The Geese And The Ghost, which includes contributions from Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. It sounds a bit like Trespass with an extra spice of English traditional folk music.
My favourite is Slow Dance, which combines elements of classical music and electronic keyboards.
I have all regular studio albums from Porcupine Tree, Blackfeld and Steven Wilson. But that is only a small range, of what he has released, because - as someone on the old forum put it - he is the master of music and the master of the special edition.
I got to know PT in the year 2000, when there was a big hype around the band on the old German Marillion forum. I saw PT live in Dresden early in 2001 at the Star Club with only around 30 people in the audience. In May of the same year, I saw the band again as a support act for Marillion in Cologne. Steven Wilson returned to Dresden during the Raven - Tour. This time he played a bigger venue, which was sold out. He will return here in July and do an open air gig.
The early albums of Porcupine Tree are pretty much Pink Floyd influenced, with some ambient influences as well (Voyage 34). For me the band really kicked off with Signify and the live album Coma Divine from that tour. Signify, Stupid Dream and Lightbulb Sun are my favourites. On these albums PT had grown together as a band and here they developed their wonderful and unique style, for which I learned to love them. The albums that followed are in a heavier vein, but still are great. A special mention goes to Deadwing, which includes the incredible "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" and other gems. The CD-set "Octane Twisted" includes a dvd of a live rendition of the complete "Incident" - suite.
Steven Wilson`s solo work is varying quite a bit. Some of his solo albums are very much in the vein of PT, especially The Raven, That Refused To Sing and Hand. Cannot. Erase (both absolutely awesome albums). Grace For Drowning and Insurgentes also include some jazzy, experimental elements, which might not be liked by everyone. The most remarkable track in that respect is Raider II. There is a fantastic live dvd from the Grace For Drowning tour, called Get What You Deserve. This is really highly recommendable.
To The Bone is newest album, it belongs to my top five of all SW/PT stuff.
Genesis - Trespass
Made me think of another great user name: mumbo jumbo.
So is flawless and no less.
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Roger Hodgson - In the Eye of the Storm
The Ladder and ABWH are quite what you would expect. Talk also. Union is quite a mixed bag of Yes West and Yes East. Magnification is different. It is hard to recommend something, because tastes may vary...
REO Speedwagon - High Infidelity
Naminanu
Dodo/Lurker
Submarine
i have burned me a personal „EP“ of this suite.
I had done a ranking of all Yes albums on the old forum a couple of months ago. Unfortunately, I have lost the original file and so I did it again. I cannot say, if my new list differs from the one on conforums, but this is my personal ranking of today:
01. Close To The Edge
02. The Yes Album
03. Fragile
04. 90125
05. Tales From Topographic Oceans
06. Going For The One
07. Union
08. Relayer
09. The Ladder
10. ABWH (not technically a Yes album, but in my personal perception)
11. Talk
12. Big Generator
13. Drama
14. Magnification
15. Keystudio
16. Tormato
17. Fly From Here
18. Open Your Eyes
19. Time And A Word
20. Heaven And Earth
21. Yes
Backdrifter, if you ask for recommendation for anything beyond Big Generator, I would go for Magnification, because it is so special. A complete orchestra replacing Rick Wakeman. Quite interesting with some great tracks on there. The Fly From Here Album is great, too. Talk would be the most obvious choice for me, if you like Trevor Rabin.
REO Speedwagon - Good Trouble
I just wanted to say that "Governor Conway" is now my official favorite user name from this forum.
It took me a moment until I knew, where the name came from. I sort of agree with you.
Climie Fisher - Love changes everything
I listened to Red Seven a while ago and moved over to Once Around The World by It Bites. Both bands have something in common I think, not because they sound similar, but because - while they are both typically 80s bands - have something very special about them, which makes it impossible to put them into a particular musical drawer. Very interesting bands, that produced timeless music.
Maybe I`ll do something heretic next and put some Climie Fisher on....
Arena - The unquiet Sky
Yes, I have read that.
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Arena's new album - Double Vision - 2018
After a first listen, I must confess, that I find the album extraordinarily enjoyable, especially the longtrack The Legend Of Elijah Shade.
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Arena's new album - Double Vision - 2018
I love Arena's earlier works, but this album is not jiving with me. I'm not a big fan of the guitars here, very heavy metal IMO..
The only delight on this album is hearing the masterful Clive Nolan on Keyboards.... Other then that, not an album I could recommend. But that's just my taste!...
I also like Paul Manzi on Vocals, but feel his voice is lost somewhat here..
I saw Arena with Paul Manzi live a couple of years ago. I really enjoyed his performance. But Paul Wrightson will always be my number one.
I have mixed feelings about his currant live activities because he seems to be in such a poor healthy state. I saw a clip of a song of one of his shows from last year, which I found embarrassing. He didn`t look good and his voice was bad, too. I guess, that touring is some sort of therapy for him, what I appreciate, but I prefer remembering him the way he was 25 years ago.
I came across their self-titled first album again the other day. It was produced by Mike Rutherford, who also features on some tracks. Gene Stashuck on the other hand did some vocal parts on A Call To Arms. I always loved their music and I think it is quite sad, that they disappeared from the musical scene after their second album.
