Ilosaarirock is a live album

Live album

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 by British

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 progressive rock

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 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...

, released in March, 2009. It was sent out only to members of the Residents of a Blank Planet ticketing club and is not commercially available. It was recorded at the Ilosaarirock Festival

Ilosaarirock

The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the second oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe. In 2007 the event had 21,000 daily visitors...

 in Finland

Finland

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 on 14 July 2007, and is considered by the band to be one of the best concerts from the "Tour of a Blank Planet". It includes the band's complete performance remixed from the multitrack recording made by national Finnish radio. Although it contains a few familiar favorites, most of the concert consists of tracks from Fear of a Blank Planet

Fear of a Blank Planet

Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling . Released by Roadrunner on 16 April 2007 in the UK and Europe, 24 April 2007 in the United States through Atlantic, 25 April 2007 in Japan on WHD and 1 May 2007 in Canada by WEA...

. This is the first time that live versions of the Fear of a Blank Planet songs have been officially released.

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 2:02
2. "Fear of a Blank Planet" (Wilson) – 7:32
3. "Lightbulb Sun" (Wilson) – 6:04
4. "Open Car" (Wilson) – 5:35
5. "Anesthetize" (Wilson) – 17:23
6. "Blackest Eyes" (Wilson) – 5:18
7. "Way Out of Here" (Barbieri, Edwin, Harrison, Wilson) – 7:43
8. "Sleep Together" (Wilson) – 8:52
9. "Trains" (Wilson) – 5:58
10. "Halo" (Barbieri, Edwin, Harrison, Wilson) – 7:17

Line-up

• 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...
  
   - vocals, guitar, piano
• 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...
  
   - keyboards, synthesizer
• 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...
  
   - bass guitar
• Gavin Harrison
  Gavin Harrison
  Gavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2008, he also plays with the band King Crimson....
  
   - drums
• John Wesley
  John Wesley (guitarist)
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   - guitar, backing vocals

Details

• Mixed by Steven Wilson at No Man's Land, UK, August 2007
• PT Crew: Ian Bond, Steve Ellerington, Jason Birnie, Adrian Holmes, Sam Mitcham, and Hans Nagtegaal
• Cover photography by Lasse Hoile
  Lasse Hoile
  Lasse Hoile is an acclaimed artist of mix media, photographer, graphic artist writer, film-maker/director, and cinematographer. Recognized for his unique vintage style intertwined with a modern day twist, Hoile is best known for his close work with Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and...
  
   (Copenhagen
  Copenhagen
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  26th Nov 2007)
• Cover design by Carl Glover for Aleph
• Management: Andy Leff - Acme Music