Porcupine Tree – Fear Of A Blank Planet
Tracklist
| A1 | Fear Of A Blank Planet | 7:28 | |
| A2 | My Ashes | 5:09 | |
| B | Anesthetize | 17:52 | |
| C1 | Sentimental | 5:26 | |
| C2 | Way Out Of Here | 7:38 | |
| D | Sleep Together | 7:26 |
Companies, etc.
- Licensed From – Porcupine Tree Ltd.
- Licensed To – Kscope
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Porcupine Tree Ltd.
- Copyright © – Porcupine Tree Ltd.
- Published By – Hands Off It's Mine Publishing
- Published By – Universal Music Publishing Group
- Recorded At – No Man's Land (3)
- Recorded At – Bourne Place
- Recorded At – New Rising Studios
- Recorded At – The Artillery (2)
- Recorded At – Nightspace
- Recorded At – Mark Angelo Studios
- Recorded At – Red Room Recorders
- Recorded At – DGM World Central
- Recorded At – Angel Studios
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG37263
- Lacquer Cut At – Optimal Media GmbH
Credits
- Arranged By [String Arrangements By] – SW*
- Bass Guitar [Bass Guitars] – Colin Edwin
- Contractor [Strings Session Fixer] – Isobel Griffiths
- Design – Carl Glover (4)
- Design [For] – Aleph (10)
- Drums, Percussion – Gavin Harrison
- Engineer [Guitars Engineered By] – Mark Prator
- Engineer [Strings Engineered By] – Steve Price (6)
- Guest, Backing Vocals – John Wesley (3)
- Keyboards, Synthesizer [Synthesizers] – Richard Barbieri
- Lacquer Cut By – MK*
- Leader [Strings] – Gavyn Wright
- Lyrics By – Steven Wilson
- Mixed By, Mastered By – Steven Wilson
- Music By – Steven Wilson (tracks: A1 to C1, D)
- Orchestrated By – Dave Stewart
- Performer [Strings Performed By], Strings [Strings Performed By] – The London Session Orchestra
- Photography By – Lasse Hoile
- Producer [Guitars Produced By] – SW*
- Producer [Produced By], Arranged By – Porcupine Tree
- Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Piano, Keyboards – Steven Wilson
Notes
2018 Kscope double 140g black vinyl repress of Porcupine Tree's 2007 classic using the 2012 Steven Wilson masters with the original 6 track album spread out across 4 sides.
Cut at 33 1⁄3 rpm to optimise quality.
Features guest appearances from Robert Fripp (on "Way Out Of Here").
The original edition also contained the 4 tracks from "Nil Recurring" EP/Mini-Album but they are now available as a stand alone release.
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Some copies contain "10 years of Kscope" insert with references to other 2018 Kscope releases ("Coming soon / recent releases").
Lyrics to all the tracks printed inside the gatefold sleeve.
Runout info:
- Runouts are etched
- The Optimal Media "geometric" marks are mirrored
[Gatefold, inside]:
Written in London and Tel Aviv between Jan-July 2006
Recorded between Oct-Dec 2006
Recorded at No Man's Land, Bourne Place, New Rising, The Artillery, Nightspace, Mark Angelo, Red Room Recorders, DGM.
String arrangements [...] recorded at Angel Studio.
Published by Hands Off It's Mine Publishing, istered by Universal Music Publishing Group. © 2007
[Back cover:]
Issued under license from Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive licence to Kscope.
℗ 2007 Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive licence to Kscope. © 2016 Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive licence to Kscope.
[...]. Made in
Cut at 33 1⁄3 rpm to optimise quality.
Features guest appearances from Robert Fripp (on "Way Out Of Here").
The original edition also contained the 4 tracks from "Nil Recurring" EP/Mini-Album but they are now available as a stand alone release.
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Some copies contain "10 years of Kscope" insert with references to other 2018 Kscope releases ("Coming soon / recent releases").
