Product: Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize (2008)
Rating: 5.0
First Time listener of PT
I happened to have 1 PT song on a sampler DVD Audio and always liked it, but that was all I knew about the band. Then I ran across this bluray and bought it on impulse, needed something new to listen to.Holy F***! these guys are phenomenal.I couldn't turn the bluray off until the very end. Suckers kept me up until 3AM.Their music is interesting in that it incoporates an occasional heavy metal sound, but not to the extent I want to slash my wrists after an hour of listening. Great singing and playing from all band members. Really amazing.The concert looks great for the most part, a bit of noise where the stage was under lit. Directing is good, they must have had 8 or 9 cameras, some locked off, and the camera work was good. The sound is mostly outstanding, especially instruments, vocals aren't always that well articulated. More of a performance issue perhaps than a technical one I guess. Will have to look up the lyrics.My only beef, and it's with all bluray concerts, is that they should AUTOMATICALLY include lyric subtitles for all these concerts. Unless you're a dyed in the wool fanboy/girl it's unlikely you will know all the lyrics and knowing them adds so much impact to the performance. Most concerts have some performance/technical issues that make understanding lyrics difficult, if not impossible, easily remedied with subtitles. And for the price of blurays, subtitled lyrics should ALWAYS be included. Check out Best of Austin City Limits Vol 1 (only avail in SD)- outstanding performances, all subtitled.Glad I took a chance on this one, it's truly a reference performance disk, if you aren't anal about picture quality, which is generally excellent.For me the Return To Forever bluray is THE best played and recorded bluray ever, Anesthetize gets 2nd place, Rock& Roll Hall of Fame concert #3.Enjoy.