We Lost the Skyline

Infobox Album
Name = We Lost the Skyline
Type = Live album
Longtype =
Artist = Porcupine Tree


Released = CD: February 18, 2008 Vinyl: March 18, 2008
Recorded = October 4, 2007
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 33:32
Label = Transmission (CD) Tonefloat (Vinyl)
Producer =
Reviews = *Beware The Creeper rating|4|5 [http://thecreeper.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/we-lost-the-skyline-review/ link]
*Blogcritics (positive) [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/29/212334.php link]
*DPRP (8/10) [http://www.dprp.net/reviews/200810.php#pt link]
*Prog Archives rating|4|5 [http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=164468 link]
*Sputnikmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=25282 link]
Last album = "Nil Recurring" (2007)
This album = "We Lost the Skyline" (2008)
Next album =

We Lost the Skyline (also Transmission 7.1) is a live recording by Porcupine Tree, recorded during an in-store performance at Park Avenue CDs in Orlando, Florida, with 200 fans in attendance. Although it was originally planned that the full band would play, lack of space dictated that only the two guitarists/singers Steven Wilson and John Wesley did. This one-off performance was captured by a remote recording facility and the complete 8 song, 33 minute show is now being released in a mail order only CD, but the band are currently negotiating a low-key release for the CD through a number of independent stores in the USA that have supported Porcupine Tree over the last few years (including Park Avenue CDs itself). However, the CD was released in Poland in small quantity.

The album originally came in a digipack sleeve created by photographer Lasse Hoile and designer Carl Glover. Dutch vinyl specialists Tonefloat also released a quality 180gm vinyl edition of "We Lost the Skyline" in a gatefold sleeve, with a limited and numbered edition of 1,000 copies on marbled vinyl, and a regular edition on black vinyl. The Porcupine Tree store also stocks the vinyl editions.

On January 25, 2008, "Lazarus" was made available to listen through the band's myspace. [cite web | title=Porcupine Tree's MySpace | url=http://www.myspace.com/porcupinetree | accessdate = 2008-01-25]

The track "Normal" was made available, a few weeks prior to the release of the album, exclusively to [http://www.residentsofablankplanet.com Porcupine Tree fan club] members [cite web | title=Residents of a Blank Planet | url=http://www.residentsofablankplanet.com | accessdate = 2008-02-10] .

On February 18th, 2008 "We Lost the Skyline" was released on CD. The vinyl versions were released on March 18th, 2008.

The CD was also made available to order through [http://www.parkavecds.com Park Ave CDs] (the venue where the recording took place). This version of the CD came with an exclusive poster commemorating the in-store event (poster limited to 300). This version was released on February 26th, 2008. [cite web | title=Park Ave CDs | url=http://www.parkavecds.com/mini/index.html | accessdate = 2008-02-18]

Since June 14, 2008, the album was made available for digital download at a very low cost through the band's online store, whether in MP3 or FLAC formats, including printable artwork.

Track listing

CD

# "The Sky Moves Sideways" - 4:02
# "Even Less" - 3:27
# "Stars Die" - 4:33
# "Waiting" - 3:52
# "Normal" - 4:52
# "Drown with Me" - 4:09
# "Lazarus" - 4:29
# "Trains" - 4:04

Vinyl Edition

ide One

# "The Sky Moves Sideways" - 4:02
# "Even Less" - 3:27
# "Stars Die" - 4:33
# "Waiting" - 3:52

ide Two

# "Normal" - 4:52
# "Drown with Me" - 4:09
# "Lazarus" - 4:29
# "Trains" - 4:04

Personnel

*Steven Wilson - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
*John Wesley (tracks 4-8) - electric guitar, backing vocals
*Darren Schneider - engineer
*Joe Jachino, Shane Fitzgerald, Tyler Tapp, Michael Escobar, Stephen Spencer - assistant engineers
*Matt Gorney - producer

References