ROCKPALAST

Rockpalast is (what would be) a 2CD live album, available for download on Porcupine Tree's official website. The recordings are comprised of the band's live performance on German TV, and showcase a fantastic, albeit too similar, setlist.

The highlights are Futile, Radioactive Toy, Mellotron Scratch and .3- 4 killer studio tracks and absolutely stellar live songs. The rest of the setlist is mostly from the Deadwing era, and every track (bar those four) is available on the band's DVD, 'Arriving Somewhere...'

The recording quality is great for a TV broadcast, and sounds wonderful any way you listen to it. The acoustic passages are fantastic, although the band really shines in their heavier sections on this one - the raw, live, metallic sound is brilliant.

The performances are all good, but nothing really amazing. They sound great and the playing is all top notch, but rather pale in comparison with most of the band's other live recordings.

Considering the price, it's a fantastic entry into the later stages of PT, and a good live document, although the band do have much better live albums. The downloads (both FLAC's and 320KBPS MP3's) are very cheap for well over an hour and a half of music.

3 stars; by no means bad, but not their best live recording.

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