Good list. I think for me I’d have Deadwing higher because I LOVE the song "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here". It’s their “stairway to heaven” for sure. 👍
Porcupine Tree is one of the greatest unknown gems I have ever discovered. I have listened to them for nine years now and can’t believe I missed them. Sooooo happy.
I can relate. I jumped on the "band" wagon around 2009 and saw them live during their "The Incident" tour. Totally changed my taste of music forever. Hope they re-unite some day.
The Sky Moves Sideways is like listening to 2001: A Space Oddyssey. I picked up the double disc digipack and when I get some cubenses it takes me on one hell of a journey
Your web site is crashing when I submit...so I'll post here...great appreciation...Thanks PETE - from UFO to Porcupine Tree to Genesis and Rush....you have brought intelligent music buying to the collective consciousness who should have reverence to music of the 70s thru 90s. Darkness is brought to Light.
These shows are the best Pete! You got me buying CDs again! Just can't beat having the actual album in your hand with booklet and artwork and all!. You sir have an amazing collection!!
@@rushxanthemtcg5607 C.Ds are like cassettes, only good when your on the go. Vinyl is best for listening at home. C.Ds now sound much,much better than they did before streaming took over. I would even say the 8-track was good for it's warm sound. I buy anything pre-1983 vinyl, post 1983 vinyl.
Being a Rush fan for the last 20 years or so, I have heard this band come up in the forums, Facebook, etc. I finally checked them out 3 years ago, a little before C/C was announced, and they are my new favorite band. Great list, I like seeing some love for The Sky Moves Sideways. ✌️🤘
Porcupine tree are the last great progressive rock band. Amazing live performances and Stellar musicians. I agree this is s tough ranking. Here is my list 1 - Fear of a blank planet 2 - Deadwing 3 The Sky moved sideways 4 - In Absentia 5 - Stupid Dream 6 - The incident 7 - Lightbulb sun. Awesome job Pete , I am really enjoying your ranking 4-
One of my all time favorite bands, who I was very fortunate to be involved with pretty deeply on a personal level from In Absentia through The Incident (I ran their street team during that time) Oddly I haven’t listened to them as much as I once did. After SW disbanded them, I got into much heavier and more extreme metal. This is a tough one for me because I like all their materiel fairy equally. I tend to like their more trippy space/psych rock period more (except Yellow Hedgerow and OtSoL which are both pretty uneven listens for me) than the poppier stuff and the more metallic later material before they split up. 1 Signify 2 The Sky Moves Sideways 3 In Absentia 4 Deadwing 5 Stupid Dream 6 Lightbulb Sun 7 Up the Downstairs 8 Fear of a Blank Planet 9 The Incident 10 On the Sunday of Life
Great list! I’d rank them as follows: 10: On the Sunday of Life 9: The Incident 8: Signify 7: Up the Downstair 6: Stupid Dream 5: Lightbulb Sun 4: Fear of a Blank Planet 3: In Absentia 2: Sky Moves Sideways 1: Deadwing Favorite songs: 1. Trains 2. Anesthetize 3. Arriving Somewhere, Not Here 4. Russia on Ice 5. Start of Something Beautiful
1. Fear of a Blank Planet 2. Deadwing 3. In Absentia 4. The sky moves sideways 5. Lightbulb Sun 6. Stupid Dream 7. The Incident 8. Signify 9. Up the downstairs 10. On the Sunday of life
Finally someone giving love to deadwig! My ranking is: 1. Fear of a Blank Planet 2. Dead wing 3. The Sky Moves Sideways 4. In Absentia 5. Lightbulb Sun 6. Up the Downstairs 7. The Incident 8. Signify 9. Stupid Dream 10. On the Sunday of Life
Deadwing lives in In Absentia’s shadow for me. There was an interview where SW talked through his discography and he said he wasn’t all that pleased with it ultimately
@@reformedstoic1581 I just purchased Deadwing today. Never heard a note of Porcupine Tree just yet. I'm a huge RUSH fan, along with ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd, Bowie, etc. Most comments around the net say "Deadwing" is the best one to start, so that's where I'm at...
Hi Pete! I also recommend listening to Nil Recurring...it's an EP, around 30 minutes long. It is really remarkable; very proggy, heavy in some sections and with Robert Fripp joining in the open track... check it out!
Porcupine Tree might be my favorite band of all time. I was lucky enough to see them in Chicago on the Incident tour. My list: 10. On the Sunday of Life 9. Up the Downstair 8. The Sky Moves Sideways 7. Signify 6. Stupid Dream 5. The Incident 4. Lightbulb Sun 3. Deadwing 2. In Absentia 1. Fear of a Blank Planet
My ranking of Porcupine Tree albums 1. Deadwing 2. In Absentia 3. Fear Of A Blank Planet 4. Stupid Dream 5. Lightbulb Sun 6. The Sky Moves Sideways 7. Signify 8. The Incident 9. Up The Downstairs 10. On The Sunday Of Life
Pete you are the reason I have ONLY just discovered #porcupinetree mate 👍 - so thanks for all you do, produce and comment on, chap! I have another little wormhole to go down! #prog #spacerock #dreampop #progressivemusic
1. Fear Of A Blank Planet 2. Deadwing 3. In Absentia 4. Stupid Dream 5. The Incident 6. The Sky Moves Sideways 7. Lightbulb Sun 8. Signify 9. Up The Downstair 10. On The Sunday Of Life Thank you so much Pete! You are so awesome! Really enjoy the rankings, rants and histories... Fav tracks... Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Anesthetize Shesmovedon My Ashes Radioactive Toy
Sir Pete does it again! 1. Lightbulb Sun 2. Signify 3. Stupid Dream 4. In Absentia 5. Deadwing 6. Up The Downstairs 7. Fear Of A Blank Planet 8. The Sky Moves Sideways 9. The Incident 10. On The Sunday of Life
Just discovered Porcupine Tree on a friend’s recommendation. How did I miss them!? Really enjoying their music. Deadwing favourite album so far with Start of something beautiful the stand out song followed very closely by Arriving somewhere but not here a close second, amongst several great tracks.
