XM (album)

Infobox Album
Name = XM
Type = Live album
Longtype =
Artist = Porcupine Tree


Released = 2003
Recorded = November 12, 2002
Genre = Rock
Length = 52:07
Label = Transmission
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "In Absentia"
(2002)
This album = "XM"
(2003)
Next album = "Warszawa"
(2004)

"XM" (also Transmission 1.1 and Transmission 1.2) is a live-in-studio album recorded by British band Porcupine Tree in early 2003 as a live album of mostly "In Absentia" tracks. This was taken from a session at XM Satellite Radio in Washington DC on 12th November, 2002, and was originally released as a limited edition tour album. It was later released online on the Porcupine Tree store.

Track listing

#"Blackest Eyes" - 4:26
#"The Sound of Muzak" - 5:02
#"Gravity Eyelids" - 7:30
#"Wedding Nails" - 5:17
#"Even Less/Slave Called Shiver" - 11:38
#"Heartattack in a Layby" - 4:16
#"Strip the Soul" - 7:06
#"Tinto Brass" - 6:38

Notes

The original radio broadcast included (apart from some spoken words by Steven Wilson) a mini acoustic set with the songs "Pure Narcotic", "The Sound of Muzak" and "Prodigal", but they were excluded from the record.