Porcupine Tree are an English rock band formed by musician Steven Wilson in 1987. The band began essentially as a solo project for Wilson, who created all of the band's music. However, by 1993, Wilson desired to work in a band environment, and so brought on frequent collaborators Richard Barbieri on keyboards, Colin Edwin on bass and Chris Maitland on drums as permanent band members.
Deadwing is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released on 28 March 2005. It quickly became the band's best selling album, though was later surpassed by Fear of a Blank Planet. The album is based on a screenplay written by Steven Wilson and Mike Bennion, and is essentially a ghost story. Wilson had expressed the intention to eventually have this film script made into a movie.
The album produced two singles, "Shallow" and "Lazarus". "Shallow" also appeared in the movie Four Brothers. It can be heard as background music in a bar.
The album also produced three music videos for "Lazarus", "The Start of Something Beautiful", and "Glass Arm Shattering".
The album includes collaborations with King Crimson's Adrian Belew, who plays guitar solos on the title track "Deadwing" and "Halo", and Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt, who adds vocal harmonies on "Deadwing", "Lazarus", and "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here". He also plays the second guitar solo on "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here".
Europe edition (original edition)
01. "Deadwing" (Steven Wilson) - 9:46
02. "Shallow" (Wilson) - 4:17
03. "Lazarus" (Wilson) - 4:18
04. "Halo" (Porcupine Tree) - 4:38
05. "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here" (Wilson) - 12:02
06. "Mellotron Scratch" (Wilson) - 6:57
07. "Open Car" (Wilson) - 3:46
08. "Start of Something Beautiful" (Gavin Harrison, Wilson) - 7:39
09. "Glass Arm Shattering" (Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Harrison, Wilson) - 6:17
American (bonus) edition
10. "Shesmovedon (2004)" - 4:59
Personnel
Notes
Deadwing is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released on 28 March 2005. It quickly became the band's best selling album, though was later surpassed by Fear of a Blank Planet. The album is based on a screenplay written by Steven Wilson and Mike Bennion, and is essentially a ghost story. Wilson had expressed the intention to eventually have this film script made into a movie.
The album produced two singles, "Shallow" and "Lazarus". "Shallow" also appeared in the movie Four Brothers. It can be heard as background music in a bar.
The album also produced three music videos for "Lazarus", "The Start of Something Beautiful", and "Glass Arm Shattering".
The album includes collaborations with King Crimson's Adrian Belew, who plays guitar solos on the title track "Deadwing" and "Halo", and Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt, who adds vocal harmonies on "Deadwing", "Lazarus", and "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here". He also plays the second guitar solo on "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here".
Europe edition (original edition)
01. "Deadwing" (Steven Wilson) - 9:46
02. "Shallow" (Wilson) - 4:17
03. "Lazarus" (Wilson) - 4:18
04. "Halo" (Porcupine Tree) - 4:38
05. "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here" (Wilson) - 12:02
06. "Mellotron Scratch" (Wilson) - 6:57
07. "Open Car" (Wilson) - 3:46
08. "Start of Something Beautiful" (Gavin Harrison, Wilson) - 7:39
09. "Glass Arm Shattering" (Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Harrison, Wilson) - 6:17
American (bonus) edition
10. "Shesmovedon (2004)" - 4:59
Personnel
- Steven Wilson - vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, hammered dulcimer, bass guitar on 1,3,5 (middle section), 7
- Richard Barbieri - keyboards and synthesizers
- Colin Edwin - bass guitar
- Gavin Harrison - drums and percussion
- Guest musicians
- Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) - Backing vocals on tracks 1, 3 & 5; Second guitar solo on 5
- Adrian Belew (King Crimson) - Solo guitar on 1,4
- Production
- Produced By Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri & Gavin Harrison
- Recorded & Engineered By Paul Northfield & George Schilling
- Mixed By Steven Wilson
- Mastered By Andy VanDette
- 5.1 Producer: Jeff Levison
- 5.1 Mixed By: Elliot Scheiner
- 5.1 Mastered By Darsy Proper at Sony Studios
Notes
Released: Europe: 28 March 2005
United States: 26 April 2005
Japan: 24 March 2006
Recorded: Various English cities, March–October 2004
Genre: Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length: 64:34 (US edition)
Label - Lava Records
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