In Absentia

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In Absentia
Studio album by Porcupine Tree

Publication
(s)

2002

Label (s) Lava Records

WEA Records

Title (number)

12

running time

68:19

occupation

production

Steven Wilson

Studio (s)

Avatar Studio, New York City
Air Lyndhurst, London
No Man's Land, Hemel Hempstead
New Rising, Colchester
Red Room Recorders, Tampa

chronology
Lightbulb Sun
(2000)
In Absentia Deadwing
(2005)

In Absentia is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree . It was released in 2002 on Lava Records and WEA Records .

Creation and publication

Chris Maitland left the band after Lightbulb Sun and was replaced by Gavin Harrison in 2002 . Aviv Geffen (vocals), John Wesley (vocals and guitar) and an orchestra were involved in the recordings of In Absentia in the USA and Great Britain . Tim Palmer mixed the album, Andy VanDette mastered it.

In Absentia was released on Lava Records in the USA and on WEA Records in the rest of the world. In 2003 a European Special Edition with three bonus tracks, a double LP and a DVD-Audio with two surround versions of the album was released.

Title list and style

The pieces were written by Steven Wilson; the sixth in collaboration with Richard Barbieri, the eleventh with Colin Edwin.

  1. Blackest Eyes - 4:24
  2. Trains - 5:57
  3. Lips of Ashes - 4:39
  4. The Sound of Muzak - 4:59
  5. Gravity Eyelids - 7:57
  6. Wedding Nails - 6:33
  7. Prodigal - 5:33
  8. .3 - 5:26
  9. The Creator Has a Mastertape - 5:21
  10. Heartattack in a Lay by - 4:16
  11. Strip the Soul - 7:22
  12. Collapse the Light into Earth - 5:52
Bonus title
  1. Drown with Me - 5:23
  2. Chloroform - 7:16
  3. Strip the Soul (Video Edit) - 3:35

In Absentia is a melodic album that has fewer Britpop influences than its predecessor Lightbulb Sun , but elements of Progressive Metal . In the quieter passages there are still echoes of ambient or the art rock Pink Floyds .

reception

The album was positively received by the press. Uwe Schleifenbaum praises the Musikexpress : “Porcupine Tree are highly melodic without being curious, and artful without appearing to be self-indulgent. In addition, Wilson and his colleagues have mastered the fine art of dynamics and resolution: Odd beats and unconventional melodies are followed by all the more conciliatory harmonies, and opposites are played quite unpretentiously and tension is generated. "Michael Rensen from Rock Hard sums up:" This [...] marvel MUST have everyone who is even partially into bands like Pink Floyd, Radiohead , Manic Street Preachers , Marillion , Dave Matthews Band or Rush ! ”The music magazine eclipsed chose In Absentia on the 14th place of its list of 150 most important prog albums.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Porcupine Tree: In Absentia, accessed on October 28, 2012 ( Memento from September 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Bradley Torreano: In Absentia at Allmusic , accessed on October 28, 2012.
  3. Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Porcupine Tree. In Absentia , Babyblue Seiten , accessed October 28, 2012.
  4. Uwe Schleifenbaum: Porcupine Tree - In Absentia , Musikexpress 02/2003, accessed on October 28, 2012.
  5. Michael Rensen: Porcupine Tree. In Absentia , Rock Hard # 189, accessed October 28, 2012.
  6. eclipsed No. 144, p. 39.