Tommy Sawyer Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I've only heard like one full song by PT, but I really want to get into them. What would be the best album for me to buy, as a beginner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I'd go with Deadwing. In Absentia is my favorite, but DW is a more accesable album. PT is a great band. If you don't like them at first, give them a chance. They really grow on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Jun 19 2011, 09:44 PM) I'd go with Deadwing. In Absentia is my favorite, but DW is a more accesable album. PT is a great band. If you don't like them at first, give them a chance. They really grow on you. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Yeah try DW. Fear of a Blank Planet is also very accessible. It has an Alex Lifeson appearamce on Anesthetize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Alright, gonna make a top five albums list for PT. 1. In Absentia 2. Fear of a Blank Planet 3. Signify 4. Deadwing 5. Up the Downstair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Oracle @ Jun 20 2011, 01:11 AM) Alright, gonna make a top five albums list for PT. 1. In Absentia 2. Fear of a Blank Planet 3. Signify 4. Deadwing 5. Up the Downstair Deadwing below Signify for a beginner? Edited June 20, 2011 by sullysue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 This isn't easy to answer. Because the PT style changed a little bit since the original Drummer 'Chris Maitland' left the Band. So I'd go for: old PT: Stupid Dream Signify Lightbulb Sun new PT: In Absentia The Incident Deadwing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCastro Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Deadwing was the album to get me into them. Hope you enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Fear Of A Blank Planet and Deadwing for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Fear of a Blank Planet. If the title track doesn't do it for you, I don't know what will. Â After that, Deadwing is great, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I'm not the biggest fan, but I like Fear of a Blank Planet enough to listen to it regularly. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unattractive Truth Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Deadwing is one of the ten best albums recorded by anybody, ever. You can't go wrong there. In Absentia is also a good place to start.  The further back you go, the less rocking they are. The very early stuff is trippy, Floyd-ish music. The modern stuff is (mostly) pretty hard, semi-progressive rock. It all just depends on what style of music you favor. Lightbulb Sun and Stupid Dream are both fantastic albums, kind of in the middle between the two phases. All JMHO of course. I remember when I finally broke down and listened to PT (a long story involving the now defunct Rush Tour Forum).... the first song I heard was Blackest Eyes. After that, it was all over. Enjoy!    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 In Absentia's the one. Â Thing is with PT, old PT brilliant, new PT brilliant. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 QUOTE (Tony R @ Jun 20 2011, 10:28 AM) In Absentia's the one. Thing is with PT, old PT brilliant, new PT brilliant.    I love that album, but Gravity Eyelids scares the shit out of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unattractive Truth Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 QUOTE (Tony R @ Jun 20 2011, 07:28 AM) Thing is with PT, old PT brilliant, new PT brilliant. Correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jun 20 2011, 01:02 AM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Jun 19 2011, 09:44 PM) I'd go with Deadwing. In Absentia is my favorite, but DW is a more accesable album. PT is a great band. If you don't like them at first, give them a chance. They really grow on you. This. That Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (Tony R @ Jun 20 2011, 10:28 AM) In Absentia's the one. Thing is with PT, old PT brilliant, new PT brilliant. Â No shit! My favorite. But DW is most user friendly. Edited June 20, 2011 by Gompers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I started with Deadwing, but it took me quite a while to grow into it. I recommend Fear of a Blank Planet. I loved that one right from the start (probably in part because I bought it the day it came out ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 QUOTE (Unattractive Truth @ Jun 20 2011, 09:25 AM) Deadwing is one of the ten best albums recorded by anybody, ever. You can't go wrong there. In Absentia is also a good place to start. The further back you go, the less rocking they are. The very early stuff is trippy, Floyd-ish music. The modern stuff is (mostly) pretty hard, semi-progressive rock. It all just depends on what style of music you favor. Lightbulb Sun and Stupid Dream are both fantastic albums, kind of in the middle between the two phases. All JMHO of course. I remember when I finally broke down and listened to PT (a long story involving the now defunct Rush Tour Forum).... the first song I heard was Blackest Eyes. After that, it was all over. Enjoy! One of the most apt descriptions of PT's music that I've read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 QUOTE (Gompers @ Jun 20 2011, 11:25 AM) QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Jun 20 2011, 01:02 AM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Jun 19 2011, 09:44 PM) I'd go with Deadwing. In Absentia is my favorite, but DW is a more accesable album. PT is a great band. If you don't like them at first, give them a chance. They really grow on you. This. That this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 If you decide to get Fear of a Blank Planet, get the EP Nil Recurring as well. Its just as good, if not better, than the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 FoaBP is one of my favorite albums. But start with Deadwing, Signify and Stupid Dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarizeMe Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I'd definitely go with either In Absentia, Fear of a Blank Planet or Deadwing to start off. Quite honestly, I have a difficult time choosing which one of the three is the strongest album but Deadwing wins for accessibility with songs like the title track, Halo and fan favorite Lazarus. In Absentia was the first album of the current phase of Porcupine Tree, and marked the arrival of their current drummer Gavin Harrison. Songs from the album like Blackest Eyes, Trains and The Sound of Muzak are definite fan favorites. Fear of a Blank Planet is my personal favorite with Anesthetize being one of my favorite PT songs, and on a personal note, it was my introduction to Porcupine Tree. As for their latest album The Incident, I'll only say that you must listen to it from start to finish. It's an album that will require lots of listens but in the end it's very rewarding.  But if you really want to try some of their earlier stuff, I'd will say that your best bet on early day PT is to go out and get Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991-1997 because it has their strongest tracks from their early days and also there's some songs that are exclusive to the Stars Die compilation and can't be found elsewhere. Otherwise, I'd say that Up the Downstair and Signify are the more accessible albums of the early phase. Their first album On the Sunday of Life is really an album the combines the best of Steven Wilson's first recorded material from 1987-1990, but it does have fan favorite Radioactive Toy on there. As for The Sky Moves Sideways, it's an album in which you'll REALLY need to sit down and listen to from the start. And it feels pretty long too because a bulk of the album is the title track which is divided in two parts, each are roughly 16-18 minutes long (doesn't this remind anyone of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here?) and there's even an alternate version on the reissue which is 35 minutes long. Like wise with the alternate version of the title track the reissue also contains Stars Die which is considered by Steven Wilson to be the best song he's ever written.  And then there's the in between early day and post In Absentia phase, the Stupid Dream/Lightbulb Sun era. Stupid Dream has one of their most enduring tracks Even Less and also contains another fan favorite, Pure Narcotic. Lightbulb Sun is the more accessible one of the two in my opinion, with songs like Shesmovedon, the title track, Hatesong, Russia on Ice, and Four Chords That Made A Million. And I think I pretty much described every studio album they ever made, but that's because Porcupine Tree is one of those bands you can't help but describe them as detailed as you can possibly get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I think Fear of a Blank Planet is the answer I would give but Deadwing and In Absentia are not bad choices. Fear gives you a little of everything; some pretty heavy stuff with the title track and some more atmospheric stuff like My Ashes. Plus you get a solo by Alex Lifeson on Anesthetize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolphantom190 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 In Absentia. Definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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