Recordings is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by British

United Kingdom

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 progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

, first released in May 2001. It is a collection of b-sides from the albums Stupid Dream

Stupid Dream

Stupid Dream is the fifth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in March 1999. It became the band's best selling album up to the time of its release....

and Lightbulb Sun

Lightbulb Sun

-2008 Reissues:A reissue of Lightbulb Sun was released on April 21, 2008 through Kscope as 2 disc set; or a 3 disc set for the first 5,000 pre-ordered copies. Disc one is a CD containing a remastered version of the original album album, while disc two is a DVD-A containing the album remixed into...

along with one new song, "Access Denied". Recordings was originally a limited pressing release, limited to only 20,000 copies worldwide. This edition sold out shortly after its release and, for a time, copies were very scarce. The album was eventually not remastered but reissued on CD on September, 2010, and as double vinyl (2000 copies only) on January, 2011.

Track listing

All songs were written by Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

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, except where noted.

1. "Buying New Soul" (Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri
   Richard Barbieri
   Richard Barbieri, is an English synthesiser player, keyboardist and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London...
   
   , Colin Edwin
   Colin Edwin
   Colin Edwin is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays both fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as double bass and guimbri. He joined the band in December 1993...
   
   , Chris Maitland
   Chris Maitland
   Chris Maitland is an English drummer.After being the drummer for No-Man on their Autumn 1993 tour , Maitland was asked by the band's Steven Wilson to join his other main project, the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
   
   ) – 10:24
2. "Access Denied" – 3:35
3. "Cure for Optimism" – 6:11
4. "Untitled" (Wilson, Barbieri, Edwin, Maitland) – 8:53
5. "Disappear" – 3:37
6. "Ambulance Chasing" (Wilson, Barbieri, Edwin, Maitland) – 6:32
7. "In Formaldehyde" – 5:19
8. "Even Less (Full Version)" – 14:08
9. "Oceans Have No Memory" – 3:06

Song details

• "Buying New Soul" was originally released on the second disc of the special-edition of Lightbulb Sun, in an abridged (6:09) version, and on the vinyl re-issue of the album in the (10:24) version.
• "Access Denied" was previously unreleased. Demoed during Lightbulb Sun
  Lightbulb Sun
  -2008 Reissues:A reissue of Lightbulb Sun was released on April 21, 2008 through Kscope as 2 disc set; or a 3 disc set for the first 5,000 pre-ordered copies. Disc one is a CD containing a remastered version of the original album album, while disc two is a DVD-A containing the album remixed into...
  
   writing sessions.
• "Cure for Optimism" and "Untitled" were originally released on the "Shesmovedon
  Shesmovedon
  "Shesmovedon" is a single by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in July 2000, from the Lightbulb Sun album. It came in three forms: a regular CD, a limited-version CD and a 7" vinyl...
  
  " CD single.
• "Disappear" was originally released on the "Four Chords That Made a Million
  Four Chords That Made a Million
  "Four Chords That Made a Million" is a single by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in April 2000, a month before the release of the album Lightbulb Sun, in order to promote it...
  
  " CD single.
• "Ambulance Chasing" was originally released on the "Piano Lessons
  Piano Lessons (single)
  "Piano Lessons" is a single by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, from their album Stupid Dream, released in April 1999. It came in two formats: a regular CD and a 7" vinyl...
  
  " CD single.
• "In Formaldehyde" is a previously unreleased "clean ending" version. A version ending with a fade-out was originally released on the "Four Chords That Made a Million" CD single.
• "Even Less (Full Version)" is a previously unreleased full version. Part one was released on the Stupid Dream album; part two was released on the "Stranger by the Minute
  Stranger by the Minute
  "Stranger by the Minute" is a single by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in October 1999, from the Stupid Dream album. It came in two formats: a regular CD and a 7" vinyl which features "Hallogallo", a Neu! cover...
  
  " CD single.
• "Oceans Have No Memory" is a previously unreleased band version. The demo version was released on the "Piano Lessons" 7" single.