Lyrics to all the tracks printed inside the gatefold sleeve.
Runout info:
- Runouts are etched
- The Optimal Media "geometric" marks are mirrored
[Gatefold, inside]:
Written in London and Tel Aviv between Jan-July 2006
Recorded between Oct-Dec 2006
Recorded at No Man's Land, Bourne Place, New Rising, The Artillery, Nightspace, Mark Angelo, Red Room Recorders, DGM.
String arrangements [...] recorded at Angel Studio.
Published by Hands Off It's Mine Publishing, istered by Universal Music Publishing Group. © 2007
[Back cover:]
Issued under license from Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive licence to Kscope.
℗ 2007 Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive licence to Kscope. © 2016 Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive licence to Kscope.
[...]. Made in
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned & text): 802644897714
- Label Code: LC 01757
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): BG37263-01 A1 MK -1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): BG37263-01 B1 MK 1T
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 1): BG37263-02 C3 MK 81
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 1): BG37263-02 D1 MK 21
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): BG37263-01 A1 MK II1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): BG37263-01 B1 MK -1
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 2): BG37263-02 C3 MK 81
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 2): BG37263-02 D1 MK 6T
Other Versions (5 of 55)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Fear Of A Blank Planet (CD, Album) | Roadrunner Records | RR 8011-2 | Europe | 2007 | |||
| Fear Of A Blank Planet (CD, , DVD, DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Multichannel, NTSC, multichannel, All Media, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition) | Roadrunner Records | RR 8011-5 | Europe | 2007 | |||
| Fear Of A Blank Planet (CD, Album) | Atlantic | 2-115900 | US | 2007 | |||
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Fear Of A Blank Planet (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Blue/Black Marbled) | Tonefloat | TF 40 | Netherlands | 2007 | ||
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Fear Of A Blank Planet (2×LP, Album, 180 Gram) | Tonefloat | tf40 | Netherlands | 2007 |
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Reviews
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This is a lifeless pressing, poor dynamics -it might even be related to the mixing sounding too digital. Kind of ironic for this to happen on an album by Steven Wilson. Initially I thought it was my system, now that I have a much better system still sounds awful while other albums including those from PT sound incredible. I'm planning to buy a second-hand CD -not gonna pay full price for something I already 'have'.
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Nice...Very Nice... The sound brightened up after I finally got around to cleaning it Ultrasonically. (A pleasant surprise that I did not expect.) -
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to listen to Fear of a blank planet on vinyl. After a few cleans it sounds very nice and I can’t help but put it on whenever i feel like listening to the album. -
Music: 5/5
My favorite Porcupine Tree album. Beautiful pressing that sounds amazing. Much more dynamic range than on my old CD copy of the album. This is progressive rock, but completely accessible. The "progressive" tag owes itself to the complex song writing and the top-notch musicality of the band during longer instrumental stretches. Sometimes, Steven Wilson can tend to meander a little too much, resulting in songs that can be boring or aimless. Not on FoaBP; every riff feels like it was chiseled out of rock to be exactly where it is. No fat on this bone. Try it if you dig A Perfect Circle (or Lateralus-era Tool), mid-era Rush, or Anathema.
Pressing: 3.5/5
The records themselves are thick, flat, and sound amazing. No hairlines or defects on my copy. However, the gatefold is just industry standard cheap-feeling cardboard with no insert. Lyrics are printed on the inner gatefold. The artwork is reproduced well. Just average. -
Disc full of hairlines and even a bad scratch at the end of the side D. Loud background noises. I have the same problem with In Absentia. At least this disc is not dirty as In Absentia, but the background noise is a lot louder than that one. They should pay more attention in the factory quality control. If I lived in Europe I would return it, but as I live in Brazil, to return it would be a nightmare.
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Beautiful reissue, very good and clean sound! Black polyliner inner sleeves, lyrics printed at the inside of the gatefold.
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