THE RAVEN THAT REFUSED TO SING (AND OTHER STORIES)

When I first got this album, I was skeptical because of all the good reviews I had read on this site. I own a couple Porcupine Tree albums but before now, I had never owned a Steven Wilson album. My expectations were that they would sound pretty similar. Well, anyways, I was always a fan of Porcupine Tree but this album is better than any PT music that I've listened to. I mostly use music as background noise when I'm doing other stuff but more than once I found myself losing my train of thought and get lost in the music that is The Raven That Refused to Sing. I'm fairly new to prog scene and don't know all the technical details of what makes a good prog album so I just listen with my ears and they do the deciding for me. Well, my ears have spoken and they both like this album a lot. Despite all my praise, this is not a perfect album. It's almost a 5 star but I have to give this album 4 stars.