Porcupine TreeIn Absentia

Label:

Lava – 7567-93178-1

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Progressive Metal

Tracklist

A1 Blackest Eyes
Backing VocalsJohn Wesley (3)
GuitarJohn Wesley (3)
4:26
A2 Trains 5:57
A3 Lips Of Ashes 4:40
A4 The Sound Of Muzak
Backing VocalsJohn Wesley (3)
4:59
B1 Gravity Eyelids 7:56
B2 Wedding Nails 6:33
B3 Prodigal
Backing VocalsJohn Wesley (3)
5:33
C1 .3
Arranged By [Strings]Dave Gregory
CelloStephen Orton
Contractor [Orchestra]Isobel Griffiths
Double BassMary Scully
Leader [Orchestra]Gavyn Wright
ViolaPeter Lale
ViolinWarren Zielinski
5:26
C2 The Creator Has A Mastertape 5:21
C3 Chloroform 7:14
D1 Heartattack In A Layby 4:15
D2 Strip The Soul 7:22
D3 Collapse The Light Into Earth
Arranged By [Strings]Dave Gregory
CelloStephen Orton
Contractor [Orchestra]Isobel Griffiths
Double BassMary Scully
Leader [Orchestra]Gavyn Wright
ViolaPeter Lale
ViolinWarren Zielinski
5:52

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Lava
  • Copyright ©Lava
  • Recorded AtAvatar Studios
  • Recorded AtAir Lyndhurst Hall
  • Recorded AtNo Man's Land (3)
  • Recorded AtRed Room Recorders
  • Mastered AtMasterdisk
  • Lacquer Cut AtOptimal Media Production – B377799
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media Production – B377799

Credits

  • A&R [A&r Direction]Andrew Karp
  • DesignMascot (2)
  • EngineerPaul Northfield
  • Engineer [Assistant]Brian Montgomery
  • Lacquer Cut ByMK*
  • Legal [Legal Representation]Ronald Bienstock
  • Management [Europe]Richard Allen (7)
  • Management [North America]Andy Leff
  • Mastered ByAndy VanDette
  • Mixed ByTim Palmer
  • Photography By [Band]John Blackford (2)
  • Photography By [Cover]Lasse Hoile
  • Producer, Written-By, Words BySteven Wilson
  • Written-ByRichard Barbieri (tracks: B2)

Notes

Recorded at Avatar Studio, New York, NY, March-April 2002.
Additional recording at Air Lyndhurst (London, UK), No Man's Land (Hemel Hempstead, UK), New Rising (Colchester, UK), and Red Room Recorders (Tampa, FL USA).
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York, NY, November 2002.

Bonus track : "Chloroform" recorded at the Absentia Sessions.

℗ & © 2002 Lava Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 75679 31781 0
  • Matrix / Runout: B377799-01 A1 MK
  • Matrix / Runout: B377799-01 B1 MK
  • Matrix / Runout: B377799-02 C1 MK
  • Matrix / Runout: B377799-02 D1 MK
  • Label Code: LC 00121
  • Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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In Absentia (CD, Enhanced, Album, Gatefold Cardboard Sleeve) Lava 83604-2 US 2002
In Absentia (CD, Album, Enhanced) Lava 7567-83604-2 Europe 2002
In Absentia (CD, Album, Promo, Card Sleeve) Lava 83604-2A US 2002
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In Absentia (2×CD, Album, Promo) Atlantic PROP05298 Europe 2002
In Absentia (CD, Album, Enhanced, Unofficial Release) Lava (4) 83604-2 Russia 2002

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  • cbermeos's avatar
    cbermeos
    Edited 6 months ago
    I haven't heard the later reissues to compare, but I can guarantee that the sound of this pressing is spectacular!

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