Album
On the Sunday of Life…
On the Sunday of Life… is the debut album from Porcupine Tree, released on 21 April 1992 through Delerium Records. It gathers material Steven Wilson had produced and recorded for two cassette-only releases, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm and The Nostalgia Factory, so it works as a first proper album built from home-recorded tapes. "Radioactive Toy" was re-recorded for it, and a few other tracks run about a minute shorter than their earlier versions.
Most of the lyrics came from Alan Duffy, a school friend Wilson had lost touch with. "Nine Cats" goes back to at least 1983, when Wilson's earlier band Karma recorded it. The record first appeared in a gatefold sleeve, limited to 1,000 copies, and went on to sell more than 20,000. It's a fascinating look at the psychedelic, experimental roots of a band that went much further.
On the Sunday of Life…: tracklist and credits
18 tracks · 1:15:48Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Music for the HeadSteven Wilson2:42
- 2Jupiter IslandSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy6:12
- 3Third Eye SurferSteven Wilson2:48
- 4On the Sunday of Life…Steven Wilson2:11
- 5The Nostalgia FactorySteven Wilson and Alan Duffy7:25
- 6Space TransmissionSteven Wilson2:59
- 7Message From a Self‐Destructing TurnipSteven Wilson0:27
- 8Radioactive ToySteven Wilson10:00
- 9Nine CatsSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy3:55
- Disc 2
- 1HymnSteven Wilson1:14
- 2FootprintsSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy5:59
- 3Linton Samuel DawsonSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy3:05
- 4And the Swallows Dance Above the SunSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy4:03
- 5Queen Quotes CrowleySteven Wilson3:55
- 6No Luck With RabbitsSteven Wilson0:45
- 7Begonia Seduction SceneSteven Wilson2:10
- 8This Long SilenceSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy5:10
- 9It Will Rain For a Million YearsSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy10:47
- Produced by
- Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson
- Recorded at
- No Man’s Land, No Man's Land (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England)
- Recorded
- 1988–1991
- Mixed by
- Steven Wilson
- Engineered by
- Steven Wilson
- Labels
- Delerium Records, Delerium
- Length
- 1:15:48
Line-up
- Steven Wilson · vocals, mellotron, guitar
- John Marshall · drums (drum set) · guest
- Solomon St. Jemain · guitar, vocals · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1992-04-21; musicbrainz + wikidata 1992-05-12 (21 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 12 May 1992 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 21 April 1992 | |
| Wikidata | 12 May 1992 | |
| UK / Europe release | 12 May 1992 | earliest UK or European date |
18 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XW | Kscope | 802644747064 | remaster |
| 1992 | GB | Delerium Records | 5021289090815 | other |
| 12 May 1992 | GB | Delerium Records | 5021289090822 | original |
| 1996 | PL | Prog Rock Music | other | |
| November 1997 | GB | Delerium Records | 5032966090820 | other |
| 2004 | GB | Snapper Music | 636551616621 | other |
| 2005 | RU | Союз | 4601250332161 | other |
| 2006 | NL | Headspin Records | 2090502665119 | other |
| 2007 | GB | Kscope | 802644712222 | other |
| 2008 | GB | Kscope | 802644880112 | other |
| 23 April 2008 | JP | Snapper Music | 4582213911992 | other |
| 20 August 2008 | JP | WHD Entertainment, Inc. | 4582213912456 | other |
| 13 May 2016 | XE | Kscope | 802644738222 | remaster |
| 13 May 2016 | GB | Kscope | 802644738222 | remaster |
| 2017 | XE | Kscope | 802644895918 | other |
| 17 June 2017 | XE | Kscope | 802644895512 | other |
| 2021 | XE | Transmission Recordings | 802644815121 | other |
| 4 March 2022 | XE | Transmission Recordings | 802644815213 | other |
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| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×597 | upscaled |