Fear of a Blank Planet
Occupation
- Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboard: Steven Wilson
- Synthesizer, Keyboards: Richard Barbieri
- Bass Guitar: Colin Edwin
- Drums: Gavin Harrison
Fear of a Blank Planet ( German for something like this: " Fear of a barren planet ", abbreviated FOABP ) is the ninth studio album by Porcupine Tree. The title is inspired by the album Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy.
The album was nominated at the Grammy Awards 2008 in the category " Best Surround Sound Album ", but the price has lost to "Love " by the Beatles.
Music style
On FOABP the titles merge into each other and have let so immerse the listener into another world. Further, with these, compared with each song larger " pieces " of music also set a reference to the music of the 70s and created a new level of " Porcupine Tree Way ." With " Anesthetize " one can already recognize the style of the follow-up album The Incident. Specifically, this title was later referred to by Wilson himself as a " finger exercise " for the follow-up album.
In general, the album is dominated by melodic tracks that are in the area between rock and metal. It is often the guitar in the foreground, backed by a complex drumming and produced on the synthesizer textures.
Genesis
" [ ... ] You can take the title quite literally. My fear is did the current generation of kids who're being born into this information revolution, growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, this download culture, 'American Idol, ' reality TV, prescription drugs, PlayStations - all of thesis things kind of distract people from what's important about life, Which is to develop a sense of curiosity about what's out there. "
"You can claim the title [Note: the album ] take quite literally. My fear is that the current rising generation of young people who were born into this information revolution, growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, this download culture, American Idol, Reality TV, prescription drugs, PlayStations - all of these things to draw people's attention on what is really important in life, and that is to develop a curiosity for what 's out there. "
The concept of the album is mainly inspired by the novel Lunar Park the writer Bret Easton Ellis. This text on the album are also taken part directly from the novel, such as in "My Ashes". Wilson theme in his lyrics and behavior disorders foreclosure teenager to reality by the excessive consumption of electronic media.
Visual appearance
The design of the artwork comes from Porcupine Tree - long-term collaborator Carl Glover with photo material of the Danish photographer and filmmaker Lasse Hoile. Lasse Hoile took over as the creation of the films shown at live appearances. The cover shows a close-up of the eyes of a boy in blue light, which probably will be the light of a switched-on TV at night.
Title list
Publications and chart success
The album has been published in different editions. In addition to the standard CD edition " Fear of a Blank Planet" was also available as a limited CD / DVD-V Special Edition, including 5.1 surround mix of the album and 40 -page booklet, as well as 2LP edition with an alternative track listing ( together the album tracks with the tracks of the later published as a CD " Nil Recurring " EP) released. The 2LP edition was also released as a limited edition with additional artwork. "Fear of a Blank Planet " was released as a Grammy-nominated, audiophile DVD-A version, which includes the high resolution 5.1 surround mix of the album and the " Nil Recurring " EP, as well as additional video material.
No singles were released.
Guest musicians
On the album, other known musician was driven mainly by progressive rock scene with:
- Alex Lifeson of Rush playing a guitar solo on " Anesthetize "
- Robert Fripp of King Crimson acts on " Way Out of Here " with
- John Wesley generally acts with the background vocals