The Love, Death & Mussolini E.P. was a cassette released 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...

 under the pseudonym of '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...

'. It compiles a total of nine tracks of which seven were shortly after released in 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...

. The song "Out" was later included on the vinyl edition of the 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...

 Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape

Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape is a compilation album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree . It is a compilation of the band's initial three tapes, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm, Love, Death & Mussolini and The Nostalgia Factory...

, "It Will Rain for a Million Years" shares its name with a track in 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...

but is a totally different song and is elsewhere unavailable.

Love, Death & Mussolini was limited to only 10 copies so it is nearly impossible to obtain. Many of the lyrics on Love, Death & Mussolini were written by Alan Duffy and given to Steven Wilson as a gift. The inlay of the sleeve contains credits to some musicians of which only JC Camillioni is an existing person, all of the rest are fictitious band members created by Steven Wilson. The back side of the case shows a mocking message explaining why the Love, Death & Mussolini EP is in fact an LP.

Track listing

All tracks written by Steven Wilson except tracks A2, A3, A4, and B4 written by Wilson/Duffy.

Side one - "The Extended Player"

1. "Hymn" (Tree) - 1:22
2. "Footprints" (Tree, Duffy) - 5:56
3. "Linton Samuel Dawson" (Tree, Duffy) - 3:04
4. "And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun" (Tree, Duffy) - 4:12
5. "Queen Quotes Crowley" (St. Jemain) - 4:40

Side two - "The Long Player"

1. "No Luck With Rabbits" (Underspoon) - 0:47
2. "Begonia Seduction Scene" (Jemain, Tree) - 2:34
3. "Out" (Tree, Underspoon) - 8:59
4. "It Will Rain for a Million Years" (Tree, Underspoon) - 4:05

Personnel (fiction)

• PORCUPINE TREE - Vocal, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass.
• SIR TARQUIN UNDERSPOON - Organ, Mellotron, Keyboards.
• EXPANDING FLAN - Drums, Percussion.
• SOLOMAIN ST. JEMAIN - Glissando Guitars and Vocals on "Queen Quotes Crowley".
• JC CAMILLIONI - Programming, Soundscapes.

Recorded at No-Man's Land studios and Periscope Station.
Produced by JC Camillioni and Porcupine Tree for Hidden Art Productions.