Porcupine Tree
„Anesthetize“
Double CD, DVD. Live 2008.
Psychedelic, Progressive Rock.

Two years after the concert in Tilburg in 2008, “Anesthetize”, a double CD with the concert + video DVD, was finally released. Here the entire album “Fear of a Blank Planet” is presented live, once just the music and once the entire concert visually on DVD.

Musically, the DVD recording is excellent. It's compiled from two concerts in Tilburg. Visually, however, the camera cuts between the musicians quite rapidly at times. There's also relatively little footage of the visual effects and stage show in the background. I would have preferred more wide shots. I think a DVD should give those poor souls who couldn't attend an adequate overview of the show and visually, this one doesn't quite manage that.

CD 1 contains the entire Fear Of A Blank Planet (FOABP). The song “Anesthetize” is not only the heart of the album on FOABP, it shows its muscles even more impressively live. CD 1 is rounded off with “Prodigal” from the album “In Absentia”.

CD 2 contains another 11 songs, including diamonds like “Drown with Me”, “Wedding Nails” and “Strip the Soul”. Again, high musical quality, as always with PT.

As always, the double CD would have been enough for me, but I would have preferred vinyl even more. I gave the DVD to a friend. Musically, everything is top notch. Visually, I would have liked something different. If you are looking for a musical heavyweight, you will find it here.

Colin Edwin – Bass
Richard Barbieri – Synthesizer, Keyboard
Gavin Harrison – Drums
Steven Wilson – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
John Wesley – Backing Vocals

Signify 1996
Coma Divine (Live) 1997
Stupid Dream 1999
Lightbulb Sun 2000
Recordings 2002
In Absentia 2002
Deadwing 2005
Fear Of A Blank Planet 2007
Nil Recurring 2007
Anesthetize – Live In Tilburg 2008
We Lost The Skyline Live 2008
The Incident 2009
Octane Twisted Live 2012
Closure/Continuation Live 2022

The design of this double CD/DVD is appealing and a good example of why CDs are worth collecting. Not to mention the sound quality.

The photos are all from my CD/DVD The rights to all motifs, logos, texts and fonts that can be seen in the photos are of course owned by the copyright holder.

© 21.12.2024