Here’s my list 1. The Sky Moves Sideways 2. Fear of a Blank Planet 3. In Absentia 4. Signify 5. Lightbulb Sun 6. Deadwing 7. The Incident 8. On the Sunday of Life 9. Up the Downstair 10. Stupid Dream This is the most difficult list I’ve ever had to make, I love every album!
Saw them live in Switzerland in 2000 1- Sky Moves Sideways 2 - Stupid Dream 3- In Absentia 4- Deadwing 5- Signify 6- The Incident 7- Lightbulb Sun 8- Blank Planet 9- Staircase
Along with Anekdoten, Anglagard, Spock's Beard, Dream Theater & Djam Karet, close to 30 years ago now PT were one of the signature bands heralding a renaissance of progressive rock (or at least a powerful second wave) - listening to them now triggers a different, subtler sort of nostalgia than the legacy bands of the 70s brIng on. Best to least-best: STUPID DREAM IN ABSENTIA LIGHTBULB SUN DEADWING FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET THE SKY MOVES SIDEWAYS SIGNIFY UP THE DOWNSTAIR ON THE SUNDAY OF LIFE THE INCIDENT
Great Job, Pete!!! The keyboardist of PT is Richard Barbieri. He played in Japan (new wave British band 80's). Japan was an interesting career. ¿Glam rock? ¿Pop? ¿tecno pop?¿experimental? I really don't know. Interesting music. I love the evolution of the band and all the stuff they created after. David Sylvian (with Fripp, and very good solo albums). Mick Karn (RIP), incredible bass player collaborates with David Torn (Song X) and he recorded amazing albums. Steve Jansen (David Sylvian Brother) collaborates with Ryuichi sakamoto. Barbieri, released some beautiful albums... and two with Steve Hogarth!!! Quiet and dark. Elegant and sophisticate.
Hi Pete and greetings from Wolverhampton England. As a 60 year old lover of all things rock and prog. I have to say I love Porcupine Tree. Thanks for your list. Deadwing is my favourite
1. In Absentia 2. Signify 3. Fear of a Blank Planet 4. Stupid Dream 5. Deadwing 6. The Sky Moves 7. Lightbulb Sun 8. Up the Downstairs 9. The Incident 10. On the Sunday of Life
Watching and listening to Gavin Harrison play the drums with Porcupine Tree is one of the great pleasures in life. The man is amazing. In my opinion the best drummer on the planet now the Neal Peart has passed away.
First, I like all of the records. I don't think there's a bad one. So, without much eplanation, here's my list: 10) On the Sunday of Life 9) In Absentia 8) Signify 7) Up the Downstair 6) The Sky Moves Sideways 5) Stupid Dream 4) The Incident 3) Lightbulb Sun ("Shesmovedon" is one of my favorite songs of theirs) 2) Deadwing (I could listen to "Arriving..." for hours) 1) Fear of a Blank Planet (still makes me feel nearly every emotion during it's runtime) As always, thanks for getting us talking about more great music, Pete!
My first live exposure to Porcupine Tree was at NEARfest 2001, and I was sold almost from the first notes of Even Less. What a wonderful band. Stupid Dream is my favorite.
PT is almost unique in that their newer albums got better and better. They sure went out on a high note! 10: On the Sunday of Life 9: Up the Downstair 8: Deadwing (used to rank this higher, but didn't age well for me.) 7: Sky Moves Sideways (Always prefer to listen to Coma Divine live album instead) 6: Lightbulb Sun 5: The Incident 4: Signify 3: Stupid Dream 2: In Absentia 1: Fear of a Blank Planet
Thank you Pete! Better late than never this one popped up and I’ve bought a number of Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree albums after viewing. They did not disappoint! Wilson and band highly talented - so many great songs and recordings!
Very difficult because I think every one besides the debut is fantastic. 1. In Absentia 2. Deadwing 3. Stupid Dream 4. Lightbulb Sun 5. Signify 6. Sky Moves Sideways 7. Fear of a Blank Planet 8. Up the Downstair 9. Incident
My gosh. Porcupine Tree was someone I discovered in the late 90's. Gavin Harrison is one of the best drummers I've ever heard. Before this, I didn't know anyone outside of Yes, King Crimson, and...Flash. I didn't know how many new prog folks doing...Spock's Beard, Ozric Tentacles, Pure Reason Revolution, and a whole host of other new prog folks. Thanks for this. You and I have a similar prog taste. I have gobs of it. Cannot get away from it...still love all things rock and roll.
Great stuff as usual Pete! Love this band. Ever considered ranking the albums of Steven Wilson’s solo output? Some killer prog stuff in there. Quite an impressive and diverse catalog he’s put together.
Last to first Sunday of Life, Up The Downstair, Sky Moves Sideways,Signify Recordings,Lightbulb Sun, Stupid Dream, The Incident, Fear of A Blank Planet,Deadwing, In Absentia. You're right, that was difficult!!! I also love Nil Recurring and would place it along Fear of a Blank Planet. Thanks for doing this,one of my favorite bands ever.
Thanks for the video Pete, this is very educational! I have been slowly learning a bit more about Porcupine Tree and will check out more of their work. So far, The Sky Moves Sideways is the one that made me perk up the most.
Another great show, thanks Pete! I only have half of Porcupine Tree albums, will be getting the other half now after listening to your ranking. I will plead my case again for the even more underrated band Enchant to grace your channel :)
Great post Pete , one of my fav modern bands. 🤘🏻 agree with in absentia , then FOABP, deadwing, stupid dream, incident, lightbulb sun , signify as my favs
Finally, a ranked albums episode of my favourite band! I wouldn't have the albums in the same order, but hey it's all about opinions. Cheers for doing this Pete, loved it! Oh and if you aren't into the Steven Wilson solo albums, you really should be, they're fantastic!!!
