Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape is a compilation album by British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 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...

 (at that time a pseudonym for private solo projects by Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...

 but later a fully fledged band in its own right). It is a compilation of the band's initial three tapes, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm

Tarquin's Seaweed Farm

Tarquin's Seaweed Farm, subtitled "Words from a Hessian Sack", is the first album to be released by Steven Wilson under the name 'Porcupine Tree'. It was originally a compiled cassette of experimental music made by Steven Wilson for his joke band he formed with his friend Malcom Stocks...

, Love, Death & Mussolini

Love, Death & Mussolini

The Love, Death & Mussolini E.P. was a cassette released by Steven Wilson under the pseudonym of 'Porcupine Tree'. It compiles a total of nine tracks of which seven were shortly after released in The Nostalgia Factory...

and The Nostalgia Factory

The Nostalgia Factory

The Nostalgia Factory, subtitled "...and other tips for amateur golfers", is the second album to be released by Steven Wilson under the name 'Porcupine Tree'. It was the second full-length cassette produced for his 'joke' project with friend Malcom Stocks...

. It comprises the rest of the music from the tapes that was not included in the band's first studio album On the Sunday of Life...

On the Sunday of Life

On the Sunday of Life is the debut album of English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in July, 1991. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson produced and recorded for two cassette-only releases, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm and The Nostalgia Factory...

.

The album was first released in 1994 as a limited run of 2500 copies in CD. (Counterfeits of this CD are in circulation, so buyers are warned to take extra care before paying high prices.)

In 2000, Gates of Dawn re-released the album as a double LP edition pressed on yellow vinyl, limited to 1000 copies, and on black vinyl up to 150 copies. 300 extra copies were pressed on green vinyl in 2005.

Note that the vinyl version omits Steven's cover of Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

's song "The Cross", replacing it with the song "Out", from the Love, Death & Mussolini cassette.

CD track listing (1994)

1. "Mute" – 8:05
2. "Landscare" – 2:58
3. "Prayer" – 1:38
4. "Daughters in Excess" – 6:34
5. "Delightful Suicide" – 1:04
6. "Split Image" – 1:53
7. "No Reason to Live, No Reason to Die" – 11:07
8. "Wastecoat" – 1:11
9. "Towel" – 3:37
10. "Execution of the Will of the Marquis de Sade" – 5:07
11. "Track 11" - 3:00
12. "Radioactive Toy" - 5:57
13. "An Empty Box" - 3:12
14. "The Cross/Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape" - 20:44
15. "Music for the Head" - 1:23

Double vinyl track listing (2000/2005)

SIDE A

1. "Mute" – 8:05
2. "Landscare" – 2:58
3. "Prayer" – 1:38
4. "Daughters in Excess" – 6:34
5. "Delightful Suicide" – 1:04

SIDE B

1. "Split Image" – 1:53
2. "No Reason to Live, No Reason to Die" – 11:07
3. "Wastecoat" – 1:11
4. "Towel" – 3:37

SIDE C

1. "Execution of the Will of the Marquis de Sade" – 5:07
2. "Track 11" - 3:00
3. "Radioactive Toy" - 5:57
4. "An Empty Box" - 3:12

SIDE D

1. "Out" - 8:57
2. "Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape" - 10:48
3. "Music for the Head" - 1:23