XM (album)

Live album by Porcupine Tree

Released

2003

Recorded

12 November 2002 at Satellite Radio, Washington DC

Genre

Progressive rock, progressive metal

Length

52:07

Label

Transmission

Porcupine Tree chronology

In Absentia
(2002)

XM
(2003)

Warszawa
(2004)

XM (also Transmission 1.1 and Transmission 1.2) is a live-in-studio album recorded by British band Porcupine Tree in early 2003 as a live album of mostly In Absentia tracks. This was taken from a session at XM Satellite Radio in Washington DC on 12 November 2002, and was originally released as a limited edition tour album. It was later released online on the Porcupine Tree store.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blackest Eyes" (from In Absentia)	Steven Wilson	4:26
2.	"The Sound of Muzak" (from In Absentia)	Wilson	5:02
3.	"Gravity Eyelids" (from In Absentia)	Wilson	7:30
4.	"Wedding Nails" (from In Absentia)	Richard Barbieri, Wilson	5:17
5.	"Even Less/Slave Called Shiver" (from Stupid Dream)	Wilson	11:38
6.	"Heartattack in a Layby" (from In Absentia)	Wilson	4:16
7.	"Strip the Soul" (from In Absentia)	Colin Edwin, Wilson	7:06
8.	"Tinto Brass" (from Stupid Dream)	Barbieri, Edwin, Chris Maitland, Wilson	6:38

Band

Steven Wilson - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Colin Edwin - Bass
Richard Barbieri - Keyboards, Synth
Gavin Harrison - Drums
John Wesley - Guitar, Backing Vocals (except Slave Called Shiver and Tinto Brass)

Credits

XM Recording Engineer – Quinton Roebuck
XM Recording Assistant - Aaron Lee
Mixing - Steven Wilson (at No Man's Land, UK, December 2002)
Crew - Ian Bond, Pete Dempsey, Mick Pryde, Ross Elliot, Michael Piper
Cover photography - Lasse Hoile
Band photography - Francesca Petrangeli
Gavin Harrison photography - Oliver Link
John Wesley photography - Jason Birnie
Cover design - Carl Glover for Aleph

Notes

Features 5 piece touring line up including special guest John Wesley on guitar and backing vocals.
UK Transmission – 1.1 (limited to 1,500, released for the US tour Jul/Aug 2003)
UK Transmission – 1.2 (limited to 1,000, released for the EU tour Nov 2003)^[1]

References

↑ Porcupine Tree Sampler 2008 at Burning Shed. Retrieved on 2009-01-14.

Porcupine Tree

Richard Barbieri Colin Edwin Gavin Harrison Steven Wilson Chris Maitland John Wesley (live guitarist)

Studio albums	On the Sunday of Life Up the Downstair The Sky Moves Sideways Signify Stupid Dream Lightbulb Sun In Absentia Deadwing Fear of a Blank Planet The Incident

Demo tapes	Tarquin's Seaweed Farm Love, Death & Mussolini The Nostalgia Factory

EPs	Moonloop Staircase Infinities Futile Nil Recurring

Live albums	Spiral Circus Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome XM Warszawa XMII Rockpalast Arriving Somewhere... We Lost the Skyline Ilosaarirock Anesthetize Atlanta Octane Twisted

Compilations	Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape Voyage 34: The Complete Trip Insignificance Metanoia Stars Die - Rare and Unreleased Recordings Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991–1997

Singles	"Waiting" "Piano Lessons" "Stranger by the Minute" "Pure Narcotic" "Four Chords That Made a Million" "Shesmovedon" "Shallow" "Lazarus" "Fear of a Blank Planet" "Way Out of Here" "Time Flies"

Video	Arriving Somewhere... Anesthetize

Other songs	"Anesthetize" "Sentimental"

Related articles	Porcupine Tree discography No-Man Bass Communion Blackfield I.E.M. Storm Corrosion Lasse Hoile Opeth

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