The Nostalgia Factory: ...And Other Tips for Amateur Golfers

by Porcupine Tree

The Nostalgia Factory: ...And Other Tips for Amateur Golfers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Delerium
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:09:22
  • Community rating: 2.69/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: The Expanding Flan, Solomon St. Jemain, JC Camillioni

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally distributed as an underground cassette, 'The Nostalgia Factory: ...And Other Tips for Amateur Golfers' chronicles Steven Wilson's early, highly experimental psychedelic explorations. The collection features surreal lyrical narratives and expansive, space-rock instrumentation, laying the conceptual groundwork for his later progressive rock achievements.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, atmospheric, satirical, space, nostalgia

Tracklist

  1. Hymn (1:22)
  2. Footprints (5:56)
  3. Linton Samuel Dawson (3:04)
  4. And The Swallows Dance Above The Sun (4:12)
  5. Queen Quotes Crowley (4:40)
  6. No Luck With Rabbits (0:47)
  7. Begonia Seduction Scene (2:34)
  8. Colours Dance Angels Kiss (3:00)
  9. Prayer (1:50)
  10. The Nostalgia Factory (8:15)
  11. This Long Silence (6:51)
  12. Sinatra Rape Scene (0:39)
  13. Hokey Cokey (5:05)
  14. Landscare (3:16)
  15. Delightful Suicide (1:12)
  16. Nine Cats (3:51)
  17. Split Image (1:58)
  18. It Will Rain For A Million Years (10:50)

Credits

  • Porcupine Tree - primary artist, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, tambura, flute, vocals [singing], keyboards, tape, programmed by, written-by
  • Alistair Campbell - artwork
  • The Expanding Flan - drums
  • Solomon St. Jemain - electric guitar, vocals [vocalising], written-by
  • Alan Duffy - lyrics by [verse butcher], written-by
  • Alix Straighter - voice [laughter]
  • Sir Tarquin Underspoon - written-by

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