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Topic: How would you rank Porcupine Trees 10 albums?

Posted By: Kulitta
Subject: How would you rank Porcupine Trees 10 albums?
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 18:25

For those of you that have heard all 10?

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Posted By: Kulitta
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 18:27

1. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

2. Deadwing (2005)

3. In Absentia (2002)

4. Signify (1996)

5. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

6. Stupid Dream (1999)

7. The Incident (2009)

8. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

9. Up the Downstairs (1993)

10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

Signify's been as high as 1 for me. So have the other top 4. I used to like Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun a lot more, but they didn't age so well.

Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 19:00

Kulitta wrote:

1. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

2. Deadwing (2005)

3. In Absentia (2002)

4. Signify (1996)

5. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

6. Stupid Dream (1999)

7. The Incident (2009)

8. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

9. Up the Downstairs (1993)

10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

Signify's been as high as 1 for me. So have the other top 4. I used to like Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun a lot more, but they didn't age so well.

I think eventually the metally albums won't age so well.

Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 21:17

I don't really know how to rank them, but my favourite is not even a studio album. It's Coma Divine.

Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 21:46

HI,

Let's see .... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10.

The order for them? ... Big smile

I forgot. I'm not sure I listened to them because of ratings ... I liked the music, pretty much in all of the albums, and will not rank one over the other.

I do find, subjectively, that "The Incident" is a much better album than we give it credit for, however, I have had a thought or two, that it would have been a much better SINGLE ALBUM, and not a double one, which would take out a song or two (save it for a "remix"!!!) to make a stronger album.

Sadly, it has killed the group ... and I think that SW has found fresher waters by himself!

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Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 23:49

1. Deadwing (2005)

2. Signify (1996)

3. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

4. In Absentia (2002)

5. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

6. Stupid Dream (1999)

7. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

8. Up the Downstairs (1993)

9. The Incident (2009)

10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 09 2019 at 00:20

Interesting. Never really thought much about it.

1. On The Sunday Of Life...

2. Stupid Dream

3. Signify

4. Up The Downstair

5. Lightbulb Sun

6. In Abenstia

7. The Sky Moves Sideways

8. Deadwing

9. Fear Of A Blank Planet

10. The Incident

that feels about right. Voyage 34, Coma Divine, and Arriving Somewhere... would rank fairly high if nonstudio albums were included.

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 09 2019 at 00:46

1. Deadwing (2005)

2. In Absentia (2002)

3. Stupid Dream (1999)

4. Up the Downstairs (1993)

5. Signify (1996)

6. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

7. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

8. The Incident (2009)

9. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 09 2019 at 00:58

My personal favourite is the 2 CD compilation "Stars Die". I only have two Porcupine Tree studio albums on CD: "In Absentia" & "Deadwing".

Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 09 2019 at 06:16

tamijo_II wrote:

1. Deadwing (2005)

2. Signify (1996)

3. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

4. In Absentia (2002)

5. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

6. Stupid Dream (1999)

7. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

8. Up the Downstairs (1993)

9. The Incident (2009)

10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

Perfecto. I wouldn't change a thing!

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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 09 2019 at 07:47

Hard to definitively rank all of them, but at least my top 3 would be:

1. Fear of a Blank Planet
2. In Absentia
3. Lightbulb Sun

Then the middle tier would include Sky, Deadwing, Signify, and Up the Downstairs...

With the low tier featuring On the Sunday, Stupid Dream, and The Incident.

They never made a bad album though.

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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 14:29

1. Deadwing (2005)
2. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
3. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)
4. In Absentia (2002)
5. Lightbulb Sun (2000)
6. Stupid Dream (1999)
7. Signify (1996)
8. Up the Downstairs (1993)
9. The Incident (2009)
10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 07:46

I've heard them all and remember none of them. Is that bad?

Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 07:48

miamiscot wrote:

I've heard them all and remember none of them. Is that bad?

Yeah kind of but if you like the Flower Kings you can keep your prog card. Wink

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 07:55

If I had to choose one album out of the list, I'd vote for Porcupine Tree's Neo-Prog album "Lightbulb Sun".