My rank: 1 Fear of a Blank Planet 2 In Absentia 3 The Sky Moves Sideways 4 Deadwing 5 Stupid Dream 6 Lightbulb Sun 7 Closure/Continuation 8 Signify 9 Up the Downstair 10 The Incident 11 On the Sunday of Life
1 In absentia 2 Deadwing 3 Lightbulb Sun 4 The sky moves sideways 5 Signify 6 Fear of a blank planet 7 Stupid dream 8 Up the downstair 9 The Incident 10 On the sunday of life.
Great list, Pete. I caught on to PT pretty late. The first song I heard was 'Radioactive Toy', on the now defunct Live 365 Prog Rock Radio. I had to find out more. The first album I got was 'In Absentia', and it's my favorite to this day. The rest of my list varies frequently.
Great ranking, I should start listening to Porcupine Tree, next we need the studio rankings: ELP, The Moody Blues, Asia, Dream Theater, Marillion, Arena, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, and Saga
Thanks again, Pete, so glad you did one another of my favorite bands. Also, great job mentioning the EPs and odd lots, as they are all essential when collecting the band's stuff. Anyway, I can't say we see eye-to-eye on this one, as Deadwing is my clear favorite of the discography (and one of my top 20 albums ever). I'd rank them like this: 10. On The Sunday Of Life 9. Up The Downstair 8. Stupid Dream (I know, surprising) 7. The Incident 6. Signify 5. The Sky Moves Sideways 4. Fear Of A Blank Planet 3. Lightbulb Sun 2. In Absentia 1. Deadwing
@Daniel Seredin My b&w headset is perfectly fine. The remixes are just awkwardly clean.
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Thanks so much that you did this ranking instead of the risk to present your audence a band that is not that well-known as many of the bands you usually talk about!! Great, man - carry on giving the secret gems of rock a chance - its exactly there where the heart of Rock'n Roll is still beating...beside of all that commercial crap we are all confronted with every day!! - My first Porcupine Tree-CD was the live album "Waszawa" they recorded in Poland. For me it was a great help to have that live athmosphere to get into their music. Steven Wilson is a real phenomenon! The creativity of this man is astonishing! Beside of his work for Porcupine Tree, each of his solo albums contains fantastic pearls of progressive rock music. It's interesting that you say the music of Porcupine Tree perhaps is too "british" for the american music business. One may ask, if that is so, then why Pink Floyd ever had the chance to be so successful in the US, because I can hardly imagine a rock band that is more "british" then Floyd...but who knows?
I got turned on to them circa Lightbulb Sun. And that album will always have a special place in my heart.... such a great band. Love SW solo. But wish they would give it another go (maybe just so I could see them live).
Great video, as usual... Love listening to your opinions and often great taste... Quite a recent PT convert... HUGE Opeth fan so always had a lot of respect for Steven Wilson but apart from the Anaesthetise live album"s first three songs i didn't give them much play but i have got more into them thru Spotify and they are truly incredible... In Absentia is the first real purchase and it will take a lot of beating by anything... Deadwing is amazing as is Lightbulb Sun... But i will take note of the zeal for the #2 pick... Brilliant timing, sir.. Greetings from the UK..
Nice one pete...personally my favourite album is fear of a blank planet, anesthetize is an absolute epic, there is a live performance of this song here on youtube live in tilburg, Holland,...masterpiece!
I'm missing a couple PT albums...and I'd have to go back and revisit most of them to put them all in order. But for now I can say I'm one of those guys who think Fear of a Blank Planet is my favorite. But my favorite song might be Shesmovedon...especially in the 5.1 mix I own.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos, Pete. Rank Savatage albums one day, please. Anyway, to me: 1 Fear of a Blank Planet 2 The Sky moves sideways 3 In Absentia 4 Recordings 5 Signify/Insignificance
My ranking changed throughout time, currently this is mine: 1. Lightbulb Sun 2. Stupid Dream 3. In Absentia 4. Fear of A Blank Planet/Nil Recurring 5. Metanoia 6. Deadwing 7. Up The Downstair/Staircase Infinities 8. Voyage 34 9. Signify/Insignificance 10. The Sky Moves Sideways 11. The Incident 12. Recordings 13. On the Sunday of Life...
I became a Porcupine Tree freak since 2005. My first CD was In Absentia, then I continued with Deadwing, Lightbulb Sun, the Stars Die-The Delirium Years 91-96 compilation, Recordings-a collection of previously unreleased songs, Stupid Dream, Fear of a Blank Planet, Nil Recurring EP, The Incident, Signify, The Sky Moves Sideways and Up The Downstair. I used to have On A Sunday of Life as a digital download, but I lost it somehow. So, I would try to get it back in my collection, pretty soon. That said, I am going to let you know my own Porcupine Tree ranking. Worth to mention is that this ranking does not necessarily mean that I don´t like the albums on the bottom of the barrel. I like them, but in a different way. Top 3 Discs: 1. Signify , 2. In Absentia, 3. Deadwing. The rest of the ranking goes as follows: 4. Fear of A Blank Planet, 5. Stupid Dream, 6. Lightbulb Sun. 7. The Sky Moves Sideways, 8. The Incident, 9 Up The Downstair, 10. On A Sunday of Life. Honorific mentions: 1. Recordings, 2. Voyage 34: The Complete Trip. 3. Nil Recurring EP, 4.Stars Die: The Delirium Years 91-96.
I'm a big PT Fan sine 2010, I saw Steven Wilson at least since then 8 times, all the Concerts are what sound matters, high Quality, for me Steven Wilson is the Rock Beethoven in our time, for me is fear of the blank PLanet one of the best Albums ever.
Same with me - Voyage 34 was one of the first albums I had of them early 2000 - the CD stayed in my 5 disc changer in my bedroom for years - took that trip at night to fall to sleep. I'm one who never liston to same stuff over and over again - so it very rare a album stays a week in my CD changer much less then years !
@@jake6887 It's 30:48 and it's labeled as an EP. Maybe what you're thinking about is this, and it's a compilation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_34:_The_Complete_Trip
Oh yay! I don't know the band and was just looking into them and found this vid. The pig! HA! Just gave that as a Christmas gift! Love the oink! 😄 Thanks for what you do.
