Name: Fear of a Blank Planet
Brand: Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corp
SKU: 317738
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Performer Notes

Porcupine Tree: Steven Wilson (guitar); Richard Barbieri (keyboards); Colin Edwin (bass guitar); Gavin Harrison (drums).
Personnel: Steven Wilson (vocals, piano, keyboards); London Session Orchestra (strings); Richard Barbieri (synthesizer); Gavin Harrison (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Alex Lifeson (guitar); Robert Fripp (sound effects); John Wesley (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Steven Wilson.
Recording information: Angel Studio (10/2006-12/2006); Bourne Place (10/2006-12/2006); DGM (10/2006-12/2006); Mark ANgelo (10/2006-12/2006); New Rising (10/2006-12/2006); Nightspace (10/2006-12/2006); No Man's Land (10/2006-12/2006); Red Room Recorders (10/2006-12/2006); The Artillery (10/2006-12/2006).
Photographer: Lasse Hoile.
On FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET, Porcupine Tree follows up its well-received DEADWING album with another highly ambitious outing. Fronted by vocalist/guitarist Steven Wilson (No-Man), and featuring keyboardist Richard Barbieri (formerly of the pioneering New Wave act Japan), the London-based art-rock ensemble continues its simultaneously heavier and more sophisticated direction, as embodied by the atmospheric and melodic "Way Out of Here," which veers into some crushingly weighty passages. Though clearly influenced by Roger Waters's Pink Floyd material, Wilson's distinctive and dynamic approach, which can be alternately understated and nearly operatic, carries FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET along its own path, making it one of the premiere prog-metal releases of 2007.

Professional Reviews

Q (p.127) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] dramatic, wide-screen, expertly executed, even genuinely thrilling rock record..."

Alternative Press (p.174) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[W]istfully, sprawlingly melodic....Rush's Alex Lifeson and King Crimson's Robert Fripp add guitar texture to the disc's already monumental sweep."

Album: Fear of a Blank Planet
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Fear of a Blank Planet
2)	My Ashes
3)	Anesthetize
4)	Sentimental
5)	Way Out of Here
6)	Sleep Together

Album: Fear of a Blank Planet
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Fear of a Blank Planet
2)	My Ashes
3)	Anesthetize
4)	Sentimental
5)	Way Out of Here
6)	Sleep Together