Sleep Together really doesnt fit the rest of the album. Wouldnt call it a bad song...just out of place
Porcupine Tree-FOABP
- Thread starter Belligerent
- Start date
LORD DARKSOUL
Welcum 2 my funeral
I'm sort of on the fence with this one. On one hand there are definetly some exceptional tracks, most notably "Sentimental." However, to me, it feels more like a long playing E.P than a full length Porcupine Tree album. Perhaps we've just been spoiled with the last few albums clocking in at upwards of 70 minutes, but this just feels incomplete to me for a reason that I just can't put my finger on. Some of it just feels very rushed.
I also enjoy the lyrical direction of this album, but at the same time, the lyrics to most of the songs are almost exactly the same! I think Herr Wilson could have done a better job of expressing the numbness of our world than saying that he's bored or stoned at the mall 20 times.
I like this album quite a bit, but I think the last Blackfield definetly trumps this.
I also enjoy the lyrical direction of this album, but at the same time, the lyrics to most of the songs are almost exactly the same! I think Herr Wilson could have done a better job of expressing the numbness of our world than saying that he's bored or stoned at the mall 20 times.
I like this album quite a bit, but I think the last Blackfield definetly trumps this.
Dunno bout' all of that, but the two chicago shows coming up are going to be legendary
BlueSky
New Metal Member
- Apr 27, 2006
- 4,337
- 10
- 0
LORD DARKSOUL
Welcum 2 my funeral
Well, have a good time sir! If you see my boyfriends Steve and Wes make sure you tell them I said hello!
Who can you compare them to...or what do they sound like(dont have speakers at work)...he sure does plug them often!slowdive is zzzzzzzzzz
LORD DARKSOUL
Welcum 2 my funeral
slowdive is zzzzzzzzzz
Slowdive make me sleepy too, but in the best way possible, of course.
"Souvlaki" has to be in the Top 3 or so albums ever made.
Dime- Slowdive sounds like a much gloomy and beautiful My Bloody Valentine. It's simultaneously the greatest break-up and in-love music.
"Day" by Katatonia and "Losing Tommorow" by October Tide were our heroes' attempts to emulate this sound, but Slowdive are not quite so all consumingly bleak in their approach.
Most days I can't decide if Slowdive are the most melancholy or the happiest band on the planet.
LifeDepraved
My soul got a crack
This PT didn't really strike me. I hate to say it. It just doesn't seem to have been given the correct treatment. I say strip it down and make 10 Death Metal songs.
YEAH JOKER AT BIRTH
hugot
¿QUÉ?
owe great, now i need more money for special editions and DVDAs.....thanks a lot steven wilson.....
Sinistas
Life Hangs Motionless
As of right now I'm addicted. Not in love with the title track, My Ashes, and Sleep Together, but Anesthetize, Sentimental, and Way Out Of Here are phenominal. Within a week it should be album of the year at this rate
Good 2 c you're comin around...for me, sleep together is the only track Im not diggin' at the moment. One month exactly from today I will be seeing PT at the Park West!As of right now I'm addicted. Not in love with the title track, My Ashes, and Sleep Together, but Anesthetize, Sentimental, and Way Out Of Here are phenominal. Within a week it should be album of the year at this rate
Hopefully this thread will still be alive and Ill tell everyone about it...including setlist(if im not too drunk)
MadTinus
Language enthusiast
I got my copy yesterday, so far I don't like all tracks equally either, Anesthetize, Sentimental and Way Out Of Here are my favourites too, but the titletrack, My Ashes and 'even' Sleep Together are pretty good too, I'm starting to like the kinda 'twisted' mood of Sleep Together, the keyboard work is great.
Anyway, so far it isn't my favourite PT album, it seems the previous albums were more sophisticated and deeper/darker, FoaBP does seem somewhat more shallow indeed. And also the shortness (for PT standards) of the album is striking. But I read in an interview that apparently SW wanted to keep the album short for some reason.
Anyway, so far it isn't my favourite PT album, it seems the previous albums were more sophisticated and deeper/darker, FoaBP does seem somewhat more shallow indeed. And also the shortness (for PT standards) of the album is striking. But I read in an interview that apparently SW wanted to keep the album short for some reason.
Doesnt seem shallow to me in any way shape or form. The diversity is there. With Anesthetize, its heavier(thanx to Mikael Akerfeldt's influences on Wilson). My question is: Which song has Alex Lifeson on it and which has Robert Fripp??
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
Alex is on Anesthetize (the solo four minutes in). Fripp is on Way Out Of Here, haven't heard that track yet so I don't know what his exact contribution is.
My Hearse Your Arms
despondency
MadTinus
Language enthusiast
I don't mean it's shallow in general, just not as deep/dark as the previous albums, it seems a bit 'lighter', it doesn't pull you in as much. Still I like it a lot.
Jesse Pohjalainen
Lepra Lord
Maybe it's time I check this band too.
You won't be dissapointed. PT is pure excellence.
Similar threads
