Average Rating: 3.50 Rating Variance: 0.00 Objectivity Score: 68% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name3.5 greatPorcupine Tree The IncidentThe Incident follows Fear of a Blank Planet, one of Porcupine Tree's most vital, experimental and ultimately brilliant albums yet. Whilst that would always be a hard act to follow, The Incident fails not in that it's significantly worse than its predecessor, but merely in that it's far too similar. The production on the album is cold and sterile, perhaps playing on the theme of incidents being reported on in a similarly detached manner, but Steven Wilson is such a great producer that to deliberately hinder the sound of the album for artistic reasons would be a criminal waste. The music is good, if uninspired, with The Blind House featuring a killer riff in particular. Time Flies has a great psychedelic solo, and there are some wonderful ambient moments scattered throughout. Despite this, it still doesn't feel quite fresh enough for this PT fan. FOABP really did consolidate all of their experiments up to that point in one glorious whole, but The Incident feels far too much like a retread of previous successes to be considered anywhere near as brilliant.
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