Love these guys! They basically got me into Progressive Rock which I'm now a massive fan of. Listened to PT so much back in the day that I honestly got a little burnt out on them! I would still count them as one of my favourite bands. I agree (most people likely do) that their 1st album is not great but all the others are fantastic in my opinion. So hard to rank them but here's my attempt: 10. On the Sunday of Life... 9. Up the Downstair 8. The Sky Moves Sideways 7. The Incident 6. Signify 5. Lightbulb Sun 4. Deadwing 3 Stupid Dream 2. Fear of a Blank Planet 1. In Absentia If I'm completely honest, I probably need to give those first 3 albums some more listens... Great video as always, thanks Pete!
Fantastic post--I was anxious to hear how you ranked the albums. "Fear of a Blank Planet" is at top of my list and the order of the others would take great thought. I would rank "Lightbulb Sun" a bit higher because of the mainstay songs, "Russia on Ice" and "Hatesong." Those two were constantly on their live set lists until they disbanded. I've listened to amazing music my whole life ("Stand Up" by Jethro Tull was my first album), and PT will always be among my Top Ten favorites ever.
Hi Pete, Starting to appreciate this band and getting into them and you guessed it the album that completely introduced me to them and blew me away straight away is In Absentia. A true masterpiece. Great band and Steven Wilson is a genius of the times.
One of the few bands in my opinion that didn't make a bad album. Maybe something less good but still. Definitely one of my top ten favorite bands of all time. I got a tip from a friend as late as 2017 and couldn't understand that I missed this English super band (still can't). Incredible. Ranking their albums is impossible for me but your list is ok Pete. Haha ...... rock on man. 🤘😜👍
As a late devotee of Porcupine Tree, all I can say is, they don't get much air play in the U.S.A. but then, hey, what can you say. The corporate controlled radio outlets are NOT okay with bands that don't pay for play. Which is a terrible way to make hay. But someday PT will be way, way above the fray and they'll display the music they portray to a whole new coterie and their resume will earn hooray's from all that they slay with their amazing play. Good day.
I'd agree with that list, great music and prog fans should salute Steven Wilson for keeping the prog scene alive at a time when it was pretty unpopular.
1. Up The Downstair 2. Deadwing 3. Signify 4. Lightbulb Sun 5. In Absentia 6. Stupid Dream 7. The Sky Move Sideways 8. Fear of a Blank Planet 9. The Incident 10. On The Sunday Of Life
I have loved Porcupine Tree for many years and i would put them up there with Opeth as one of the most important bands of all time, they have done lots of fantastic albums but i consider 'The Incident to be their greatest work and really captured the band at the peak of their musicial creativity. Highly recommend you check out Steven Wilson's solo stuff as there is some really good music
My friend Boris is a fan,so,everytime he visits me,he brings me some PORCUPINE TREE albums. With time,i developed taste for PTree, my favorite is probablly FEAR OF BLANK PLANET, only because i listened to it more then to others. STEVEN WILSON knows his job, maybe too much
![Porcupine Tree - In Absentia [Documentary]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Eoq-xTsV98/mqdefault.jpg)
Good list. I think for me I’d have Deadwing higher because I LOVE the song "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here". It’s their “stairway to heaven” for sure. 👍
deadwing the song also would be one of my faves if it wasn't for the weird solo they chose to go with, but still a great album
Absolutely it’s a modern classic, one of my go to tracks. The live version from the US tour is simply fabulous
Porcupine Tree is one of the greatest unknown gems I have ever discovered. I have listened to them for nine years now and can’t believe I missed them. Sooooo happy.
I can relate. I jumped on the "band" wagon around 2009 and saw them live during their "The Incident" tour. Totally changed my taste of music forever. Hope they re-unite some day.
Gavin Harrison...omg...he's a superbly talented and very tasteful drummer.
Gavin Harrison doesn't just play the drums.... He becomes the drums! Just absolutely stunningly amazing!
@rannanbrakay I saw him with KC last summer, it was awsome. Also good on OSI / Blood (which is one of my all-time favorites).
You're spoiling us Pete. Porcupine Tree is one of my favorites. I love all their stuff and Steven Wilson's solo material as well.
John Hamm + Steven’s work with Tim Bowness in No Man. Sublime.
@@DpHsHd Don't forget Blackfield too!
Yeah and I enjoyed Storm Corrosion also.
@rannanbrakay Ha it's not fair, a guy's so talented and has so many projects!
How about Black Field? ;)
The Sky Moves Sideways is like listening to 2001: A Space Oddyssey. I picked up the double disc digipack and when I get some cubenses it takes me on one hell of a journey
Porcupine Tree are simply amazing and every album surprises the listener with something different from the previous. Steven Wilson is pure genius!
On the Sunday of life is simply brilliant!!
Your web site is crashing when I submit...so I'll post here...great appreciation...Thanks PETE - from UFO to Porcupine Tree to Genesis and Rush....you have brought intelligent music buying to the collective consciousness who should have reverence to music of the 70s thru 90s. Darkness is brought to Light.
thanks! Yeah, the email/correspondence link hasn't worked since we did an overhaul on the backend server last year.
These shows are the best Pete! You got me buying CDs again! Just can't beat having the actual album in your hand with booklet and artwork and all!. You sir have an amazing collection!!
Vinyl is better with a nice vintage stereo system.
@@newavatar2947 I'm buying Vinyl too but need a better system .
@@littlestevey4172 Go with a
70s Sansui, Marantz or Pioneer. You can't go wrong!
Don't waste your time with cds, buy vinyl
@@rushxanthemtcg5607 C.Ds are like cassettes, only good when your on the go. Vinyl is best for listening at home. C.Ds now sound much,much better than they did before streaming took over. I would even say the 8-track was good for it's warm sound. I buy anything pre-1983 vinyl, post 1983 vinyl.
