The Raven That Refused To Sing

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'This album shows Wilson to be one of modern rock's most cunning & soulful protagonists' -
The Guardian 5/5, UK

'A progressive masterpiece.' - Classic Rock, UK

'The Raven That Refused To Sing is, aptly, magic.' - Metal Hammer 9/10, UK

Originally released in February 2013, the third studio album from the Grammy-nominated writer, producer, & Porcupine Tree founder member featured a stellar line-up of musicians including: lead guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann on the drums, Theo Travis playing saxophone/flute & Adam Holzman on keyboards

The record was engineered by legendary producer/engineer Alan Parsons & consists of 6 songs, 3 of which are 10-minute plus epics based on stories of the supernatural.

Available on CD with 8-page booklet.

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DELUXE 2-DISC CD & BLU-RAY EDITION OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 2013 ALBUM FROM STEVEN WILSON

"this album shows Wilson to be one of modern rock's most cunning and soulful protagonists"
***** The Guardian

ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the Progressive Music Awards '13

Steven Wilson, four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder member of Porcupine Tree, released his critically acclaimed third solo album ‘The Raven Refused to Sing’ in 2013, reaching #28 in the UK charts and #3 in Germany. In 2017 he shot back into the charts with his fifth solo album ‘To the Bone’ at #3 in the UK and #2 in Germany, which built on the success of fourth solo album ‘Hand. Cannot. Erase.’, which reached #13 in the UK and #3 in Germany.

‘The Raven that Refused to Sing’ featured a stellar line-up of musicians including lead guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann on the drums, Theo Travis playing saxophone/flute, and Adam Holzman on keyboards. It was engineered by legendary producer/engineer Alan Parsons and consists of 6 songs, 3 of which are 10-minute plus epics based on stories of the supernatural.

The CD contains the album and the Blu-ray disc offers audiophiles the chance to experience the album in its full glory with 96/24 Stereo LPCM of the album, plus 2 x 5.1 mixes of album (96/24 5.1 LPCM & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1). The Blu-ray also features instrumental versions of the album tracks (96/24 Stereo LPCM), plus bonus track ('Drive Home' – lounge version, also 96/24 Stereo LPCM), an art gallery Art Gallery (images by Hajo Mueller), Photo Gallery (photographs by Lasse Hoile) and a studio Documentary (filmed and edited by Lasse Hoile). It is presented in digipack packaging.

"A progressive masterpiece" Classic Rock
"The Raven That Refused To Sing is, aptly, magic" 9/10 Metal Hammer
"If you only buy one album for the rest of your life, buy this one!" 10/10 Eclipsed
"A more inspiring and innovative record will not be released in 2013" 5/5 Guitar
"Steven Wilson is the greatest Prog mastermind of his time!" Visions
"Steven Wilson at the height of his creative powers" Sound & Vision

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"This album shows Wilson to be one of modern rock's most cunning & soulful protagonists" - The Guardian 5/5, UK

"A progressive masterpiece" - Classic Rock, UK

"The Raven That Refused To Sing is, aptly, magic" - Metal Hammer 9/10, UK

'The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)', originally released in February 2013, is the third studio album from the Grammy-nominated writer, producer, & Porcupine Tree founder member Steven Wilson. Featuring a stellar line-up of musicians including: lead guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann on the drums, Theo Travis playing saxophone/flute & Adam Holzman on keyboards.

His band, Porcupine Tree, most recently released 'CLOSURE // CONTINUATION' which debuted at #2 in the Official Album Charts & #1 in Netherlands / Germany and Switzerland Album Charts.

Steven Wilson's solo efforts are no less impressive with 2017's 'To The Bone' & 2021's 'The Future Bites' being top 5 albums around the world.

Alan Parsons, who had previously been involved in the creation of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', was responsible for engineering the album.

Rapturously received by critics, each track on the album is based on a story of the supernatural.

"The title track explores the story of an old man at the end of his life who is waiting to die. He thinks back to a time in his childhood when he was incredibly close to his older sister. She was everything to him & he was everything to her. Unfortunately, she died when they were both very young. The man becomes convinced that a raven, who visits the man's garden, is something of a symbol or a manifestation of his sister. The thing is, his sister would sing to him whenever he was afraid or insecure & it was a calming influence on him. In his ignorance, he decides that if he can get the raven to sing to him, it will be the final proof that this is, in fact, his sister who has come back to take him with her to the next life." Steven Wilson

'The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)' is available in gatefold double LP via Transmission.