A new six-CD edition of Porcupine Tree’s Grammy-nominated 2007 album Fear of an empty planet The album will be released on October 25th via Transmission Records. You can watch a video trailer for the reissue below.
The new deluxe edition includes five CDs and a Blu-ray as well as a 112-page hardcover book and is probably the most complete collection of the album and related material to date, with remasters of Fear of an empty planet and the Zero Recurring Mini-album, about 55 minutes of previously unreleased demos, an early live performance of a work-in-progress version of the album, and recordings from BBC and in-store sessions.
The new book includes an in-depth examination of the album’s creation process by Stephen Humphries, with interviews and rare photographs by photographers Lasse Hoile and Carl Glover.
The set includes new 2024 remasters of the original album and the Zero Recurring EP, approximately 55 minutes of previously unreleased demos from both the band and Steven Wilson, offering a rare insight into the album’s creative process, including two tracks that were not recorded for the final album.
There is also a live recording of a work-in-progress version of the album recorded at The Garage in Saarbrücken on 23 September 2006, when the band were still refining and developing the material, mixed for this edition for the first time from the multi-track tapes, a five-song BBC radio session (Maida Vale Studios, 13 April 2007) and an eight-song acoustic/unplugged in-store performance from Park Avenue, Orlando (4 October 2007).
The set also includes remastered stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes of Fear of an empty planet And Zero Recurringa new documentary from 2024 – The creation of “Fear Of A Blank Planet”plus three music videos, three songs performed live at the Palladium, Cologne (4 December 2007) and two live visual films; Sleeping together And Stun.
Fear of an empty planet was a concept album inspired by the novel by Bret Easton Ellis Moon Parkabout how the teenage protagonist fights his deadly boredom and attention deficit disorder with prescription drugs, television, computer games, senseless violence, senseless sex and self-harm. The album features guest appearances by Robert Fripp of King Crimson and Alex Lifeson of Rush.
The full track list can be found below.
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Porcupine Tree: Fear of an Empty Planet, Deluxe Edition
Disc 1
1. Fear of an Empty Planet (2024 Remaster) (07:28)
2. My Ashes (2024 Remaster) (05:09)
3. Anesthetize (2024 Remaster) (17:52)
4. Sentimental (2024 Remaster) (05:26)
5. Get Out of Here (2024 Remaster) (07:37)
6. Sleeping Together (2024 Remaster) (07:28)
Disc 2
1. Nil Recurring (2024 Remaster) (06:15)
2. Normal (2024 Remaster) (07:08)
3. Cheating the Polygraph (2024 Remaster) (07:10)
4. What happens now? (2024 Remaster) (08:24)
5. Fear Of A Blank Planet (Live Tour Intro) (02:02)
Disc 3
1.Fear of an empty planet (Demo) (07:01)
2. My Ashes (Demo) (05:09)
3. Anesthetizing (Demo) (16:49)
4. Sentimental (Demo) (05:03)
5. Taking the lie detector test (demo) (07:07)
6. Sleeping Together (Demo) (07:26)
7. Always Recurring (Demo) (03:49)
8. Hey Sleeper (Demo) (03:36)
DIsc 4
1. Fear Of A Blank Planet (Live at Garage, Saarbrücken, September 23, 2006) (09:05)
2. My Ashes (Live at Garage, Saarbrücken, 23 September 2006) (05:44)
3. Anesthetize (Live at Garage, Saarbrücken, 23 September 2006) (17:12)
4. Sentimental (Live at Garage, Saarbrücken, 23 September 2006) (05:07)
5. Cheating The Polygraph (Live at Garage, Saarbrücken, September 23, 2006) (06:58)
6. Sleep Together (Live at Garage, Saarbrücken, September 23, 2006) (08:11)
Disc 5
1. Blackest Eyes (BBC session, Maida Vale, April 13, 2007) (04:27)
2. Fear Of A Blank Planet (BBC session, Maida Vale, April 13, 2007) (07:29)
3. Sleep Together (BBC session, Maida Vale, April 13, 2007) (07:20)
4. The Pills I Take (BBC Session, Maida Vale, 13 April 2007) (05:58)
5. Halo (BBC session, Maida Vale, April 13, 2007) (05:42)
6. The Sky Moves Sideways (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (04:02)
7. Even Less (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (03:27)
8. Stars Die (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (04:34)
9. Waiting (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (03:52)
10. Normal (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (04:52)
11. Drown With Me (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (04:09)
12. Lazarus (Live performance at the store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (04:06)
13. Trains (Live performance in store, Park Avenue, Orlando, October 4, 2007) (04:28)
Disc 6
1. Fear of an empty planet (5.1) (07:28)
2. My Ashes (5.1) (05:09)
3. Stun (5.1) (17:52)
4. Sentimental (5.1) (05:26)
5. Way out of here (5.1) (07:37)
6. Sleeping together (5.1) (07:28)
7. Nil Recurring (5.1) (06:15)
8. Normal (5.1) (07:08)
9. Taking the lie detector test (5.1) (07:10)
10. What happens now? (5.1) (08:24)
11. Fear of an empty planet (Video) (04:19)
12. Get Out of Here (Video) (04:17)
13. Normal (Video) (03:52)
14. Sleeping Together (Live Visual Film) (07:32)
15. Anaesthetizing (live visual film) (17:14)
16. Fear Of A Blank Planet (Video – Live at Palladium, Cologne, December 4, 2007) (08:37)
17.Anesthetize (Video – Live at Palladium, Cologne, December 4, 2007) (17:14)
18. Sleep Together (Video – Live at Palladium, Cologne, December 4, 2007) (08:03)
19. The Making of Fear Of A Blank Planet (Documentary) (48:23)
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