Deadwing
Porcupine Tree
Deadwing
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Deadwing | 9:44 | 73,924 | |||
| 2 | Shallow | 4:16 | 81,855 | |||
| 3 | Lazarus | 4:17 | 92,038 | |||
| 4 | Halo | 4:37 | 74,887 | |||
| 5 | Arriving Somewhere but Not Here | 11:59 | 68,763 | |||
| 6 | Mellotron Scratch | 6:55 | 64,527 | |||
| 7 | Open Car | 3:45 | 70,584 | |||
| 8 | The Start of Something Beautiful | 7:38 | 36,805 | |||
| 9 | Glass Arm Shattering | 6:10 | 58,374 |
About this album
Deadwing is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 28, 2005. It quickly became the band’s best selling album to date (though was later surpassed by Fear of a Blank Planet). The album is based on a screenplay written by Steven Wilson and Mike Bennion, and is essentially a ghost story. Given its narrative, most fans have dubbed this a concept album. Wilson has expressed the intention to eventually have this film script made into a movie.
The album includes collaborations with King Crimson’s Adrian Belew (who plays guitar solos on tracks 1 and 4), and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt (who adds vocal harmonies on tracks 1, 3 and 5, as well as the second guitar solo on track 5).
The complete concept and story has never been entirely announced by the band, and this is likely due to Wilson’s intentions of attempting to turn this into a movie, and not wanting to spoil any portions of the story. Some fans have speculated at the plot based on extensive listening to the album, though there has been no official statement regarding its true meaning.
Wilson said it is a surreal “ghost story,” and “the idea’s ultimately that this album will form a kind of companion with the feature film.” He stated that David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick were major influences for the filmscript.
On September 1, 2006, Steven Wilson announced in his blog that Mike Bennion (Co-writer of the Deadwing screenplay) had released the first fifteen pages of the story.
The album includes collaborations with King Crimson’s Adrian Belew (who plays guitar solos on tracks 1 and 4), and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt (who adds vocal harmonies on tracks 1, 3 and 5, as well as the second guitar solo on track 5).
The complete concept and story has never been entirely announced by the band, and this is likely due to Wilson’s intentions of attempting to turn this into a movie, and not wanting to spoil any portions of the story. Some fans have speculated at the plot based on extensive listening to the album, though there has been no official statement regarding its true meaning.
Wilson said it is a surreal “ghost story,” and “the idea’s ultimately that this album will form a kind of companion with the feature film.” He stated that David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick were major influences for the filmscript.
On September 1, 2006, Steven Wilson announced in his blog that Mike Bennion (Co-writer of the Deadwing screenplay) had released the first fifteen pages of the story.
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Shouts
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hnava wrote:
their best cd indeed,stupid dream second
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snupy123 wrote:
amaizingamaizingamaizingamaizingamaizingamaizingamaizingamaizing
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Geno098 wrote:
How can you not like Lazarus?
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Reed036 wrote:
imho their best album.
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Cloudy-Now wrote:
Lazarus....
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Mellow_Dude wrote:
I do
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orangemango27 wrote:
Never listen to Glass Arm Shattering because i don't want to sit through five minutes of pointless silence at the end. I wish i had the UK version :(
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snupy123 wrote:
best thing ever
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ChinoA wrote:
Why are the best tracks the least played? Very sad this makes me...
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Allor1994 wrote:
Arriving Somewhere... Concert in Chicago is really great.
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Goemans wrote:
Bought this one yesterday :] One of the best albums ever made.
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deeee1991 wrote:
hm i don´t like glass arm shattering, mellotron scratch, shallow and open car very much, but the rest is really god
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BrestFF75 wrote:
Damn. My first, and my most favorite PT album. Just perfect.
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Allor1994 wrote:
One of my favorite
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xxmushroomcloud wrote:
I'm really loving the second half of this album lately
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Alasin wrote:
really good
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AMindlessChrist wrote:
Arriving Somewhere blows your head...two thumps up! (Steven Wilson is damn genius)
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jemmo357 wrote:
Possibly the most perfect album of all time. Words cannot express how much I love it, and how that love grows.
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Brutha2 wrote:
Sigh, the stupid arguments... the reason pt are so good is because they have the alternative rock elements, thats why I love them, anyhow.
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markot93 wrote:
A perfect album !
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Recent Activity
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Catalina97 added Porcupine Tree – Lazarus to her Loved Tracks. yesterday afternoon
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Catalina97, Chifra, VivianCadaver and 6 other people loved Porcupine Tree – Deadwing. yesterday afternoon
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Catalina97 tagged Deadwing with ‘albums i own’. yesterday afternoon
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Catalina97 added Deadwing to Catalina97’s library. yesterday afternoon
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Wave_of_Rebirth, Chifra, Paradigm_Viper and 3 other people loved Porcupine Tree – Arriving Somewhere but Not Here. yesterday afternoon
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prakhyatkoirala, Paradigm_Viper, Chuchunkel and 3 other people loved Porcupine Tree – Lazarus. yesterday afternoon
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Chifra added Porcupine Tree – The Start of Something Beautiful to his Loved Tracks. yesterday afternoon
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Chifra added Porcupine Tree – Glass Arm Shattering to his Loved Tracks. yesterday afternoon
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And3y tagged Deadwing with ‘albums and3y own’. yesterday afternoon
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Paradigm_Viper, ElementalNeslo, yameeka and 12 other people loved Porcupine Tree – Shallow. yesterday morning
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