New Steven Wilson solo album due out in February

More accessible than Insurgentes? I mean if walls of sound turn you off that much. 

Because some albums are growers and don't appeal to me initially, though later they do.  I try to give albums, especially well respected ones, time.   Many times I've come to appreciate or even love albums I loathed initially.  Had I written them off quickly I'd have missed out on some great stuff. 

Finnforest wrote: Because some albums are growers and don't appeal to me initially, though later they do.  I try to give albums, especially well respected ones, time.   Many times I've come to appreciate or even love albums I loathed initially.  Had I written them off quickly I'd have missed out on some great stuff.

I feel the same way. I want to understand why some people love this album. King Crimson was like that. Some hated Lizard, some loved it immensely. I tried it over and over, and now it remains as my favorite KC album. Every album needs a re-re-re-re-listen.

Raccoon wrote: Finnforest wrote: Because some albums are growers and don't appeal to me initially, though later they do.  I try to give albums, especially well respected ones, time.   Many times I've come to appreciate or even love albums I loathed initially.  Had I written them off quickly I'd have missed out on some great stuff.  This phenomenon is completely unfamiliar to me. In fact, with me it's often the other way around: I may give something the benefit of the doubt, extrapolating my expectations from the previous experience (or drifting along with wishful thinking), only to be a little disappointed afterwards, when the anticipation fails reality check.  I feel the same way. I want to understand why some people love this album. King Crimson was like that. Some hated Lizard, some loved it immensely. I tried it over and over, and now it remains as my favorite KC album. Every album needs a re-re-re-re-listen.

Edited by Argonaught - February 28 2013 at 19:45

Finnforest wrote: Grace, bottom line I didn't buy the "proggy", intense sections at all...thought they felt totally contrived, proggy for the sake of it, whereas I think he is brilliant and a natural for crafting melodic pop with crossover or metal overtones.  But I'm sort on an outlier Wilson fan I suspect....I'd much rather hear FoaBP or Incident than Sky Move Sideways or most of his earlier, "cool" stuff.Just bought the concert DVD too!  Excited, but I doubt it will slay me like Anesthetize or Octane.   But I'll give it and Raven a fair shot, I promise you that

I don't know much of the pre-Harrison Porcupine Tree, except for the live album "Coma Divine", and so far I got all the Harrison albums, however I haven't enjoyed any of them as much as "Coma Divine", I kind of find it more interesting and all. For that matter, I also liked "Grace for Drowning" more than any of those albums more, though for different reasons. As for the Lizard/Islands comparisons made with Grace for Drowning, I kind of agree too, though I like GfD more than those Crimson albums too.