ANESTHETIZE

Porcupine Tree is the only band in the world that only qualifies as one of my favorites because of their live performances. Recommend to me a few times I gave them a try years ago and just couldn't really get into them. Then I heard them live. It changed everything. The acoustics and atmospheric sounds had me mesmerized. Gavin Harris on drums made an entire difference especially on the live recordings. Three releases of live musical perfection with Arriving Somewhere, Anesthetize, and Octane Twisted. Of those 3 fantastic live performances this one is my top recommendation.

Anesthetize being available on home video and various audio formats. Fear of a Blank Planet in it's entirety as well as tracks from the EP Nils Reoccurring (minus the title track) which is my one and only complaint. They could have left out Halo which already appeared on Arriving Somewhere and just happens to be my least favorite track.

Fear of a Blank Planet never sounded better. It blows away the studio version. The acoustics and arrangements make it sound almost entirely different. Steve Wilson's multi-instrumental extravaganza and vocal performances really shine.

The epic Anesthetize sounds just brilliant. The live version gives it absolute justice. Way Out of Here is earth shattering! As for the other songs not on the album Dark Matter, Drown with Me, Sever(yeah baby!), Sleep of No Dreaming, etc make of an amazing show a fan could possibly hope for.

Really difficult to listen to without wanting to listen to from beginning to end. It really feels complete and the type of show that made me much more a fan than I already was. I look forward to more live releases as this trilogy of video/audio releases gives us the best sounding Porcupine Tree available and leaves me begging for more.