Rockpalast (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Rockpalast
Type = Live album
Artist = Porcupine Tree

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Released = July, 2006
Recorded = November, 2005
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 94:40
Label = Transmission
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Last album = "Warszawa" (2004)
This album = "Rockpalast" (2006)
Next album = "We Lost The Skyline" (2008)

"Rockpalast" is a live album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, named after the eponymous music festival it was recorded at on November 19, 2005 (see 2005 in music) at the Live Music Hall in Köln, Germany. It was also filmed for a Rockpalast TV special, but not all songs made the broadcast. It is only available to download on the band's official website, and cannot be purchased in stores. The performance relies almost entirely on "Deadwing" and "In Absentia" material, with only one older song making the set list. The performances of "Futile" and "Radioactive Toy" were later included as bonus material on the "Arriving Somewhere..." DVD.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Intro" – 1:00
#"Open Car" (Wilson) – 4:45 (from "Deadwing")
#"Blackest Eyes" (Wilson) – 5:37 (from "In Absentia")
#"Lazarus" (Wilson) – 4:17 (from "Deadwing")
#"Futile" (Wilson/Harrison) – 6:29 (B-Side from "In Absentia")
#"Mellotron Scratch" (Wilson) – 7:23 (from "Deadwing")
#"Mother and Child Divided" (Wilson/Harrison) – 5:23 (B-Side from "Deadwing")
#".3" (Wilson) – 6:22 (from "In Absentia")
#"So Called Friend" (Wilson/Barbieri/Edwin/Harrison) – 5:13 (B-Side from "Deadwing")

Disc two

#"Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" (Wilson) – 12:46 (from "Deadwing")
#"The Sound of Muzak" (Wilson) – 5:11 (from "In Absentia")
#"The Start of Something Beautiful" (Wilson/Harrison) – 7:27 (from "Deadwing")
#"Halo" (Wilson/Barbieri/Edwin/Harrison) – 8:36 (from "Deadwing")
#"Radioactive Toy" (Wilson) – 7:48 (from "On the Sunday of Life")
#"Trains" (Wilson) – 7:18 (from "In Absentia")

Personnel

*Steven Wilson - Mixer, vocals, guitar
*Colin Edwin - Bass guitar
*Richard Barbieri - synthesizers
*Gavin Harrison - drums
*John Wesley - Backing vocals, guitar
*Reiner Kühl - Live sound engineer
*Erik Nacken - Producer
*Peter Sommer - Executive producer
*Lasse Hoile - Cover artist
*Carl Glover - design