Porcupine Tree Seuggestions

Dirk wrote: The Letter M wrote: Between Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun, which would you all say is worth getting first? I'm certain many will say the latter. Yes i also like Lightbulb sun more. But my firends like Stupiid dream more. I think it's a matter of taste here. Lightbulb sun is spacier somewhat closer to Sky moves sideways  with tracks like Hatesong and Russia on ice. Stupid dream is a sort of mellow In absentia

Both are good but if I had to pick between the two definitely Lightbulb Sun.
 

I'll agree with the rest here - If you liked In Absentia, get Deadwing. They're both really good albums.

For me, I have their 2nd, 3rd and 4th releases (still trying to get Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun, which seem to be hard to find, because they're out of print, I believe). Up The Downstair is a bit odd, but I haven't listened to it much lately. Signify is pretty good, and closer to the sound they would eventually get on In Absentia. The Sky Moves Sideways is a good album that I just recently good a couple weeks ago. The 2-Phase title track is pretty good, as is the rest of the album.

If you get any of their first four studio albums (the three mentioned above and On The Sunday Of Life), make sure you get the newer, digi-pack versions as they're two CDs (at least the 2nd-4th albums are), and contain lots of music for your money (I paid anywhere between 15-20 for each of them).

Between Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun, which would you all say is worth getting first? I'm certain many will say the latter.

-M.

If you like "Creator has a mastertape" (i think it's a boring song really) than go for Deadwing for sure.

Personally i like Lightbulb sun, Stupid dream and Sky moves sideways much more than Deadwing (and also somewhat more than In absentia).

Meddler wrote: Ive seen no one mention The Sky Moves Sideways . I was also wondering, is this one worth getting? The "The Sky...Phase 1-2" seem to interest me.

Certainly worth getting . Might be their best especially if you like Pink Floyd.
If you like Sky than Coma divine will also interest you. The version of Moonloop played here is better
than on Sky and it also has the spacy "Radio active toy"

Ive seen no one mention The Sky Moves Sideways . I was also wondering, is this one worth getting? The "The Sky...Phase 1-2" seem to interest me.

Paulieg wrote: Lightbulb Sun is currently out of print.

You can still find it.

And there is a lot of PT's extensive discography that is very hard to find,you just have to know where to look.

It took me forever to find XM,XMII and the Futile EP but I found them eventually.
 

Ah, definetely Deadwing. Deadwing was my first Porcupine Tree album and I was all about hard riffs back then. Then I tried In Absentia, and nowadays they both seem to be Porcupine's best to me, I have a couple of their other albums but none of them come quite to the level of those two.

Deadwing and Lightbulb Sun

Beautiful albums

I'd check out Signify and then Deadwing.

Also, my favorite song is The Creator Has A Mastertape.  Awesome song.  If anyo of there other stuff is like that song, or along those lines, I would definatly like hearing it, so let me know.

Thanks.