Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling before 2009’s The Incident. It was released on 16 April 2007 in the UK and the rest of Europe by Roadrunner, 24 April 2007 in the United States by Atlantic, 25 April 2007 in Japan by WHD, and 1 May 2007 in Canada by WEA. Steven Wilson has mentioned that the album’s title is a direct reference to the 1990 Public Enemy album Fear of a Black Planet; while the former tackled race issues, the latter is about the fear of losing the current generation of youth to various common threats to their mental and social wellbeing, including broken homes, excessive “screen time”, and narcotic overuse (prescribed and otherwise) to the point of mental and spiritual “blankness”. The album was written in Tel Aviv and London between January and July 2006. The promotion of the record included a premiere performance of the songs during the shows in support of the Arriving Somewhere… DVD tour between September and November 2006, and a series of listening parties at New York’s Legacy Studios, and London’s Abbey Road Studios during January 2007. Fear of a Blank Planet was followed later the same year by release of the Nil Recurring extended play. An additional track titled “Always Recurring” was demoed yet did not receive a formal release on any of the four records (the Fear of a Blank Planet LP, the Fear of a Blank Planet single, the Way Out of Here single, and the Nil Recurring EP) released by Porcupine Tree during this era. With the release of Insurgentes, Wilson’s debut solo album, Wilson would further develop some of the ideas on which Fear of a Blank Planet is conceived. The album charted in almost all European countries and entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at #59. The album was highly acclaimed by critics and was awarded “Album of the Year” by Classic Rock magazine in 2007.
Tracklisting
- Fear Of A Blank Planet (7:28)
- My Ashes (5:09)
- Anesthetize (17:52)
- Sentimental (5:26)
- Way Out Of Here (7:38)
- Sleep Together (7:26)
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| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_a_Blank_Planet |
| Format | Vinyl 2× LP Album Reissue (Blue Translucent) |
| Label | Kscope |
| Catalog Number | KSCOPE867 |
| Notes | Published by Hands Off It’s Mine Publishing, adminstered by Universal Music Publishing Group Written in London and Tel Aviv between Jan-July 2006 Recorded between Oct-Dec 2006 Recorded at No Man’s Land, Bourne Place, New Rising, The Artillery, Nightspace, Mark Angelo, Red Room Recorders, DGM. String arrangements recorded at Angel Studio. Issued under license from Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive license to Kscope. ℗ 2007 Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive license to Kscope. © 2016 Porcupine Tree Ltd. under exclusive license to Kscope. Made in Germany 180 gram audiophile translucent blue vinyl gatefold with plain black inner sleeves 2016 Re-release of the 2012 Steven Wilson remastered edition |
| Discogs URL | Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet |