Album
Closure / Continuation
Closure/Continuation is the eleventh studio album by Porcupine Tree and the first since The Incident in 2009. It came out on 24 June 2022 on Music for Nations. After Steven Wilson turned his attention to a solo career in 2010, the band's future looked uncertain, yet he, drummer Gavin Harrison and keyboardist Richard Barbieri were quietly working on it.
They recorded it intermittently and in complete secrecy across the following decade, without longtime bassist Colin Edwin. The pandemic cleared their diaries, and they finished the record in September 2021, with the reunion announced towards the end of that year. Four singles led the way: "Harridan", "Of the New Day", "Herd Culling" and "Rats Return". It debuted at number two in the UK and went to number one in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, a strong welcome back for a band many had written off.
Closure / Continuation: tracklist, credits and charts
7 tracks · 48:03Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1HarridanGavin Harrison and Steven Wilson8:08
- 2Of the New DaySteven Wilson4:43
- 3Rats ReturnGavin Harrison and Steven Wilson5:40
- 4DignityRichard Barbieri and Steven Wilson8:22
- Disc 2
- 1Herd CullingBarbieri, Harrison, Wilson7:03
- 2Walk the PlankRichard Barbieri and Steven Wilson4:27
- 3Chimera’s WreckGavin Harrison and Steven Wilson9:39
- Produced by
- Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson, Richard Barbieri, Gavin Harrison
- Recorded at
- Rosewood Music, Home Studios of each band member
- Recorded
- 2011–September 2021
- Mixed by
- Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
- Engineered by
- Ed Scull, Paul Stacey
- Label
- Music for Nations
- Length
- 48:03
Line-up
- Richard Barbieri · synthesizer, keyboard
- Gavin Harrison · percussion, drums (drum set)
- Paul Stacey · guitar
- Steven Wilson · guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals
Singles
- “Harridan” · 1 November 2021
- “Of the New Day” · 8 March 2022
- “Herd Culling” · 20 May 2022
- “Rats Return” · 17 June 2022
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 2022 | 2 |
| US Billboard 200 · 2022 | 90 |
| Dutch Albums · 2022 | 1 |
| German Albums · 2022 | 1 |
| Scottish Albums · 2022 | 1 |
| Swiss Albums · 2022 | 1 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2022 | 1 |
| Finnish Albums · 2022 | 2 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2022 | 3 |
| Austrian Albums · 2022 | 4 |
All 23 charts
| Italian Albums · 2022 | 4 |
| Polish Albums · 2022 | 5 |
| Portuguese Albums · 2022 | 7 |
| Spanish Albums · 2022 | 7 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2022 | 11 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 2022 | 13 |
| Swedish Albums · 2022 | 13 |
| Danish Albums · 2022 | 20 |
| French Albums (SNEP) · 2022 | 24 |
| New Zealand Albums · 2022 | 24 |
| Norwegian Albums · 2022 | 25 |
| Ireland 3 · 2022 | 42 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) · 2022 | 76 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 June 2022 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 June 2022 | |
| Wikidata | 24 June 2022 | |
| Deezer | 24 June 2022 | |
| UK / Europe release | 24 June 2022 | earliest UK or European date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2022 | XE | Music for Nations | 194399569016 | original |
| 24 June 2022 | JP | Sony Records International | 4547366562736 | original |
| 24 June 2022 | XE | Music for Nations | 194399569023 | original |
| 24 June 2022 | XW | Music for Nations | 886449656813 | original |
| 24 June 2022 | XE | Music for Nations | 194399569726 | original |
| 24 June 2022 | XW | — | original | |
| 24 June 2022 | XE | Music for Nations | 194399569214 | original |
| 24 June 2022 | GB | Sony Music | 194399663912 | original |
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