Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (Full Album REACTION) 

This video is an older patreon video, just tried uploading to yt and it went through without getting blocked:) So here you go. This video was made on a whim late at night, and I am forever glad I decided to give this a listen. It has become a repeat listen many times over for me. I am listening as I type this heheh:) Thanks for creating masterpieces like this Mr. Wilson (and co.) Thanks for watching, see you soon.

More Porcupine Tree tracks you need to hear: Trains Dark Matter Blackest Eyes Sound Of Muzak Lazarus The Start Of Something Beautiful The Sleep Of No Dreaming Russia On Ice Don’t Hate Me Cheers man! Awesome reactions 👍🏻 keep it up

First track and I'm sold! That guitar was amazing! If not for your reaction I'd never find such extraordinary artists! I shall carry on! And Tommy will be phenomenal!! I've never felt so many emotions. Means it did its job!

Their drummer Gavin Harrison is amazing. He is now with a group that have been around for a long as Porcupine Tree called "The Pineapple Thief" Their albums are really good but since Gavin joined them [ on 4 studio albums so far + 1 live album & dvd ] he has transformed them into something spectacular. He has also become one of the writers. This group is as close now to Porcupine Tree as any group could get yet with their own personal stamp retaining their own recognizable sound. They have without a doubt filled the gap Porcupine Tree left behind. - Never saw this reaction first time around. I really enjoyed this. Thankyou.

Daniel...I'm 63 and never heard of this band until last week...my 32 year old son never heard of them either....how is this possible? I'd describe as Pink Floyd/ Tool/ Megadeth....bought 3 CDs today including this one.

There's also a 4-track EP called Nil Recurring which continues the 'story' as the songs on it were recorded during the same sessions - well worth a listen.

My wife loves the "stabby" violins at the end. Murder suicide? Typical SW. Would love to see a Wilson solo album reaction.

PT is a top 5 GOAT band for me and I am almost 60...and grew up with RUSH, YES, BOSTON, ZEP....! Great choice (But IMHO "In Absentia" and "DeadWing" are both better!) It's ALL good! Lets rock this!!!!

All their albums are superb, fantastic band , Steven Wilson solo albums also brilliant, he is basically a genius

Got to see them live in Baltimore Inner Harbor. It was the tour for "The Incident" release. They came back out and did most of this album for encore. It was Unbelievable!

Love this album. Quick note, the whole album is inspired by a novel written by Bret Easton Ellis called Lunar Park, seen from the point of view of the child in the novel (Bret's son) instead of himself (note the novel is kind of autobiographic mixed with fantasy and supernatural). Specifically the song My Ashes is very reminiscent of the last chapter of the book. Highly recommended to anyone who likes this album.

Thanks for this reaction 😘 PT is my fav. band and this is my fav. album by them ❤️. Steven Wilson’s solo work is amazing too. Can recommend the album: “Hand.Cannot.Erase.” I think you would love it. Greetings from Denmark 😊

I adore your reactions, as they let me rediscover my favorite music and listen to it again in a good company. Thanks a lot! As for Porcupine Tree, i highly recommend Signify as one of their most interesting records IMO

Loved your reaction. Keep listening to this, it gets better the more you know it. This is probably one of my 3 top songs of all time, has it all. Masterpiece.

The album is a grower and you grasped the concept really well. To me it's thier masterpiece, never gets old just beautiful.

Have not listened to any Porcupine Tree, so I'll settle in for a listen.

Hey Daniel, your growling on the full album reaction is ridiculously insane, gives me jump scares too. Don’t get me wrong, lovin your reaction. I love this album soooooo much ! ❤️❤️❤️

One part Pink Floyd, one part Radiohead, just a sprinkle of Oasis, and there you go.

just wanted to point out that the live Tilburg versions of this are noticeably better... and yep, a GOAT band. Very early work (The Sky Moves Sideways) like PF Meddle but a bit slower, plus is all new material. Worth a listen. As is The Pinapple Thieif if you want modern works at this level. Recommend TPT's All the Wars (don't know if Gavin Harrison on that tho).

All these tracks are even better live

I agree Daniel. These tracks from Fear of a Blank Planet is very very dark. This album being dark to me, makes a great listening experience. Damn. Straight. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I can’t thank you enough for introducing US to Porcupine Tree! They’re out of this world!

Im so glad you did this! PT is in a 3 way tie with Dream Theater and Rush for my favorite band.

I'm sure someone below probably mentioned this, but just in case: the guitar solo at the 4:00 mark of Anesthetize is Alex Lifeson of Rush. ALL of the guys in Rush thought / think that Porcupine was/is the shit. The story is that Alex Lifeson was so taken by the band, that he called up Steven Wilson at the time this album was being recorded and ASKED Steven Wilson if he could do a guitar solo for one of his songs, and so he did the guitar solo on Anesthetize. Also, Gavin Harrison (the drummer for PTree, and now playing with both The Pineapple Thief AND King Crimson) was good friends with Neil Peart. And they both had a healthy respect for each other, in addition to being friends.

I have to admit this album has a special place in my collection Fear of a Blank Planet, My Ashes, Anesthetize, and Sentimental is a powerful lineup.

I wish more people would do full album reactions. All the best music is elevated to an even higher level with the added context. I feel you would also really be into a band named The Dear Hunter. They have a more upbeat tone generally, but have a lot of similarities to Steven Wilsons music in the best possible way. It was from a TDH community that I was pointed in the direction of PT. They have a 5 album concept series that go by the Titles Act I - V. It is a must listen if you are into this kind of more detailed music. Even if you don't get enough recommendations to react to it, you shouldn't deprive yourself of it.

