Tag Archives: Steven Wilson

CULT CLASSIC: PORCUPINE TREE-LIGHTBULB SUN.

♦ July 2, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment

Cult Classic: Porcupine Tree-Lightbulb Sun. Between 1987 and 2010 progressive rockers Porcupine Tree released ten studio and twelve live albums. Their sixth studio album was Lightbulb Sun which was released  on May the ‘22nd’ 2000 and was the much-anticipated followup to Stupid Dream, which was released in March 1999. It marked the start of a new …

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PORCUPINE TREE-STUPID DREAM.

♦ April 19, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment

Porcupine Tree-Stupid Dream. Label: Transmission. Format: CD. When Steven Wilson founded Porcupine Tree in 1987, the nascent progressive rock group was essentially a solo project for the twenty year old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He had no idea that the group would eventually release ten studio and twelve live albums. The story begins in 1988. In …

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PORCUPINE TREE-LIGHTBULB SUN.

♦ April 7, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment

Porcupine Tree-Lightbulb Sun. Label: Transmission. Format: CD. Between 1987 and 2010 progressive rockers Porcupine Tree released ten studio and twelve live albums. Their sixth studio album was Lightbulb Sun which was released  on May the ‘22nd’ 2000 and was the much-anticipated followup to Stupid Dream, which was released in March 1999. It marked the start …

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CULT CLASSIC: JETHRO TULL- STORM WATCH.

♦ January 21, 2021 ♦ 1 Comment

Cult Classic: Jethro Tull-Storm Watch. By September 1979, Jethro Tull was still one of the most successful British bands of their generation, and were about to release the twelfth album of their career, Stormwatch, It was the final album in a trilogy of folk rock albums and Jethro Tull hoped that Stormwatch would build on the success of which had been released …

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TIM BOWNESS-LATE NIGHT LAMENTS.

♦ October 22, 2020 ♦ Leave a comment

Tim Bowness-Late Night Laments. Label: Inside Out Music. Format: LP with CD. When English singer, songwriter and producer Tim Bowness released his debut album My Hotel Year in 2004, he was already forty and was best known for his work the art pop duo No-Man which he had cofounded with Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson. The …

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JETHRO TULL- STORM WATCH.

♦ April 29, 2020 ♦ 1 Comment

Jethro Tull-Storm Watch. Label: Chrysalis. By September 1979, Jethro Tull was still one of the most successful British bands of their generation, and were about to release the twelfth album of their career, Stormwatch, It was the final album in a trilogy of folk rock albums and Jethro Tull hoped that Stormwatch would build on the success of which had …

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JETHRO TULL-STAND UP AND AQUALUNG BOX SETS.

♦ December 19, 2016 ♦ 3 Comments

JETHRO TULL-STAND UP AND AQUALUNG BOX SETS. When Jethro Tull were formed in December 1967, little did they realise that this was the beginning of a adventure that would last five decades.  Jethro went on to release thirty-eight studio albums. This includes their debut album This Was. Just fifteen months after they were first formed, …

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