Porcupine Tree- In Absentia [Import] (Vinyl) nada-hidden

Porcupine Tree- In Absentia [Import] (Vinyl) nada-hiddenHaving recently announced that Snapper Music will be representing Porcupine Tree's Transmission label worldwide, new CD and LP reissues of the band's extensive catalogue will roll out throughout 2021. In Absentia was Porcupine Tree's seventh studio album, first released in 2002, and was the first in a run of three albums that for many represent the pinnacle of the band's artistic achievements. Not many albums can claim to have created a new genre, but

with "Heart And Soul"

and the follow-up smash

they were minor hits on alternative rock radio stations thanks to the success of all of the band's singles and the album

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3 You Shook Me

and a bound casebook holding the vinyl along with new imagery not previously seen

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with the album reaching number eight on the UK Rock Chart and number thirty on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart

Eugene Goreshter

Not for the first time - or the last - they would be vindicated

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the third single from this album to do so