''Anesthetize'' is the second live concert film by

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band Porcupine Tree, released on 20 May 2010. The Blu-ray edition was released on 15 June. It is filmed in high definition and taken from two concerts given by Porcupine Tree at

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on 15 and 16 October, at the end of the ''

Fear of a Blank Planet ''Fear of a Blank Planet'' is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling before 2009's '' The Incident''. It was released on 16 April 2007 in the UK and the rest of Europe by Roadrunner, 24 A ...

'' tour in 2008. The film is directed and edited by

Lasse Hoile Lasse Hoile (born 1973 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish artist, photographer and filmmaker. He has collaborated with musician Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and Blackfield. He has also designed live visuals for US progressive me ...

and the audio track is mixed in

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and 5.1 Surround by Steven Wilson. Deluxe special edition of ''Anesthetize'' includes a 130-minute concert film on both standard definition

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and high definition

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. Additionally, the package includes two audio CDs of the entire live film soundtrack, alongside a bonus track not featured in the film. Limited to 4,000 copies with a grey cover and 1,000 copies with a red cover, the special edition comes in a cloth bound hardback book featuring concert photography of the band taken over the last few years. The retail editions of Anesthetize include Blu-ray and DVD versions. As of November 2017, ''Anesthetize'' DVD was the #2 "TOP DVD/Videos of All-Time" in '' Prog Archives'' website. The DVD was also decorated "DVD Release of the Year" by ''

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'' magazine.

Track listing

DVD/Blu-ray Disc

# Intro # "Fear of a Blank Planet" (from ''

'') # "My Ashes" (from ''Fear of a Blank Planet'') # "Anesthetize" (from ''Fear of a Blank Planet'') # "Sentimental" (from ''Fear of a Blank Planet'') # "Way Out of Here" (from ''Fear of a Blank Planet'') # "Sleep Together" (from ''Fear of a Blank Planet'') # "What Happens Now?" (from ''

Nil Recurring ''Nil Recurring'' (also ''Transmission 5.1'') is an EP by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released on 17 September 2007 through the band's online store. The standard version of the mini-album is composed of four tracks written du ...

'') # "Normal" (from ''Nil Recurring'') # "Dark Matter" (from '' Signify'') # "Drown With Me" (b-side from '' In Absentia'') # "Cheating the Polygraph" (from ''Nil Recurring'') # "Half-Light" (b-side from ''

Deadwing ''Deadwing'' is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in Japan on 24 March 2005, in Europe on 28 March, and in the US on 26 April. It quickly became the band's best selling album, although it was l ...

'') # "Sever" (from ''Signify'') # "Wedding Nails" (from ''In Absentia'') # "Strip the Soul" / ".3" (from ''In Absentia'') # "Sleep of No Dreaming" (from ''Signify'') # "Halo" (from ''Deadwing'') # Outro

Extras (Blu-ray Disc only)

* "Way Out of Here" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile) * "My Ashes" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile) * "Wedding Nails" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile) * "Strip the Soul" / ".3" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile) * "Nil Recurring" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)

CD Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

Performers

* Steven Wilson – guitars, keyboards, lead vocals * Richard Barbieri – keyboards *

Colin Edwin Colin Edwin is an Australian musician, specialising in fretted and fretless guitar, fretless bass guitar, double bass and Sintir, guimbri. Edwin first came to public attention as a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, i ...

– bass *

Gavin Harrison Gavin Richard Harrison (born 28 May 1963) is an English musician. He is best known for playing with the progressive rock bands Porcupine Tree (2002–2010; 2021–present), King Crimson (2008, and 2014–present) and The Pineapple Thief (2016� ...

– drums *

John Wesley John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...

– guitars, vocals

Certifications

*Canada: GoldCanadian Recording Industry Association

References

External links

Official DVD page
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