Being a Rush fan for the last 20 years or so, I have heard this band come up in the forums, Facebook, etc. I finally checked them out 3 years ago, a little before C/C was announced, and they are my new favorite band. Great list, I like seeing some love for The Sky Moves Sideways. ✌️🤘
Wow! What a catchy name for a band! Thank you for your ranking Porcupine Tree! 🎤🎸🎵🥁
Porcupine tree are the last great progressive rock band. Amazing live performances and Stellar musicians. I agree this is s tough ranking. Here is my list
1 - Fear of a blank planet
2 - Deadwing
3 The Sky moved sideways
4 - In Absentia
5 - Stupid Dream
6 - The incident
7 - Lightbulb sun.
Awesome job Pete , I am really enjoying your ranking
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One of my all time favorite bands, who I was very fortunate to be involved with pretty deeply on a personal level from In Absentia through The Incident (I ran their street team during that time) Oddly I haven’t listened to them as much as I once did. After SW disbanded them, I got into much heavier and more extreme metal. This is a tough one for me because I like all their materiel fairy equally. I tend to like their more trippy space/psych rock period more (except Yellow Hedgerow and OtSoL which are both pretty uneven listens for me) than the poppier stuff and the more metallic later material before they split up.
1 Signify
2 The Sky Moves Sideways
3 In Absentia
4 Deadwing
5 Stupid Dream
6 Lightbulb Sun
7 Up the Downstairs
8 Fear of a Blank Planet
9 The Incident
10 On the Sunday of Life
Great list!
I’d rank them as follows:
10: On the Sunday of Life
9: The Incident
8: Signify
7: Up the Downstair
6: Stupid Dream
5: Lightbulb Sun
4: Fear of a Blank Planet
3: In Absentia
2: Sky Moves Sideways
1: Deadwing
Favorite songs:
1. Trains
2. Anesthetize
3. Arriving Somewhere, Not Here
4. Russia on Ice
5. Start of Something Beautiful
Excellent list Matt.....you & I definitely think alike
Be well
1. Fear of a Blank Planet
2. Deadwing
3. In Absentia
4. The sky moves sideways
5. Lightbulb Sun
6. Stupid Dream
7. The Incident
8. Signify
9. Up the downstairs
10. On the Sunday of life
Finally someone giving love to deadwig! My ranking is:
1. Fear of a Blank Planet
2. Dead wing
3. The Sky Moves Sideways
4. In Absentia
5. Lightbulb Sun
6. Up the Downstairs
7. The Incident
8. Signify
9. Stupid Dream
10. On the Sunday of Life
Agreed to all but "The Incident" coming in higher than "Deadwing".
Agree
I agree. The Incident is my least favorite of the 2000s
Deadwing lives in In Absentia’s shadow for me. There was an interview where SW talked through his discography and he said he wasn’t all that pleased with it ultimately
DEADWING is the best for me. from 1st second to last one. perfect!
Deadwing is amazing! In my top ten of all time for sure, along with FOABP
That's where I got started. Always been a fan.
@@reformedstoic1581 I just purchased Deadwing today. Never heard a note of Porcupine Tree just yet. I'm a huge RUSH fan, along with ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd, Bowie, etc. Most comments around the net say "Deadwing" is the best one to start, so that's where I'm at...
Hi Pete! I also recommend listening to Nil Recurring...it's an EP, around 30 minutes long. It is really remarkable; very proggy, heavy in some sections and with Robert Fripp joining in the open track... check it out!
Porcupine Tree might be my favorite band of all time. I was lucky enough to see them in Chicago on the Incident tour. My list:
10. On the Sunday of Life
9. Up the Downstair
8. The Sky Moves Sideways
7. Signify
6. Stupid Dream
5. The Incident
4. Lightbulb Sun
3. Deadwing
2. In Absentia
1. Fear of a Blank Planet
My ranking of Porcupine Tree albums
1. Deadwing
2. In Absentia
3. Fear Of A Blank Planet
4. Stupid Dream
5. Lightbulb Sun
6. The Sky Moves Sideways
7. Signify
8. The Incident
9. Up The Downstairs
10. On The Sunday Of Life
Wow same haha
I would definitely agree with the top two. The others -- wow, I just can't say.
Pete you are the reason I have ONLY just discovered #porcupinetree mate 👍 - so thanks for all you do, produce and comment on, chap! I have another little wormhole to go down! #prog #spacerock #dreampop #progressivemusic
5. In Absentia
4. Stupid Dream
3. Up The Downstair
2. Sky Moves Sideways
1. Signify
I love the early stuff the most
1. Fear Of A Blank Planet
2. Deadwing
3. In Absentia
4. Stupid Dream
5. The Incident
6. The Sky Moves Sideways
7. Lightbulb Sun
8. Signify
9. Up The Downstair
10. On The Sunday Of Life
Thank you so much Pete! You are so awesome! Really enjoy the rankings, rants and histories...
Fav tracks...
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Anesthetize
Shesmovedon
My Ashes
Radioactive Toy
Sir Pete does it again!
1. Lightbulb Sun
2. Signify
3. Stupid Dream
4. In Absentia
5. Deadwing
6. Up The Downstairs
7. Fear Of A Blank Planet
8. The Sky Moves Sideways
9. The Incident
10. On The Sunday of Life
Just discovered Porcupine Tree on a friend’s recommendation. How did I miss them!? Really enjoying their music.
Deadwing favourite album so far with Start of something beautiful the stand out song followed very closely by Arriving somewhere but not here a close second, amongst several great tracks.
Here’s my list
1. The Sky Moves Sideways
2. Fear of a Blank Planet
3. In Absentia
4. Signify
5. Lightbulb Sun
6. Deadwing
7. The Incident
8. On the Sunday of Life
9. Up the Downstair
10. Stupid Dream
This is the most difficult list I’ve ever had to make, I love every album!
