There is a new CD out now..I need to get it..

This one reaches into the depths of innermost sorrow...nicely compiled

P.S.

This is my favourite road music these days. Always afraid of missing the exit.

Anybody who likes the Tree should buy this CD and commit to a few listens. Fellow PT members are big contributors.

this is a beautiful song and steven wilson is a genius
i bought it and stayed up until 3 listening trying over
and over to decipher the words
could be any of these http://rohnbayesjourney.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/12/lyrics-i-think-i-heard.html
or maybe i need new speakers

westslope wrote:
Westslope,

I will pick this up as well. Burningshed has On the Sunday of Life in CD digipack and it is the only album I have of theirs that is not on CD but rather mp3.

Steve tends to be a lot more experimental and daring on his solo stuff. Sometimes this works very well.

Horstman,

I bought the PT solo sample CD. Wasn't sure I liked Steven Wilson's stuff that much on first listen.

This CD is more of an acquired taste. But I'm floored at how it grows with subsequent listens.

westslope wrote:

Bought this the day it was released without hearing a single song.

Ya gotta have faith brutha!

paulmack wrote:
Good question. I haven't listened to the CD with that in mind. This CD keeps growing and is now competing more effectively for attention with The Incident .

Deadwing wrote:
According to Wikipedia (for whatever that's worth), he did take guitar lessons for a while when he was a s(prog). Still, pretty amazing when you consider how complex some of his compositions are.

westslope wrote:

Do you think more of the tracks - other than the 2 RP plays - would be appropriate for RP? I'm trying to figure out why only this track and "HK" get played....

Bought the CD.

Some of it is very Porcupine Treeish, some of it is rather ambient and introspective.

Got to have it if you love this band.

skdenfeld wrote:
I know the term "musical genius" gets bandied around constantly by legions of people, but I kind of have to agree with you on Steven Wilson
. From everything I have ever read about him (over the course of many years), he can't read music and doesn't even know the names of most of the chords that he is playing on his guitar. It's an instinctive thing with him (much like my brother and my son- give them any instrument and 6 hours and they will be able to play it pretty damned well).

Upped the rating and decided that I have to buy this.

My next purchase for certain..maybe a birthday gift for my son turning twenty..

I highly recommend shelling out for the physical version of this album (archaic though that is) because of the bonus DVD. The DVD has a 5-channel mix of the album that rivals the 5-channel version of Beck's "Sea Change" for sheer head-fillingness.

Turn off the lights, lie in the middle of the floor and sink into it. Awesome.

I'm a big Porcupine Tree fan (seeing them in Portland in Sept.), but have come quite lately to Steven Wilson's solo album. Needless to say, it is blowing my mind. One of those "every album I listen to after this will suck for a while"-type deals. Wilson's name, as proven by his compositional mastery, should be uttered in the same breath as Mahler, Shostakovich and Prokofiev. A musical genius.

scooterdog wrote:

On the limited vinyl release, there is a different take of this song, with even more pronounced piano. I don't have it (just the cd), but Youtube it and you should be able to find it. It's entitled "Insurgentes - Mexico" or some-such.

dBdwg wrote:
Listen to these lectures by Nick Cave and you'll have the answer.

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Love-Song-Flesh/dp/1841660388