Fear of a Blank Planet (also Transmission 6.1) is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which was released on April 16, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and on April 24, 2007 in the United States. Steven Wilson has mentioned that the album's title is a direct reference to the 1990's Public Enemy album, Fear of a Black Planet. He explained that race relations were a major issue when it was released and he sees "coming to terms with information technology and...the 21st century" as a modern issue. The album was written in Tel Aviv Read Full BioFear of a Blank Planet (also Transmission 6.1) is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which was released on April 16, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and on April 24, 2007 in the United States. Steven Wilson has mentioned that the album's title is a direct reference to the 1990's Public Enemy album, Fear of a Black Planet. He explained that race relations were a major issue when it was released and he sees "coming to terms with information technology and...the 21st century" as a modern issue.
The album was written in Tel Aviv and London between January and July of 2006. The promotion of the record included a premiere performance of the songs during the shows of the Arriving Somewhere DVD tour between September and November of 2006, though their titles were not revealed at the time, and a series of listening parties at New York's Legacy Studios and London's Abbey Road Studios during January of 2007, where the track titles were finally unveiled. An EP titled Nil Recurring, was released on September 17, 2007 as a continuation to the concept.
Even though it doesn't include any singles, Fear of a Blank Planet charted in almost all European countries and entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at #59. Allmusic, which gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 score, assures that "While there is no "radio single" on the disc most songs transcend their complex structure and feel as provocative as any traditional rock tune". The album was highly acclaimed by the critics and gained the status of "Album Of The Year" in many magazines and websites.
The album was written in Tel Aviv and London between January and July of 2006. The promotion of the record included a premiere performance of the songs during the shows of the Arriving Somewhere DVD tour between September and November of 2006, though their titles were not revealed at the time, and a series of listening parties at New York's Legacy Studios and London's Abbey Road Studios during January of 2007, where the track titles were finally unveiled. An EP titled Nil Recurring, was released on September 17, 2007 as a continuation to the concept.
Even though it doesn't include any singles, Fear of a Blank Planet charted in almost all European countries and entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at #59. Allmusic, which gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 score, assures that "While there is no "radio single" on the disc most songs transcend their complex structure and feel as provocative as any traditional rock tune". The album was highly acclaimed by the critics and gained the status of "Album Of The Year" in many magazines and websites.
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Fear of a Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree Lyrics
Sunlight coming through the haze
No gaps in the blind
To let it inside
The bed is unmade
Some music still plays
TV, yeah it's always on
A flicker on the screen
A movie actress screams
I'm basking in the shit flowing out of it
I'm stoned in the mall again
Terminally bored
Shuffling round the stores
And shoplifting is getting so last year's thing
Xbox is a god to me
A finger on the switch
My mother is a bitch
My father gave up ever trying to talk to me
Don't try engaging me
The vaguest of shrugs
The prescription drugs
You'll never find
a person inside
My face is mogadon
Curiosity
has given up on me
I'm tuning out desires
The pills are on the rise
How can I be sure I'm here?
The pills that I've been taking confuse me
I need to know that someone sees that
There's nothing left, I simply am not here
I'm through with pornography
The acting is lame
The action is tame
Explicitly dull
Arousal annulled
Your mouth should be boarded up
Talking all day
With nothing to say
Your shallow proclamations
All misinformation
My friend says he wants to die
He's in a band
They sound like Pearl Jam
The clothes are all black
The music is crap
In school I don't concentrate
And sex is kinda fun,
but just another one
of all the empty ways
of using up a day
How can I be sure I'm here?
The pills that I've been taking confuse me
I need to know that someone sees that
There's nothing left, I simply am not here
Bipolar disorder
Can't deal with the boredom
Bipolar disorder
Can't deal with the boredom
You don't try to be liked
You don't mind
You feel no sun
You steal a gun
To kill time
You're somewhere, you're nowhere
You don't care
You catch the breeze
You still the leaves
So now where?
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing
Written by: STEVEN JOHN WILSON
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Hunter Swope
Something has to change
Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden
Anyone should bear
Constant over stimulation numbs me
But I would not want it any other way
It's not enough
I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I said
I don't want it
I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive
Snake Boy
How did a 40 year-old man write a song that so succinctly captured my experience being a teenager in the 2000's, while it was happening no less?
WhatWhere
Everyone was once 14.
Nitro524
I like to think he has something in common with us
Jovan
I think that experience never changes no matter the gen. people just get more open and expressive
about that shit
Dennis Urdaneta
cuz he literally wants ppl like you to buy his product lmao
Mateus Theo
eai emília
MrPink
This record is a MASTERPIECE. It fits in the same category as Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. It is absolutely EPIC and should go down in the various music halls of fames as unprecedented. LOVE.
Nitro524
@MrPink I love you Steven Wilson but like, the similarities are there
MrEgofreak
@MrPink The fact that this was said by a man named MrPink makes this comment so much more awesome!
MrPink
@Paul H Indeed it is. Deal with it, Steven.