The Sky Moves Sideways

by Porcupine Tree

The Sky Moves Sideways cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1995
  • Label: Delerium
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:50:37
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 12 ratings

Artists on this release: Richard Barbieri, Suzanne Barbieri, Chris Maitland, Colin Edwin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A transitional epic for Steven Wilson's project, 'The Sky Moves Sideways' is an incredibly expansive, Pink Floyd-indebted masterwork of progressive space rock. The album features massive, atmospheric, and deeply psychedelic suites filled with hypnotic guitar leads and mysterious ambient synthesizer textures.

Genres

Descriptors: space, atmospheric, progressive, instrumental, melodic, experimental, long-form, spacey

Tracklist

  1. The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1
  2. Dislocated Day
  3. The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
  4. Prepare Yourself
  5. The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 2

Credits

  • Porcupine Tree - primary artist
  • Mike Bennion - art direction
  • Daniel Ray Billington - artwork [montage by]
  • Colin Edwin - bass guitar, written-by [titles by], acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Chris Maitland - drums, percussion, other [hum-wah], written-by [titles by]
  • Steven Wilson - guitar [guitars], keyboards, vocals, producer [produced], recorded by, mixed by, written-by [titles by], electric guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar [spiral guitar], keyboards, tape [tapes], vocals, performer [all sound], acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, tape [tapes]
  • Richard Barbieri - keyboards, electronics
  • Claudine Schafer - photography by
  • Markus Butler - recorded by [additional recording with the assistance of]
  • Rick Edwards - written-by [titles by], percussion
  • Suzanne Barbieri - vocals

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