Sky moves sideways is so underrated
Saw them live in Switzerland in 2000
1- Sky Moves Sideways
2 - Stupid Dream
3- In Absentia
4- Deadwing
5- Signify
6- The Incident
7- Lightbulb Sun
8- Blank Planet
9- Staircase
Marcelo B sky moves sideways is my fave
Great....GREAT band! 👍
Along with Anekdoten, Anglagard, Spock's Beard, Dream Theater & Djam Karet, close to 30 years ago now PT were one of the signature bands heralding a renaissance of progressive rock (or at least a powerful second wave) - listening to them now triggers a different, subtler sort of nostalgia than the legacy bands of the 70s brIng on. Best to least-best:
STUPID DREAM
IN ABSENTIA
LIGHTBULB SUN
DEADWING
FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET
THE SKY MOVES SIDEWAYS
SIGNIFY
UP THE DOWNSTAIR
ON THE SUNDAY OF LIFE
THE INCIDENT
Great Job, Pete!!!
The keyboardist of PT is Richard Barbieri. He played in Japan (new wave British band 80's). Japan was an interesting career. ¿Glam rock? ¿Pop? ¿tecno pop?¿experimental? I really don't know. Interesting music. I love the evolution of the band and all the stuff they created after.
David Sylvian (with Fripp, and very good solo albums).
Mick Karn (RIP), incredible bass player collaborates with David Torn (Song X) and he recorded amazing albums.
Steve Jansen (David Sylvian Brother) collaborates with Ryuichi sakamoto.
Barbieri, released some beautiful albums... and two with Steve Hogarth!!!
Quiet and dark. Elegant and sophisticate.
I agree
Hi Pete and greetings from Wolverhampton England. As a 60 year old lover of all things rock and prog. I have to say I love Porcupine Tree. Thanks for your list. Deadwing is my favourite
1. In Absentia
2. Signify
3. Fear of a Blank Planet
4. Stupid Dream
5. Deadwing
6. The Sky Moves
7. Lightbulb Sun
8. Up the Downstairs
9. The Incident
10. On the Sunday of Life
Love the pig. Porcupine Tree is one of my favorite bands. Love your videos. Steven Wilson is awesome solo as well.
fabulous band where have they been all my life .
Watching and listening to Gavin Harrison play the drums with Porcupine Tree is one of the great pleasures in life. The man is amazing. In my opinion the best drummer on the planet now the Neal Peart has passed away.
Thanks good to hear. All we need now is steven wilson solo album list.
First, I like all of the records. I don't think there's a bad one. So, without much eplanation, here's my list:
10) On the Sunday of Life
9) In Absentia
8) Signify
7) Up the Downstair
6) The Sky Moves Sideways
5) Stupid Dream
4) The Incident
3) Lightbulb Sun ("Shesmovedon" is one of my favorite songs of theirs)
2) Deadwing (I could listen to "Arriving..." for hours)
1) Fear of a Blank Planet (still makes me feel nearly every emotion during it's runtime)
As always, thanks for getting us talking about more great music, Pete!
In Absentia is #9??
@@solarwinds5114 Yeah. 9th!!! Come on Brain!
My first live exposure to Porcupine Tree was at NEARfest 2001, and I was sold almost from the first notes of Even Less. What a wonderful band. Stupid Dream is my favorite.
Ditto!
I was there too!
It is said that The Sky Moves Sideways is the "Wish You Were Here" of the 1990´s.
PT is almost unique in that their newer albums got better and better. They sure went out on a high note!
10: On the Sunday of Life
9: Up the Downstair
8: Deadwing (used to rank this higher, but didn't age well for me.)
7: Sky Moves Sideways (Always prefer to listen to Coma Divine live album instead)
6: Lightbulb Sun
5: The Incident
4: Signify
3: Stupid Dream
2: In Absentia
1: Fear of a Blank Planet
Thank you Pete! Better late than never this one popped up and I’ve bought a number of Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree albums after viewing. They did not disappoint! Wilson and band highly talented - so many great songs and recordings!
Very difficult because I think every one besides the debut is fantastic.
1. In Absentia
2. Deadwing
3. Stupid Dream
4. Lightbulb Sun
5. Signify
6. Sky Moves Sideways
7. Fear of a Blank Planet
8. Up the Downstair
9. Incident
In absentia is my all time favourite record from them to.
Same. 'Collapse the Light into Earth'. Wow.
My absolute favorite band, easily up there with the greats.
My gosh. Porcupine Tree was someone I discovered in the late 90's. Gavin Harrison is one of the best drummers I've ever heard. Before this, I didn't know anyone outside of Yes, King Crimson, and...Flash. I didn't know how many new prog folks doing...Spock's Beard, Ozric Tentacles, Pure Reason Revolution, and a whole host of other new prog folks. Thanks for this. You and I have a similar prog taste. I have gobs of it. Cannot get away from it...still love all things rock and roll.
Great stuff as usual Pete! Love this band. Ever considered ranking the albums of Steven Wilson’s solo output? Some killer prog stuff in there. Quite an impressive and diverse catalog he’s put together.
Amazing video, cheers from Brazil!!!
Woo HOO! My favorite band since about 8 years ago! Thanks for this. Next do the Wilson solo LP's.
Last to first
Sunday of Life, Up The Downstair, Sky Moves Sideways,Signify Recordings,Lightbulb Sun, Stupid Dream, The Incident, Fear of A Blank Planet,Deadwing, In Absentia.
You're right, that was difficult!!!
I also love Nil Recurring and would place it along Fear of a Blank Planet. Thanks for doing this,one of my favorite bands ever.
Pete. I've been playing The Sky Moves Sideways non stop since your review. Its AMAZING. thank you for making me aware of this great album.
I love their two EP's Futile and Nil Recurring. Good work, Pete. I saw them on their last tour. Amazing!
Thanks for the video Pete, this is very educational! I have been slowly learning a bit more about Porcupine Tree and will check out more of their work. So far, The Sky Moves Sideways is the one that made me perk up the most.
Another great show, thanks Pete! I only have half of Porcupine Tree albums, will be getting the other half now after listening to your ranking. I will plead my case again for the even more underrated band Enchant to grace your channel :)
How did I miss this one?!?! Soooo Coooool!!!!!
