Official Porcupine Tree Thread (lyrics, singer, techno, metal, favorite songs)

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Originally Posted by fl0ydpink

In Absentia is their best album. Fear of a Blank Planet is pretty easily accessible but lacks the depth of some of their other albums and is about fairly generic subject matter (Teenagers and their feelings/issues). My top three would go:
1) In Absentia
2) The Incident
3) Deadwing
Don't get me wrong I love fear of a blank planet I just don't think it is "The most important album of the decade" as it has been hailed by some on progarchives.com

I hated The Incident. It really didn't bring anything new to the table and Porcupine pulled out their nice song lengths so they lost some of their accessibility.

Also, FOTBP does not have fairly generic subject matter. The lyrics talk about young adult issues, but there is a lot more depth in them. I think what you said is wrong because one could say that Deathspell Omega, a black metal band that writes lyrics about Satan, is fairly generic in terms of its lyrics. However, they are far from the average black metal band and they go much deeper than the typical Satan worship.

FOTBP doesn't go extremely deep, but it certainly manages to balance accessibility and depth.