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Considering their cinematic scope, it's fitting that the songs on DEADWING were actually inspired by a film script written by Porcupine Tree mastermind Steven Wilson. Not that this should come as any surprise to longtime fans who know the UK act's reputation for churning out epic progressive rock so sonically descriptive that it's practically visual.
Porcupine Tree creates works with complex structures that do not alienate or obscure the songs themselves, pieces that are dark and psychedelic without being sinister. On the 12-minute opening title track, weighty guitar riffs and spacious synths immediately recall Nine Inch Nails, but swooping melodic changes give way to ambient passages, making it plain that this is no industrial-rock rip-off. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" begins with processed backwards guitar, building into a harmony-fueled crescendo before dropping off completely to reveal sparse picking over loops and clicks. Guests Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth) and Adrian Belew (King Crimson) contribute vocal harmonies and guitar, respectively, and the disc comes enhanced with behind-the-scenes video footage as a bonus feature.
Live Recording
Audio Mixer: Steven Wilson.
Recording information: Astoria, England (??/2003-10/2004); Bourne Place, The Artillery (??/2003-10/2004); Livingstone, England (??/2003-10/2004); New Rising, England (??/2003-10/2004); No Man's Land, England (??/2003-10/2004); Rak, England (??/2003-10/2004); The Artillery, England (??/2003-10/2004).
Photographer: Lasse Hoile.
Porcupine Tree: Steven Wilson (bass instrument); Gavin Harrison, Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin.
Personnel: Steven Wilson (vocals, guitar, hammer dulcimer, piano, keyboards, bass guitar); Mikael Åkerfeldt (guitar, background vocals); Adrian Belew (guitar); Richard Barbieri (keyboards, synthesizer); Colin Edwin (bass guitar); Gavin Harrison (drums, percussion).
Porcupine Tree Deadwing Songs Deadwing Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)    List All 69 Reviews PT is if anything hard to define
Not being all that familiar with PT, from reading reviews was interested. Hard Rock
soft instrumental and good vocal passages,
it's hard to pinpoint the type of music and if nothing else most original and unlike most that are defined as progressive. A nice collection to add to
your cd collection.
Submitted by John W (Belleville) 
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 it's a good album
it's a good cd, but the others (absentia, live in rome,lightbulb sun) are better, more progressive. the music are more metal.
Submitted by llveiculos (goiania, GO,BRAZIL)
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 PT is finally ready for stardom. Deadwing delivers!
After a few listens it will get to you. Being a long time PT fan, I was esceptic of certain collaborations and the edgier, heavier sound on some tracks, but as it turns out, it works beautifully! Deadwing (the song) is an awesome three-way collaboration that jumpstarts the whole album, Halo is so good it could be a single on its own. Lazarus is already a single, and another beautiful song following the likes of earlier tracks like Stranger By the Minute and The Rest Will Flow. The masterpiece here, though, has to be Arriving Somewhere but not here, 12+ minutes of vintage PT, and probably one of the best songs on their entire catalog. This group has everything to take it to the next level. Deadwing is their latest proof of it.
Submitted by Julio R. (Caracas, Vzla)
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NO WORDS.....
...THIS IS JUST OUTSTANDING!!!! PORCUPINE TREE JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, TAKING YOU FURTHER INTO A MUSICAL UNIVERSE. HOW DO THEY DO IT? A BIT DIFFERENT THAN IN ABSENTIA, BUT MORE DIVERSE. I CAN' WAIT FOR THE NEXT RELEASE!!!!
Submitted by roorya (SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO)
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Another excellent Album fron Steve and the Boy's. I had this in the car for 2 weeks straight. Can't get enough. I'm waiting for the 5.1 version to come in the mail. Get I't and get 'em all.
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There's a breed of (post-1980s) bands with the same degree of grand rock experimentalism as Pink Floyd and Yes, who simultaneously adhere to the concept of concise songwriting. Porcupine Tree is one such band--their sound is a balance of lush ambient textures, charming vocal harmonies, rock & roll directness, and acoustically- and electronically-generated sounds. Their debut IN ABSENTIA shows all these elements in place, rich with the likely possibility of them becoming a contemporary counterpart to Pink Floyd.
Hailed by Billboard as 'cinematic...simple gorgeous', Porcupine Tree are unquestionably one of the UK's most inspired and inventive rock groups. In Absentia is their eagerly anticipated Lava Records debut. Digipak. 2002.
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