 Deluxe hardback book edition of Porcupine Tree’s iconic 2007 album, Fear Of A Blank Planet.
Format: CD / Cat No: TRANSM253BX / Released: 01/11/2024
Track Listing: CD 1 (2024 remaster):
1. Fear Of A Blank Planet (7:28) / 2. My Ashes (2024 Remaster) (5:09) / 3. Anesthetize (17:52) / 4. Sentimental (5:26) / 5. Way Out Of Here (7:37) / 6. Sleep Together (7:28)
CD 2 (2024 remaster):
1. Nil Recurring (6:15) / 2. Normal (7:08) / 3. Cheating The Polygraph (7:10) / 4. What Happens Now? (8:24) / Bonus Tracks: 5. Fear Of A Blank Planet (Tour Live intro) (2:02)
CD 3 - Demos:
1. Fear Of A Blank Planet (7:01) / 2. My Ashes (5:09) / 3. Anesthetize (16:49) / 4. Sentimental (5:03) / 5. Cheating The Polygraph (7:07) / 6. Sleep Together (7:26) / 7. Always Recurring (3:49) / 8. Hey Sleeper (3:36)
CD 4 - Live at Garage, Saarbrucken, 23 September 2006:
1. Fear Of A Blank Planet (9:05) / 2. My Ashes (5:44) / 3. Anesthetize (17:12) / 4. Sentimental (5:07) / 5. Cheating The Polygraph (6:58) / 6. Sleep Together (8:11)
CD 5:
BBC Session, Maida Vale, 13 April 2007: 1. Blackest Eyes (4:27) / 2. Fear Of A Blank Planet (7:29) / 3. Sleep Together (7:20) / 4. The Pills I`m Taking (5:58) / 5. Halo (5:42)
Live in store performance, Park Avenue, Orlando, 4 October 2007: 6. The Sky Moves Sideways (4:02) / 7. Even Less (3:27) / 8. Stars Die (4:34) / 9. Waiting (3:52) / 10. Normal (4:52) / 11. Drown With Me (4:09) / 12. Lazarus (4:06) / 13. Trains (4:28)
Blu-Ray:
5.1 Mixes: 1. Fear Of A Blank Planet (7:28) / 2. My Ashes (5:09) / 3. Anesthetize (17:52) / 4. Sentimental (5:26) / 5. Way Out Of Here (7:37) / 6. Sleep Together (7:28) / 7. Nil Recurring (6:15) / 8. Normal (7:08) / 9. Cheating The Polygraph (7:10) / 10. What Happens Now? (8:24)
Videos: 11. Fear Of A Blank Planet (Video) (4:19) / 12. Way Out Of Here (Video) (4:17) / 13. Normal (Video) (3:52) / 14. Sleep Together (Live Visual Film) (7:32) / 15. Anesthetize (Live Visual Film) (17:14) / 16. Fear Of A Blank Planet (Video - Live at Palladium, Koln, 4 December 2007) (8:37) / 17. Anesthetize (Video - Live at Palladium, Koln, 4 December 2007) (17:14) / 18. Sleep Together (Video - Live at Palladium, Koln, 4 December 2007) (8:03) / 19. The Making Of Fear Of A Blank Planet (Documentary Film) (48:23)
More information: 2024 edition with a 112-page hardback book, five CDs including remasters of the album and the Nil Recurring mini album, approximately 55 minutes of previously unreleased demos, an early live performance of a still work in progress version of the album, as well as BBC and instore session recordings, this is the most complete collection of the album and related material to date.
Contents:
112-Page Hardback Book: The centrepiece of this collection is a 112-page book, with an in-depth examination of the process of creating the album by Stephen Humphries with interviews, alongside rare photographs from photographers Lasse Hoile & Carl Glover.
CD1: 2024 remaster of Fear Of A Blank Planet.
CD2: 2024 remaster of Nil Recurring EP.
CD3: Approx 55 minutes of previously unreleased demos by both band and Steven Wilson, offering a rare insight into the creative process for the album, including 2 tracks not recorded for the final album.
CD4: A live recording of a work-in-progress version of the album made at The Garage, Saarbrucken on 23rd September 2006, while the band were still refining and developing the material. This has been mixed from the multitrack tapes for the first time for this edition
CD5: A 5 track BBC radio session (Maida Vale Studios, 13th April 2007) plus an 8 song acoustic / unplugged instore performance from Park Avenue, Orlando (4th October 2007).
Blu-Ray: Includes remastered stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes of Fear Of A Blank Planet and Nil Recurring, as well as a 2024 documentary - The Making of Fear Of A Blank Planet. Also features 3 music videos, 3 songs performed live on film at The Palladium, Koln (4th December 2007) and 2 live visual films (‘Sleep Together’ and ‘Anesthetize’).
PT's ninth studio album is considered by both band and fans alike as a high point in the band's catalogue. Their biggest selling album at the time, it was the band’s first album to break into the Billboard Top 100 in the USA as well as charting significantly across Europe, earning them a Grammy nomination in the process. The album includes guest appearances from Robert Fripp and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, and featured in Rolling Stone Magazine’s Greatest Prog Albums Of All Time as well as being named Classic Rock’s Album of the Year in 2007.
A concept album inspired by the Bret Easton Ellis novel Lunar Park, Fear Of A Blank Planet’s lyrics address how the adolescent protagonist battles his terminal boredom and attention-deficit disorders with a regimen of prescription drugs, TV, computer gaming, mindless violence, empty sex, and self-harm.
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