Great post Pete , one of my fav modern bands. 🤘🏻 agree with in absentia , then FOABP, deadwing, stupid dream, incident, lightbulb sun , signify as my favs
1. In Absentia
2. Stupid dream
3. sky moving sideways
4. Fear of a blank planet
5. Dead wing
Amazing more folks don’t know about these guys, love the band and Stevens other work! Thanks Pete!
Finally, a ranked albums episode of my favourite band! I wouldn't have the albums in the same order, but hey it's all about opinions. Cheers for doing this Pete, loved it! Oh and if you aren't into the Steven Wilson solo albums, you really should be, they're fantastic!!!
You’re right Pete, hard list to make, all their albums are fantastic.
Signify is so underrated
My top 5 :
1- Fear of a blank Planet
2- In Absentia
3 - Signify
4- The Sky Moves Sideways
5- Deadwing
think so too
The sky moves sideways
My rank:
1 Fear of a Blank Planet
2 In Absentia
3 The Sky Moves Sideways
4 Deadwing
5 Stupid Dream
6 Lightbulb Sun
7 Closure/Continuation
8 Signify
9 Up the Downstair
10 The Incident
11 On the Sunday of Life
i agree👏👏👏 fantastic band!
Great list Pete, I'm a drummer and love both Chris and Gavin's work throughout their catalogue, seen them a few times in Glasgow
1 In absentia
2 Deadwing
3 Lightbulb Sun
4 The sky moves sideways
5 Signify
6 Fear of a blank planet
7 Stupid dream
8 Up the downstair
9 The Incident
10 On the sunday of life.
Great list, Pete. I caught on to PT pretty late. The first song I heard was 'Radioactive Toy', on the now defunct Live 365 Prog Rock Radio. I had to find out more. The first album I got was 'In Absentia', and it's my favorite to this day. The rest of my list varies frequently.
Btw, my favorite non-PT work by Steven Wilson is, 'Storm Corrosion', with Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth.
Great ranking, I should start listening to Porcupine Tree, next we need the studio rankings: ELP, The Moody Blues, Asia, Dream Theater, Marillion, Arena, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, and Saga
Did I just hear Eloy? Nice. 😊👍 One of my favorite bands ever!
Thanks again, Pete, so glad you did one another of my favorite bands. Also, great job mentioning the EPs and odd lots, as they are all essential when collecting the band's stuff. Anyway, I can't say we see eye-to-eye on this one, as Deadwing is my clear favorite of the discography (and one of my top 20 albums ever). I'd rank them like this:
10. On The Sunday Of Life
9. Up The Downstair
8. Stupid Dream (I know, surprising)
7. The Incident
6. Signify
5. The Sky Moves Sideways
4. Fear Of A Blank Planet
3. Lightbulb Sun
2. In Absentia
1. Deadwing
Steven Wilson is awesome. His remasters of some big albums are great, Chicago, Tull etc
On My Turntable Yes, Gentle Giant... Steven Wilson has some of the best ears in the history of recorded sound
He doesn't remaster, he remixes.
@Daniel Seredin Mine too. Im a huuge Steven Wilson fan, don't be mistaken. But I prefer original albums of Yes and Tull that I've heard.
@Daniel Seredin My b&w headset is perfectly fine. The remixes are just awkwardly clean.
Thanks so much that you did this ranking instead of the risk to present your audence a band that is not that well-known as many of the bands you usually talk about!! Great, man - carry on giving the secret gems of rock a chance - its exactly there where the heart of Rock'n Roll is still beating...beside of all that commercial crap we are all confronted with every day!! -
My first Porcupine Tree-CD was the live album "Waszawa" they recorded in Poland. For me it was a great help to have that live athmosphere to get into their music.
Steven Wilson is a real phenomenon! The creativity of this man is astonishing! Beside of his work for Porcupine Tree, each of his solo albums contains fantastic pearls of progressive rock music.
It's interesting that you say the music of Porcupine Tree perhaps is too "british" for the american music business. One may ask, if that is so, then why Pink Floyd ever had the chance to be so successful in the US, because I can hardly imagine a rock band that is more "british" then Floyd...but who knows?
I got turned on to them circa Lightbulb Sun. And that album will always have a special place in my heart.... such a great band. Love SW solo. But wish they would give it another go (maybe just so I could see them live).
Great video, as usual... Love listening to your opinions and often great taste... Quite a recent PT convert... HUGE Opeth fan so always had a lot of respect for Steven Wilson but apart from the Anaesthetise live album"s first three songs i didn't give them much play but i have got more into them thru Spotify and they are truly incredible... In Absentia is the first real purchase and it will take a lot of beating by anything... Deadwing is amazing as is Lightbulb Sun... But i will take note of the zeal for the #2 pick... Brilliant timing, sir.. Greetings from the UK..
Saw Porcupine Tree a couple years back with Coheed and Cambria. PT opened but stole the show. They were phenomenal !!!! Great great band.
Nice one pete...personally my favourite album is fear of a blank planet, anesthetize is an absolute epic, there is a live performance of this song here on youtube live in tilburg, Holland,...masterpiece!
Great!!! i love this rankin´
They're back! New song (November 1, 2021) sounds like they've never been gone at all! New album next year & tour. This made my day
I'm missing a couple PT albums...and I'd have to go back and revisit most of them to put them all in order. But for now I can say I'm one of those guys who think Fear of a Blank Planet is my favorite. But my favorite song might be Shesmovedon...especially in the 5.1 mix I own.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos, Pete. Rank Savatage albums one day, please.
Anyway, to me:
1 Fear of a Blank Planet
2 The Sky moves sideways
3 In Absentia
4 Recordings
5 Signify/Insignificance
coming at ya tomorrow!
@@seaoftranquilityprog Great! Thank you Pete.
