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- Lightbulb Sun
- - 71,024 plays
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  - 6 shares
Porcupine Tree
Released 2000

Lightbulb Sun
05:31
8,857 plays

Shesmovedon
05:13
8,252 plays

Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
04:48
8,019 plays

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- 1
- Lightbulb Sun
- 05:31
- 8,857 plays

- 2
- How Is Your Life Today?
- 02:46
- 7,025 plays

- 3
- Four Chords That Made a Million
- 03:36
- 6,384 plays

- 4
- Shesmovedon
- 05:13
- 8,252 plays

- 5
- Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
- 04:48
- 8,019 plays

- 6
- Rest Will Flow
- 03:24
- 7,659 plays

- 7
- Hatesong
- 08:26
- 7,247 plays

- 8
- Where We Would Be
- 04:12
- 6,056 plays

- 9
- Russia on Ice
- 13:03
- 6,180 plays

- 10
- Feel So Low
- 05:18
- 5,346 plays

album review

Some older fans looked askance at Lightbulb Sun, feeling it was verging on overt commercialism (and admittedly, the near power ballad solo on "Where We Would Be" is a bit odd!). Then again, given Wilson's own explorations of avant-garde pop with No-Man, who's to say why a slightly more radio-friendly stance can't work? "Shesmovedon" may have been a single, but there's no question who wrote and performed it -- the elegant cascade of backing vocals on the chorus shows that much. Certainly Wilson hasn't turned into Max Martin or anything -- it's still very much Porcupine Tree, in its lyrical turns of phrase and general sense of exploration. One of the best tracks on the album is the brilliantly titled "Four Chords That Made a Million," a barbed cut on some unnamed "emperor in new clothes" beset by a "moron with a cheque book." The lead riff is a majestic hit of flange and feedback, while the hints of sitar and Indian percussion give the song even more attractive heft. But there's a definite bent towards calmer art pop throughout Lightbulb Sun -- those who preferred the sheer surge of Stupid Dream will find this album tamer in comparison. Still, it's hard to resist the beautiful, understated tension about a fractured friendship or relationship on "Feel So Low" or the gentle, string-touched roll and build of "The Rest Will Flow," flat out two of Wilson's best tunes anywhere. Those who prefer the lengthy explorations won't be disappointed, though -- "Hatesong" unfolds its sharp message over eight minutes and then the string-swept, slow time explosion of "Russia on Ice" over 13. Slyest title of the bunch -- "Last Chance to Leave the Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled," which samples the videotape made by the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult before its mass suicide in 1997. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

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listener reviews

- - 9.9999/10
  - - By Milez5858
    - 9/22/2008 20:06:19
  - This is some of the best all around song writing I've heard in years. I wish I had been introduced to these guys years ago. The album is the type of sensory ride you'd expect from a Pink Floyd album, yet it's wholly original. It's only the feeling that draws a parallel to Floyd. This is not a clone band.
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