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    Posted: October 02 2023 at 10:18
Received on Saturday and have spun 2x now. A very good to excellent record, I enjoy many of the songs with a couple are just ok. I am a fan of Ninet so including her vocals is great on a few songs, her and her husband wrote and produced Rock Bottom. Seems something new by Steven to allow this on one of his solo records.
It's a different record with a lot of different genre flavors, I think it is very appealing. Since some are ranking his albums here's my thought, for today Big smile

1. The Raven...
2. HCE
3. GFD
4. Insurgentes
5. THC
6. TTB
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1. Hand. Cannot. Erase. *****
2. Grace for Drowning *****
3. The Harmony Codex *****
4. The Raven That Refused to Sing ****
5. The Future Bites ****
6. To the Bone ****
7. Insurgentes ***
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

1. Raven *****
2. GFD *****
3. Insurgentes ****
4. HCE ****
5. To The Bone ***
6. The Harmony Codex ***
7. The Future Bites **

I agree completely. 
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1. Raven *****
2. GFD *****
3. Insurgentes ****
4. HCE ****
5. To The Bone ***
6. The Harmony Codex ***
7. The Future Bites **
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

I loved TTB and respected TFB so THC is alright for me. "Impossible Tightrope" is kinda pointless and very fillery, "Time Is Running Out" leaves me cold, "Rock Bottom" is too cliche and over-the-top with drama, plus the spoken word sections in other tracks are a bit irritating. But otherwise it's a solid effort, even a top-3 one in my book:

7. Hand. Cannot. Erase.
6. Grace for Drowning
5. The Raven That Refused to Sing
4. The Future Bites
3. The Harmony Codex
2. Insurgentes
1. To the Bone

This is almost the opposite of my list Confused

1. Hand. Cannot. Erase
2. Grace for Drowning
3. The Raven That Refused to Sing
4. Insurgentes
5. The Harmony Codex
6. To the Bone
99999999999999999999999999. The Future Bites
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pretty much
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

I loved TTB and respected TFB so THC is alright for me. "Impossible Tightrope" is kinda pointless and very fillery, "Time Is Running Out" leaves me cold, "Rock Bottom" is too cliche and over-the-top with drama, plus the spoken word sections in other tracks are a bit irritating. But otherwise it's a solid effort, even a top-3 one in my book:

7. Hand. Cannot. Erase.
6. Grace for Drowning
5. The Raven That Refused to Sing
4. The Future Bites
3. The Harmony Codex
2. Insurgentes
1. To the Bone

So TTB is the best, and HCE is the worst?
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My 2-LP set is arriving today.
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I loved TTB and respected TFB so THC is alright for me. "Impossible Tightrope" is kinda pointless and very fillery, "Time Is Running Out" leaves me cold, "Rock Bottom" is too cliche and over-the-top with drama, plus the spoken word sections in other tracks are a bit irritating. But otherwise it's a solid effort, even a top-3 one in my book:

7. Hand. Cannot. Erase.
6. Grace for Drowning
5. The Raven That Refused to Sing
4. The Future Bites
3. The Harmony Codex
2. Insurgentes
1. To the Bone
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Well, after being through the Harmony Codex twice...  
(Disclaimer:  I think Hand Cannot Erase and To The Bone are my favorites.  So probably more of the pop leaning taste with Wilson)..
I DO like Harmony Codex better than Future Bites.  Probably all the manufactured hype for Future Bites ruined that for me.  The opening tracks (Inclination, What Life Brings, Economies of Scale, and Impossible Tightrope) are winners for me.  But the following opinion may get me lynched LOL.  I am not a fan on Ninet's voice.  She has this vocal frying thing going on that really grates on my nerves.  Makes me wanna sit here and clear my throat.  And also let's face it, a Steven Wilson album isn't a pick-me-up.  He's usually dark and melancholy.  This is no different.

In other news.  There's a lot of other new(er/ish) releases that are providing better musical returns.  The new Animal Collective album ("Isn't it now?") has a 21 minute long song in it that is amazing.  I liken it to their "Supper's Ready".  The forthcoming album from Trevor Rabin has some amazing early releases on it.  And I'm still enjoying Jah Wobble's "A Brief History of Now" album.  So there's plenty of good music coming out this season.  Wilson's is one of many.

Also still mourning the loss of Chris Arduser (62 yrs old) from Adrian Belew and Rob Fetter's, Bears band.  His solo stuff was really unique and charming.  Sad loss. Cry
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playing through several times now.  agreed as stated above - best since HCE.  much better than future bites for certain.
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I'm not sure what to make of it. It feels like Wilson's chill out album although Staircase is very good and maybe the only thing that points to Porcupine Tree. Nothing is bad on it (or annoying for that matter) but I'm not sure that's a great recommendation. 
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Have ordered the standard CD version. 

Looking forward to hearing it. Smile
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First listen and it's his best solo effort since HCE indeed. Reminds me a lot of old PT as well with TFB flavour in it. I would say only HCE and GfD are better, although I've never been much a fan of either Insurgentes or Raven.

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Originally posted by Gentle and Giant Gentle and Giant wrote:

The double orange vinyl version arrived today in the post. I won't be able to play just yet though - but I can't wait.
I ordered the same, mine left Los Angeles yesterday and is in transit.
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The double orange vinyl version arrived today in the post. I won't be able to play just yet though - but I can't wait.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Yeah that seems to be permanently on my list but it's 2 hours and I get fed up with the number of adverts thrown at me so I'm not sure I'll bother to be honest. I did however watch the video to Impossible Tightrope and that is very nicely done.
Totally!!! I tend to watch these in 2-3 sessions, not because of the adverts. I mean normal TV has TONS of commercials.....A 60 minute program is really only about 21 minutes of the actual program Big smile
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Yeah that seems to be permanently on my list but it's 2 hours and I get fed up with the number of adverts thrown at me so I'm not sure I'll bother to be honest. I did however watch the video to Impossible Tightrope and that is very nicely done.
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After a few days of listening to these songs, I'm really intrigued by the album as a whole and how it will wrap them altogether in a cohesive listening experience. I think he has released a nice variety of songs to preview.

This is a long interview video, but I found it very entertaining. Rob Moore's two SW interviews are really good, this is the latest one

 
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I do like ''What Life Begins'' a lot but ''Rock Bottom'' made me think too much of Kate Bush/Peter Gabriel  ''Don't give up''. Wilson likes to have references to 80's stuff he is fond of, certainly don't blame him for that but he isn't reinventing the wheel here. Overall so far I'm enjoying the 4 tracks available and very nice variety of ideas and styles. Nothing else released this year will be anything like it I predict.
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