Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
The Sky Moves Sideways was the first PT album in many ways with the two earlier albums really being more of Steve Wilson solo discovery projects. Although both those early albums are excellent it was the Sky Moves Sideways where I started seeing Steve Wilson in different light. No question that Steve was into Pink Floyd as this album is dripping in Floyd'isms but yet there is something very different and real going on here.
PT was finally a full fledged band with Wilson adding Chris Maitland, Richard Barbieri (ex Japan) and the remarkable bass playing skills of Colin Edwin. No question this is progressive and psychedelic trip with some fantastic musical passages and moods. I think originally Wilson wanted this album to be basically one long track but he eventually ended up cutting it into pieces and discarding other bits. If you buy the 2007 Snapper 2 CD remaster you will get a 35 mins version of the Sky Moves Sideways I think pretty much as Wilson originally thought about.
Brilliant album that I keep coming back to and I think still is one of PT's best albums.
PT was finally a full fledged band with Wilson adding Chris Maitland, Richard Barbieri (ex Japan) and the remarkable bass playing skills of Colin Edwin. No question this is progressive and psychedelic trip with some fantastic musical passages and moods. I think originally Wilson wanted this album to be basically one long track but he eventually ended up cutting it into pieces and discarding other bits. If you buy the 2007 Snapper 2 CD remaster you will get a 35 mins version of the Sky Moves Sideways I think pretty much as Wilson originally thought about.
Brilliant album that I keep coming back to and I think still is one of PT's best albums.
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