My ranking changed throughout time, currently this is mine:
1. Lightbulb Sun
2. Stupid Dream
3. In Absentia
4. Fear of A Blank Planet/Nil Recurring
5. Metanoia
6. Deadwing
7. Up The Downstair/Staircase Infinities
8. Voyage 34
9. Signify/Insignificance
10. The Sky Moves Sideways
11. The Incident
12. Recordings
13. On the Sunday of Life...
I became a Porcupine Tree freak since 2005. My first CD was In Absentia, then I continued with Deadwing, Lightbulb Sun, the Stars Die-The Delirium Years 91-96 compilation, Recordings-a collection of previously unreleased songs, Stupid Dream, Fear of a Blank Planet, Nil Recurring EP, The Incident, Signify, The Sky Moves Sideways and Up The Downstair. I used to have On A Sunday of Life as a digital download, but I lost it somehow. So, I would try to get it back in my collection, pretty soon. That said, I am going to let you know my own Porcupine Tree ranking. Worth to mention is that this ranking does not necessarily mean that I don´t like the albums on the bottom of the barrel. I like them, but in a different way.
Top 3 Discs: 1. Signify , 2. In Absentia, 3. Deadwing.
The rest of the ranking goes as follows: 4. Fear of A Blank Planet, 5. Stupid Dream, 6. Lightbulb Sun. 7. The Sky Moves Sideways, 8. The Incident, 9 Up The Downstair, 10. On A Sunday of Life.
Honorific mentions: 1. Recordings, 2. Voyage 34: The Complete Trip. 3. Nil Recurring EP, 4.Stars Die: The Delirium Years 91-96.
I'm a big PT Fan sine 2010, I saw Steven Wilson at least since then 8 times, all the Concerts are what sound matters, high Quality, for me Steven Wilson is the Rock Beethoven in our time, for me is fear of the blank PLanet one of the best Albums ever.
Didn't know 'Voyage 34' was a kind of compilation. Love that album
Same with me - Voyage 34 was one of the first albums I had of them early 2000 - the CD stayed in my 5 disc changer in my bedroom for years - took that trip at night to fall to sleep. I'm one who never liston to same stuff over and over again - so it very rare a album stays a week in my CD changer much less then years !
It's an EP, technically.
@@millionvivy running time is 1:03.08
@@jake6887 It's 30:48 and it's labeled as an EP. Maybe what you're thinking about is this, and it's a compilation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_34:_The_Complete_Trip
@@jake6887 I'll tell you more, Voyage 34 was a single, in those days . Side A was phase 1, side B was phase 2
Oh yay! I don't know the band and was just looking into them and found this vid.
The pig! HA! Just gave that as a Christmas gift! Love the oink! 😄
Thanks for what you do.
Love these guys! They basically got me into Progressive Rock which I'm now a massive fan of. Listened to PT so much back in the day that I honestly got a little burnt out on them! I would still count them as one of my favourite bands. I agree (most people likely do) that their 1st album is not great but all the others are fantastic in my opinion. So hard to rank them but here's my attempt:
10. On the Sunday of Life...
9. Up the Downstair
8. The Sky Moves Sideways
7. The Incident
6. Signify
5. Lightbulb Sun
4. Deadwing
3 Stupid Dream
2. Fear of a Blank Planet
1. In Absentia
If I'm completely honest, I probably need to give those first 3 albums some more listens... Great video as always, thanks Pete!
The Sky Moves Sideways is my favorite Porcupine Tree record from the pre-Gavin Harrison days.
"Wild Opera" by Steven Wilson's project " No-Man" is a fantastic art/trip-hop album!!!
LOL my dog Daisy has that same type of toy!
Fantastic post--I was anxious to hear how you ranked the albums. "Fear of a Blank Planet" is at top of my list and the order of the others would take great thought. I would rank "Lightbulb Sun" a bit higher because of the mainstay songs, "Russia on Ice" and "Hatesong." Those two were constantly on their live set lists until they disbanded. I've listened to amazing music my whole life ("Stand Up" by Jethro Tull was my first album), and PT will always be among my Top Ten favorites ever.
Hi Pete,
Starting to appreciate this band and getting into them and you guessed it the album that completely introduced me to them and blew me away straight
away is In Absentia. A true masterpiece. Great band and Steven Wilson is a genius of the times.
One of the few bands in my opinion that didn't make a bad album. Maybe something less good but still. Definitely one of my top ten favorite bands of all time. I got a tip from a friend as late as 2017 and couldn't understand that I missed this English super band (still can't). Incredible. Ranking their albums is impossible for me but your list is ok Pete. Haha ...... rock on man. 🤘😜👍
As a late devotee of Porcupine Tree, all I can say is, they don't get much air play in the U.S.A. but then, hey, what can you say. The corporate controlled radio outlets are NOT okay with bands that don't pay for play. Which is a terrible way to make hay. But someday PT will be way, way above the fray and they'll display the music they portray to a whole new coterie and their resume will earn hooray's from all that they slay with their amazing play. Good day.
Deadwing is definitely a top album for me, right behind In Absentia and Fear of a Blank Planet
Completely agree👍
Great stuff.
I'd agree with that list, great music and prog fans should salute Steven Wilson for keeping the prog scene alive at a time when it was pretty unpopular.
Great choice of band. PT are a class unto themselves in that their production is superb. They know how to record.
Just gorgeous!!!
Love Porcupine Tree!
1. Up The Downstair
2. Deadwing
3. Signify
4. Lightbulb Sun
5. In Absentia
6. Stupid Dream
7. The Sky Move Sideways
8. Fear of a Blank Planet
9. The Incident
10. On The Sunday Of Life
I have loved Porcupine Tree for many years and i would put them up there with Opeth as one of the most important bands of all time, they have done lots of fantastic albums but i consider 'The Incident to be their greatest work and really captured the band at the peak of their musicial creativity. Highly recommend you check out Steven Wilson's solo stuff as there is some really good music
My friend Boris is a fan,so,everytime he visits me,he brings me some PORCUPINE TREE albums. With time,i developed taste for PTree, my favorite is probablly FEAR OF BLANK PLANET, only because i listened to it more then to others. STEVEN WILSON knows his job, maybe too much