I'm currently unable to list the ten albums in order of preference, as I've only listened to about half of those albums on the list all the way through so far.

Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 14 2019 at 07:59

1. Up The Downstair

2. The Sky Moves Sideways

3. On The Sunday Of Life

4. Lightbulb Sun

5. Signify

6. Stupid Dream

7. In Abenstia

8. Deadwing

9. Fear Of A Blank Planet

10. The Incident

Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 04:15

In Absentia
Deadwing
Signify
Fear of a blank planet
Up the downstair
The Incident
Lightbulb Sun
The sky moves sideways
Stupid Dream
On the Sunday of Life

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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 05:09

Had to add a few more albums:

1 Stupid Dream

2 The Sky Moves Sideways

3 Voyage 34 - The Complete Trip

4 Lightbulb Sun

5 Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

6 Up the Downstairs

7 Signify

8 Fear of a Blank Planet

9 Recordings

10 On the Sunday of Life

11 Deadwing

12 In Absentia

13 Metanoia

14 The Incident

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 05:17

Amazingly, when we go over into the 2020's, Porcupine Tree's music will have spanned five decades, beginning in the late 1980's, even though I still think of them as a relatively "new" band.

Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 05:24

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Amazingly, when we go over into the 2020's, Porcupine Tree's music will have spanned five decades, beginning in the late 1980's, even though I still think of them as a relatively "new" band.

see, posts like these make me think you are a troll.

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 05:37

Cristi wrote:

see, posts like these make me think you are a troll.

How can I possibly be a troll when you're the one who follows me around from post to post criticising just about everything I say? Anyway, I don't mind at all, because I'm honoured to have such a devoted follower who follows me everywhere and reads all of my posts. Thanks! You're one of our most valued PA members who makes being here such a worthwhile experience, and I mean that most sincerely.

I enjoy reading your album reviews too, because I agree with most of what you say. Keep up the good work.

Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 05:52

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Cristi wrote:

see, posts like these make me think you are a troll.

I enjoy reading your album reviews too, because I agree with most of what you say. Keep up the good work.

see, posts like these make me think you are a troll.

don't flatter yourself, your trolish posts bother me, seems not to bother other users who i guess choose to ignore you.

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 06:04

^^ Actually, I was trying to flatter you, but it seems my flattery was wasted on you.

That wasn't trolling, that was just me trying to be friendly, although it seems you're unable to tell the difference.

By the way, Cristi, are you old enough to remember who that was in the black & white picture?

Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 06:56

Get a room guys

When I first got into PT, it was with the later albums. I liked the heavier tone and couldn't really digest the earlier spacier stuff. Then, I listened to the song, The Sky Moves Sideways, and loved it. That led me to appreciate more the earlier albums. The ones that still don't resonate with me are the middle albums but maybe I will come around to those in time.

Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 08:49

SteveG wrote:

tamijo_II wrote:

1. Deadwing (2005)

2. Signify (1996)

3. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

4. In Absentia (2002)

5. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

6. Stupid Dream (1999)

7. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

8. Up the Downstairs (1993)

9. The Incident (2009)

10. On the Sunday of Life (1992)

Perfecto. I wouldn't change a thing!

Got the feel that we have music taste quite similar, not only this band.

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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: November 15 2019 at 09:14

i'll do the ones I know.

1. In Abstentia

2. Deadwing

3. Fear of a blank Planet

4. Lightbulb Sun

5. Signify

6. The Incident

7. Stupid Dream

I'm not that familiar with the others.

Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: November 16 2019 at 15:01

For me, the best opus of PT are their live DVDs.

Arriving somewhere.. and Anesthetize.

Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: November 21 2019 at 14:24

Top three for me would be:

1. In Abstentia

2. Fear of a blank Planet

3. Deadwing

Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 21 2019 at 15:20

1. Stupid Dream (1999)

2. In Absentia (2002)

3. Deadwing (2005)

4. Anesthetize (2010)

5. Lightbulb Sun (2000)

6. Nil Recurring (2007)

7. Recordings (2001)

8. Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)

9. Up the Downstairs (1993)

10. Signify (1996)