Track Listing

1. Once
2. 1000 People
3. Miss U
4. Christenings
5. This Killer
6. Epidemic
7. My Gift Of Silence
8. Some Day
9. Where Is My Love
10. End Of The World

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3453 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-12
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Ok - but not great
I have really got into the Purcupine Tree stuff - but Blackfield are not a patch on the latter.

The first song is excellent, but the others sound week in comparison - the other guy singing makes tham sound like a euro band and reminded me of Scorpions singing winds of change !!!!!

Business as usual....
This album is quite brilliant.

I concede that there are issues around it - 'Christenings' is reminiscent of Bowie's 'Space Oddity', other tracks sound like Pink Floyd circa Division Bell.... but does it follow that these are bad things?

Whilst it's true that Steven Wilson only contributes 3 whole tracks here (which did concern me a bit), his production and instrumentation nous, along with Geffen's flair for melody and construction ensure that there is never a dull moment. Poppier tracks like 'Where Is My Love' take a bit longer to love, perhaps, but the textures and dynamics that Wilson creates utterly gloss over any perceived shortcomings for me.

There is also criticism of Geffen's "adolescent" lyrics. Well, this album is what it is, and won't please evryone. For example, in "This Killer", there is a really clunky-sounding couplet at the top of the chorus: "This killer on the run, He steals from me the sun". OK, sounds a bit tortuous in terms of being a slave to the rhyme - but on reflection, I like the poeticism of having the word order messed with. And the song is so beautiful, I ultimately don't care.

I have no idea if Geffen's first language is Engish or not, but the Israeli certainly sings English with an accent. If his songwriting is seen through the filter of communicating via his second language (which I suspect it may be), then it adds a layer of alienation to the angst which I find touching rather than simplistic.

It's all about the tunes for me, on this album - and it has them in spades. I'm normally a stickler for lyrical prowess but, like a brilliant film with subtitles, I soon forget I'm having to work to interpret at all. The body of work speaks for itself.

If you like PT, SW or Blackfield 1, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Blackfield 2
Porcupine Tree are pushing the Boundaries of music, forget Brit pop it died with the Beatles and the kinks. If you want to follow a Beatles tribute band then choose Oasis. If you want pure talent and originality then look no further than Porcupine Tree.This release from the Tree's front man Steve Wilson under the name Blackfield. The lyrics are heart breaking and music uplifting. A quality second album that matches the first. Check out Porcupine Tree live there amazing. Could not pick a favourite track, there is no filler here.