▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Steven Wilson ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Transience █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-01-03 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Kscope ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Compilation ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Steven Wilson is not the type of artist you would █ █ ever expect would release a greatest hits cd. His █ █ music, of course, is one of a complete artistic █ █ concept and removing songs from an album would █ █ also remove all context for the music. However, █ █ being the outside the box thinker that he is, he █ █ has found an interesting way to release a ôhitsö █ █ package. While it is not being labeled as one, █ █ the special compilation, æTransienceÆ, personally █ █ curated by Steven, comes out Sept 25th on vinyl █ █ only. It is to coincide with the second leg of █ █ the æHand. Cannot. Erase.Æ tour and serve as an █ █ introduction to his prolific solo output. █ █ The collection contains 13 tracks and totals over █ █ 1 hour of music. It contains some of the more █ █ commercially accessible tracks from his 4 solo █ █ albums. It kicks off with an extended version of █ █ the title track ôTransienceö from the recent █ █ æHand. Cannot. EraseÆ. ôHarmony Korineö from █ █ æInsurgentesÆ then kicks the album into gear. As █ █ one would expect, some of the shorter tracks are █ █ featured here, such as the sublime ôPostcardö and █ █ the proggy ôThe Pin Dropö. There are also edits █ █ of some longer tracks such as ôDeform to Form a █ █ Star, which features Jordan Rudess. Also included █ █ are ôHand,. Cannot. Eraseö and ôHappy Returnsö █ █ from from the æHand. Cannot.Erase.Æ album from █ █ earlier this year. █ █ Some interesting choices included are the cover of █ █ Alanis MorrissetteÆs hit ôThank Youö from WilsonÆs █ █ covers albums and the new recording of the █ █ Porcupine Tree classic ôLazarus,ö which Steven has █ █ been performing on tour recently with his stellar █ █ live band. █ █ While some might point to the more signature epic █ █ tracks like ôRavenàö, ôThe Watchmakerö and ôRaider █ █ IIö missing, it does not diminish what is a very █ █ well put together set that certainly works as an █ █ introduction to any who have been living under a █ █ rock over the last decade. It also is a brilliant █ █ collectorÆs item for the avid fan. █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Transience (Single Version) 3:13 ░ ░ 2. Harmony Korine 5:10 ░ ░ 3. Postcard 4:29 ░ ░ 4. Significant Other 4:31 ░ ░ 5. Insurgentes 3:54 ░ ░ 6. The Pin Drop 5:02 ░ ░ 7. Happy Returns (Edit) 5:13 ░ ░ 8. Deform To Form A Star (Edit) 5:55 ░ ░ 9. Happiness III 4:34 ░ ░ 10. Thank You (Alanis Morrissette cover) 4:41 ░ ░ 11. Index 4:47 ░ ░ 12. Hand Cannot Erase 4:15 ░ ░ 13. Lazarus (Porcupine Tree cover) (2015 3:59 ░ ░ Recording) ░ ░ 14. Drive Home 7:40 ░ ░ 67:23 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░