PORCUPINE TREE METANOIA Double 10" LP RARE Mint Ltd ed

	£		79
	$		105

Porcupine Tree

Metanoia

A brilliant album of improvisations from the "Signify" sessions.

This first release of the material came out in a 10" double LP format, this was one of a limited edition of only 1000.

Track listing:

Side One:

1.   Mesmer I ( 8:33)

2.   Mesmer II (6:03)

Side Two:

1.   Mesmer III/ Coma Divine (13:18)

Side Three:

1.   Metanoia I/ Intermediate Jesus (14:32)

Side Four:

1.   Metanoia II (11:03)

2.   Milan (2:25)

Sleeve: Gatefold; two thick plain white paper inners

Label: Chromatic
Catalogue No: CHR 003
Year of release: 1998
Country of Manufacture: Not stated

Condition:
Record: Mint
Sleeve: Mint (including inners)

The pressing is marked as a “Porky Prime Cut”

(George "Porky" Peckham, the British record cutting engineer, is widely recognised as among the most accomplished in the business. He has been responsible for producing the master discs from which countless vinyl records have been pressed over the last 40 years.

His master discs, and the records produced from them, are known as "Porky Prime Cuts".)

Review

"Who needs drugs with music like this?, Amazon review December 19, 2003 by Lord Chimp

“Metanoia_ is essential if you like this kind of thing. This is a proto-_Signify_ recording (from the same sessions), which has Porcupine Tree experimenting in the studio with spacey jams to flesh out their ideas and sonics. It might be different from what most Porcupine Tree fans are used to, especially if they are primarily familiar with their more recent song-based material.

_Metanoia_ may be outtakes, but personally I think these improvs are very successful and compelling. Spacey guitars and synths, Colin Edwin's hypnotic fretless basslines, and Chris Maitland nuance-filled, tricky drumming are merged into a Floydian soup of aural delight. Also remarkable is the band's emphatic mindset towards creating -- it's all improvised, after all. The songs are long and gaseous, only occasionally suggesting forward movement, but intuitively developing tension or dynamics or atmosphere with great expertise. Sometimes if an album like this goes on for 60 minutes, it can be tiresome. However, Porcupine Tree keeps it from dragging or putting you to sleep, simply because the sonic rapture of this set is so absorbing. Some of the most sublime PT moments are found here, minus the final track "Milan" which is just two minutes of people talking about frivolous things (I'm not sure why it's there, and the album would be better without it).

It's very easy to lay back in the dark with headphones and become lost in this expansive, lush document. And Edwin's bass is soooo mesmerizing. Some people would have no interest in this kind of thing, but I think it is a highly valuable part of my PT collection. It works as a chemical-free way to trip out or as cosmic lovemaking music for astronauts."

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