Daniel, have you done any Pineapple Thief? Their song White Mist is a good start.

This is one of the best album reviews I have seen of this PT album or of any album on YT. Great job. I am a huge Rush fan but PT reminds me so much of them and is one of my favorites. Of course Alex did the solo for Anestthize. But PT seems to be heavily influenced by Rush and especially Pink Floyd. mix those two together and maybe parts of a few other bands and you get PT. Great band. My favorite 90's prog band (I know they came out in 1987 but I heard them in the 90's. Same time as Dream Theater and Spock's Beard. I like them also but PT was always the most interesting and most musical.

Daniel, you should check out the Steven Wilson Album ‘Hand Cannot Erase’ . Possibly the pinnacle of Steven Wilson’s genius although tbf the peaks of achievement of this man are so numerous and so high that it’s difficult to tell.

Look for Porcupine Tree's EP "Nil Recurring", it is a companion piece to this album

First reaction: "sounds like me". Yeah, that was me the whole song when I was 12, in 2007. When it came out and i went to my first PT concert I could really relate, even when my english as a dutch kid was not very good. Even more when I started to understand the lyrics. And then I understood it as culture critisism about what modern youth have to go through, leading to medical diagnoses, medication, existensial crisises, suicide and yeahhhhh stufffff

58:30 Just a time stamp for me and my favorite song in the album.

'My Ashes' makes me cry.. It reminds me of Comfortably Numb. Same feel.

the whole album talks about the teenage world.. and its absolutely brilliant. one of my favourites

A great listen. Thanks!

A blast from the past!

Fun fact: Porcupine Tree WAS Steven Wilson, He was playing around in his basement on homemade studio equipment, and put out a few singles in the UK that started getting popular. He and Richard Barbieri (the masterful keyboardist) did a couple of EPs and next thing you know, people wanted to see them live, so they had to get a band together, and PT was born. The name Porcupine Tree was meant as a joke because there was no band. He even made up names for the non-existent members. I found them in 1998 on an MP3 site (look it up) that gave you three "albums" when you signed up, and Up the Downstairs by PT was one I chose, and I couldn't have been happier! I've been a huge Steven Wilson fan ever since and have all his albums (PT and solo, Blackfield) ans 3 concert Blurays. The man is brilliant. Thanks for doing this and spreading the word about PT. Definitely a band that deserved MUCH more recognition than they ever got.

14:48 - Song "Stinkfist" by Tool is basically about the same thing: Boredom's not a burden Anyone should bear Constant over stimulation numbs me

The first track makes me visualise the kids dancing from The Breakfast Club! 😂

LOVE PT!!!!!!

Best album ever created.

*Fear of a Blank Planet* and *In Absentia* are my favourite albums of Porcupine Tree.

If you were just doing one song I wouldn't be here lol.Blackest Eyes is probably my favorite P.T. song period, and this my favorite album from them, and yeah this is pretty dark, which I really like.🤘

Opening riff of “ Sleep Together” is wicked! Then the vocal distortion is heavy, sic & wicked. This is what I hear. The boy is miserable and hates his life. A girl he knows is unhappy and wants to quit and leave this Earth. The unhappy girl liked him for quite some time and she likes the attention he’s giving her. He might have told this girl she’s pretty and they may have kissed once. The girl develops strong feelings for the boy. She wants to get physical with this boy. He tells her in secret “I’m miserable”. You’re miserable. Let’s sleep together and die in my bed. She falls deeply in love with him and doesn’t care anymore about her life. “Sleep Together “ is so haunting vocally and musically. VeryDark! Sounds like a murder, suicide.

Small point, but in Sentimental, the line should be: "Never want to be old And I don't want dependents" not 'dependence', ie children. Changes the meaning somewhat (but is probably simpler)

New listen for me. Nice.

Absolutely applaud you for doing an entire porcupine tree album!!!! I don’t think anyone else anywhere has ever done that. TBH I believe that deadwing is a much better album followed by in absentia and then this one would be third. Maybe you could do those other two at some point 🙏🏽

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So true this album is musically awesome! Very very true, Daniel Part TOOL. Part PINK FLOYD. ❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶

I'm a lucky guy. Got to see them on this tour and the next. I can't remember what tour it was..but it was basically all outtakes of the blank planet sessions. Then the Incident tour. Gavin Harrison is, or was their drummer. Gavin now plays with a band called The Pineapple Thief. You really need to listen to that band..

Listen to the first guitar solo in Anesthetize! Alex Lifeson!!!

Nice review sir. If you watch the Live In Tilburg dvd all this album is performed and its better than the studio version especially Anesthetise. A full album review of In Absentia or Deadwing is required😎👍👍👍👍

you should review the live version of: Anesthetize, Way Out of here & sleep together. the live version is better than the album.

Also... compare the end of Sleep Together to the end of I Am The Walrus...

#my request I know you like L Cohen. But most of his stuff is a little dark, try the song that every bar in Canada played to tell to get out Closing Time ( not to be confused with the mega hit by semisonic)

If you would like to react to more rock/metal based songs, please react to Aesthetic Perfection with their songs: Gods and Gold (with Richard Z Kruspe from Rammstein on guitars) Party Monster (with Jinxx of Black Veil Brides) S E X/Gravity (with Sebastian Svalland of PAIN and Lindemann) Or X-RL7: The Show (featuring Blue Stahli) Digital Deities (featuring Aesthetic Perfection) The Conjuring (featuring Mikey Alterred)

SWANS

The title threw me off. Public Enemy an 80s rap group had an album with the same title

It would have been so much more epic if you had reacted to it on first ever listen...

LOVE PT!!!!!!!!