DEADWING

Why should people present evidence to the fact that they think this album is a masterpiece? Art is subjective. If you don't think Deadwing is that great, that's fine, but please don't bother with espousing your opinions as fact in an opinionated review of a piece of art. Porcupine Tree is NOT prog (not in the sense that the word is used now anyway i.e. music that never really progresses but veils it's lack of progression with needlessly complex arrangements). It is progressive in the sense that, yes, Porcupine Tree have not recreated any previous album. In my opinion, In Absentia is a better album than Deadwing. I think (here's my opinion) both of these albums are top notch pieces of songwriting and I'd dare anyone to write something better. For me, In Absentia is Porcupine Tree's masterpiece, but Deadwing is a damn fine follow up because it hearkens back to the PT of old and mixes it with the harder sound of IA and also covering new sonic territory. It's an adventurous album, especially for a major label release, and deserves to be heard several times (on a hi fi sound system of course).