XM (album)

2003 live album by Porcupine Tree

Live album by

Porcupine Tree

Released| July 2003
Recorded| 12 November 2002 at Satellite Radio, Washington D.C.
Genre| Progressive rock, progressive metal
Length| 52:07
Label| Transmission
Porcupine Tree chronology
| In Absentia
(2002)  | XM
(2003)  | Warszawa
(2004)

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XM (also known as Transmission 1.1 and Transmission 1.2) is a live-in-studio album recorded by British band Porcupine Tree in early 2003 as a live album of mostly In Absentia tracks. This was taken from a session at XM Satellite Radio in Washington, D.C., on 12 November 2002, and was originally released as a limited edition tour album. It was later released online on the Porcupine Tree store.

## Track listing

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1.| "Blackest Eyes" (from In Absentia)| Steven Wilson| 4:26
2.| "The Sound of Muzak" (from In Absentia)| Wilson| 5:02
3.| "Gravity Eyelids" (from In Absentia)| Wilson| 7:30
4.| "Wedding Nails" (from In Absentia)| Richard Barbieri, Wilson| 5:17
5.| "Even Less/Slave Called Shiver" (from Stupid Dream)| Wilson| 11:38
6.| "Heartattack in a Layby" (from In Absentia)| Wilson| 4:16
7.| "Strip the Soul" (from In Absentia)| Colin Edwin, Wilson| 7:06
8.| "Tinto Brass" (from Stupid Dream)| Barbieri, Edwin, Chris Maitland, Wilson| 6:38

## Band

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* Steven Wilson – Guitars and vocals
* Colin Edwin – Bass
* Richard Barbieri – Keyboards and synthesizers
* Gavin Harrison – Drums
* John Wesley – Guitars and backing vocals (except "Slave Called Shiver" and "Tinto Brass")

## Credits

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* XM Recording Engineer – Quinton Roebuck
* XM Recording Assistant – Aaron Lee
* Mixing – Steven Wilson (at No Man's Land, UK, December 2002)
* Crew – Ian Bond, Pete Dempsey, Mick Pryde, Ross Elliot, Michael Piper
* Cover photography – Lasse Hoile
* Band photography – Francesca Petrangeli
* Gavin Harrison photography – Oliver Link
* John Wesley photography – Jason Birnie
* Cover design – Carl Glover (for Aleph)

## Notes

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Features five piece touring line up including special guest John Wesley on guitar and backing vocals.
UK Transmission – 1.1 (limited to 1,500, released for the US tour July–August 2003)
UK Transmission – 1.2 (limited to 1,000, released for the EU tour November 2003)[1]

## References

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1. ^ Porcupine Tree Sampler 2008 at Burning Shed. Retrieved 2009-01-14.

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Porcupine Tree

* Richard Barbieri
* Gavin Harrison
* Steven Wilson

* Chris Maitland
* Colin Edwin

Studio albums|

* On the Sunday of Life...
* Up the Downstair
* The Sky Moves Sideways
* Signify
* Stupid Dream
* Lightbulb Sun
* In Absentia
* Deadwing
* Fear of a Blank Planet
* The Incident
* Closure/Continuation

EPs|

* Moonloop
* Coma Divine II
* Transmission IV
* Futile
* Nil Recurring

Live albums|

* Spiral Circus
* Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome
* XM
* Rockpalast
* Arriving Somewhere...
* We Lost the Skyline
* Ilosaarirock
* Anesthetize
* Atlanta
* Octane Twisted
* Closure/Continuation.Live

Compilations|

* Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape
* Voyage 34: The Complete Trip
* Insignificance
* Metanoia
* Recordings

Singles|

* "Waiting"
* "Stranger by the Minute"
* "Shesmovedon"
* "Shallow"
* "Lazarus"
* "Fear of a Blank Planet"
* "Way Out of Here"
* "Time Flies"
* "Harridan"
* "Of the New Day"
* "Herd Culling"
* "Rats Return"

Related articles|

* Porcupine Tree discography
* No-Man
* Bass Communion
* Blackfield
* I.E.M.
* John Wesley
* Storm Corrosion
* Lasse Hoile
* Opeth

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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