Steven Wilson v. To. The. Bone.

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the interviews are really well prepared here: "so there are no words? " after playing an instrumental part of Pariah 

[gazinwales]

Yeah SW made both hosts look completely foolish with his answers to their unprepared and often stupid questions.

[gazinwales]

German TV, his promo people are doing a great job of getting him mainstream exposure.
https://youtu.be/0E2ZggYs5z8

[nobloodyname]

That German TV appearance is so incongruous. It's hilarious.

[nobloodyname]

Also: why does Ninet appear to be wearing a rusty screw in her left ear?

[Kwyjibo]

German TV, his promo people are doing a great job of getting him mainstream exposure.
https://youtu.be/0E2ZggYs5z8

And the crowd goes wild 

As good as it is that SW is recognized by the greater public, the viewers of moma (daily German morning magazin) are not necessarily his target audience.

AND THEY CALLED HIS MUSIC CONSTANTLY PROGRESSIVE ROCK!!!!!!!!!! and Steven didn't even flinch.

[ReaperKK]

It's to reinforce his hipster identity of course

I don't know anything about SW personally but he comes off as the most pretentious musician at times which why it really struck me odd the first time I saw him live he was very warm and making lots of jokes.

[King Postwhore]

It's to reinforce his hipster identity of course

I don't know anything about SW personally but he comes off as the most pretentious musician at times which why it really struck me odd the first time I saw him live he was very warm and making lots of jokes.

He actually jokes about being pretentious.

[PixelDream]

The album made no. 4 in the Dutch album charts. Has to be his highest yet here IIRC.

[SwedishGoose]

26th place on the Swedish charts.... I am ashamed of my fellow country men

[RoeDent]

No. 3 in the UK! Incredible showing!

[mike099]

I think the song 'The raven that refused to sing' is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, but I am loving the last song on the latest cd  'song of unborn'.  I like how Steven Wilson does what he wants.  Would love to see him live some day.

[KevShmev]

It is still too early to rank the songs, but Song of Unborn is definitely one of my favorites.  SW almost always does a masterful job when it comes to the last song on a record, and Song of Unborn is no exception; add it to his list of amazing album finishers!

[nobloodyname]

Song of Unborn is wonderful. Pleased to say my opinion has changed on it since earlier in the thread.

What a lovely album it is.

[SwedishGoose]

Me and  a friend bought tickets for the show in Stockholm on the 30th of june. There were not too many tickets left but say 1/5th of the seats were free. We got what we thought were quite ok spots.

A month and a half later (less seats left but still some here nd there) another friend buys a ticket and then tells me:

- Bought a ticket to Steven Wilson
- Oh cool, where are you?
- On the left
- We too.... row 7
- Me too, I'm in 706
- Unbelivable! We are in 704 and 705.

Turned out that the seat he got was the only free one on that row.... what are the odds?

[Dreamer]

Song of Unborn is wonderful. Pleased to say my opinion has changed on it since earlier in the thread.

What a lovely album it is.

I agree, Song Of Unborn is really moving. The album is more immediate sounding, and less good as the last 3 for me but still very enjoyable, I love it. Congrats to SW for reaching No.3 and No.2 in the UK and German album charts. 

[SwedishGoose]

26th place on the Swedish charts.... I am ashamed of my fellow country men

2nd place on the physical sales
1st place on vinyl

Maybe we swedes are not as hopeless as the album chart seems to say....

[Zydar]

I'm really enjoying 'People Who Eat Darkness' at the moment.

[BlackInk]

'Refuge' is definetely my favorite. I also really like 'People Who Eat Darkness' and 'Detonation'.

[KevShmev]

I like almost every song a ton. Song of I and Nowhere Now are probably the only two songs I would call merely "good," but everything else is in the area of very good to great.

[Mladen]

I was struck by Nowhere now almost immediately. It's one of his simplest, most concise songs ever. Also, it's super catchy. Probably my favorite of the bunch.

[KevShmev]

Yep, I agree that it is very catchy.  I do like it; I just like most of the others more.

[King Postwhore]

So far my Favs are:


The Same asylum As Before
Refuge
People Who Eat Darkness

Kev I also agree Wilson is the best at picking his ending tracks.  He's the best at that.

[Zydar]

Top 3 right now:

People Who Eat Darkness
Pariah
Nowhere Now

[BlackInk]

Nowhere Now is probably my least favorite.

[PixelDream]

For me, the most beautiful moment on the album is the choir / acoustic guitar / piano section in Song of Unborn. Complete and utter genius if you ask me, hauntingly beautiful and emotional.

[Mladen]

1. Nowhere now
2. Permanating
3. Song of unborn
4. To the bone

It had to be top 4, sorry. 

[KevShmev]

Looks like, as usual with a SW record, that it is so good that opinions will all over the map as to what the best songs are.

PixelDream, I adore that section, too! It is just gorgeous and does a great job of setting up the final section of the song and album. 

[RoeDent]

What's happened to the album in the US? I'm not entirely sure how the chart works there, what day it's published etc., so is it supposed to be there? Or did it just not get in the 200?

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#1 in Finland!

HCE peaked at #4 and PT never got higher than #11 (with The Incident), so this is his first time at the top of the chart.

[Anguyen92]

What's happened to the album in the US? I'm not entirely sure how the chart works there, what day it's published etc., so is it supposed to be there? Or did it just not get in the 200?

It's an interesting thing regarding the Billboard 200.  Based on pure album sales, To The Bone made it to #16.  To compare, Hardwired is still selling about 7k copies on pure album sales and is at #18.



https://hitsdailydouble.com/building_album_chart

As for how he did with the Billboard 200, with streaming #s, he did not crack the top 50.  If I had to guess where he ended up.  I say around #51-75.

https://hitsdailydouble.com/sales_plus_streaming

[jammindude]

Can anyone verify if the BluRay audio version comes with the free audio downloads the way HCE did?  HCE specified on the cover that it did, TtB didn't.   I wasn't sure whether to risk it.   I would love to own the BR Audio, but I don't often get the chance to actually sit down and listen to that particular version, so knowing that the free download came with it would be a big incentive.

[NunoTenniscourt]

Song of Unborn is just fucking amazing from start to finish. What a great way to wrap an album up.

The whole album is very well rounded, in my opinion.

[gazinwales]

Can anyone verify if the BluRay audio version comes with the free audio downloads the way HCE did?  HCE specified on the cover that it did, TtB didn't.   I wasn't sure whether to risk it.   I would love to own the BR Audio, but I don't often get the chance to actually sit down and listen to that particular version, so knowing that the free download came with it would be a big incentive.

I'll let you know when mine arrives. I think the BR have been delayed.
My HCE and 4 1/2 didn't mentioned anything on the cover of the BR about a code.
But new label, might not come with the FLAC code.

[goo-goo]

The TTB blu ray description on the Burning Shed store says that it doesn't include a download code.