red cover, the special edition comes in a cloth bound hardback book featuring concert photography of the band taken over the last few years.[2] The retail editions of Anesthetize include Blu-Ray and DVD versions.

As of October 2010, Anesthetize DVD is the #1 "TOP DVD/Videos of All-Time" in Prog Archives website.[3] The DVD was also decorated "DVD Release Of The Year" by Classic Rock magazine.[4]

Contents

Tracklisting

DVD/Blu-Ray Disc

  1. Intro
  2. "Fear of a Blank Planet" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
  3. "My Ashes" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
  4. "Anesthetize" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
  5. "Sentimental" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
  6. "Way Out of Here" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
  7. "Sleep Together" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
  8. "What Happens Now?" (from Nil Recurring)
  9. "Normal" (from Nil Recurring)
  10. "Dark Matter" (from Signify)
  11. "Drown With Me" (b-side from In Absentia)
  12. "Cheating the Polygraph" (from Nil Recurring)
  13. "Half-Light" (b-side from Deadwing)
  14. "Sever" (from Signify)
  15. "Wedding Nails" (from In Absentia)
  16. "Strip the Soul" / ".3" (from In Absentia)
  17. "Sleep of No Dreaming" (from Signify)
  18. "Halo" (from Deadwing)
  19. Outro

Extras (Blu-Ray Disc only)

CD Track listing

Disc 1

No. Title Length
1. "Intro"   2:07
2. "Fear of a Blank Planet"   7:34
3. "My Ashes"   4:46
4. "Anesthetize"   17:20
5. "Sentimental"   5:18
6. "Way Out of Here"   7:47
7. "Sleep Together"   7:54
8. "Prodigal (Bonus Track)"   6:03
Total length:
 58:49

Disc 2

No. Title Length
1. "What Happens Now?"   8:09
2. "Normal"   7:13
3. "Dark Matter"   8:57
4. "Drown With Me"   5:21
5. "Cheating the Polygraph"   8:11
6. "Half-Light"   5:28
7. "Sever"   5:37
8. "Wedding Nails"   5:43
9. "Strip the Soul / .3"   8:17
10. "The Sleep of No Dreaming"   5:31
11. "Halo"   8:34
Total length:
 77:01

Performers

Certifications

References

  1. ^ http://www.porcupinetree.com/news.cfm
  2. ^ "Porcupine Tree - Official Website". http://porcupinetree.com/news.cfm. Retrieved 2010-04-09. 
  3. ^ TOP DVD/Videos of All-Time
  4. ^ Classic Rock presents PROG. DVD Release Of The Year.
  5. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association

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