Up the Downstair
Up the Downstair is the second studio album by Porcupine Tree, the English progressive rock band, and it came out on Delerium Records on 7 June 1993. It followed On the Sunday of Life… (1992) and sits early in a catalogue that would grow to include The Sky Moves Sideways and Signify. Originally it was planned as a double album. "Voyage 34" went out as a single in 1992 instead, and other material from the sessions ended up on the Staircase Infinities EP in 1994.
The sound blends progressive and psychedelic rock, and Steven Wilson has said he was drawing on the Orb and the Future Sound of London as well as Pink Floyd and Ozric Tentacles. In 2005 the album was partly re-recorded, remixed and remastered, with new drums from Gavin Harrison replacing the original electronic ones, and paired with Staircase Infinities as a double album. A coloured double vinyl edition followed on Kscope in 2008.
Up the Downstair: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 47:50Tracklist
- 1What You Are Listening To…Steven Wilson0:57
- 2SynesthesiaSteven Wilson5:11
- 3Monuments Burn Into MomentsSteven Wilson0:20
- 4Always NeverSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy6:58
- 5Up the DownstairSteven Wilson9:59
- 6Not Beautiful AnymoreSteven Wilson3:26
- 7SirenSteven Wilson0:53
- 8Small FishSteven Wilson and Alan Duffy2:43
- 9Burning SkySteven Wilson11:07
- 10FadeawaySteven Wilson and Alan Duffy6:15
- Produced by
- Steven Wilson
- Recorded at
- No Man’s Land, No Man's Land (Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England)
- Recorded
- February 1992 – January 1993
- Artwork
- Wrap Me Up Designs
- Photography
- Nop Machielse, Win Machielse
- Labels
- Delerium Records, Delerium
- Length
- 47:50
Line-up
- Steven Wilson
- Colin Edwin · bass guitar · guest
- Richard Barbieri · electronic instruments · guest
- Suzanne Barbieri · spoken vocals · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | May 1993 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 7 June 1993 | |
| Wikidata | 7 June 1993 | |
| UK / Europe release | May 1993 | earliest UK or European date |
21 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | GB | Delerium Records | 5021289092017 | original |
| May 1993 | GB | Delerium Records | 5021289092024 | original |
| 1995 | PL | Prog Rock Music | other | |
| 1997 | PL | Rock‐Serwis | 5907729901647 | other |
| November 1997 | GB | Delerium Records | 5032966092022 | other |
| 2005 | RU | Союз | 4601250332123 | other |
| May 2005 | GB | Snapper Music | 636551288521 | other |
| 2007 | GB | Snapper Music | 636551288521 | other |
| 23 April 2008 | JP | Snapper Music | 4582213912005 | other |
| 23 April 2008 | GB | Delerium Records | 802644813325 | other |
| 14 August 2008 | GB | Kscope | 802644880211 | other |
| 20 August 2008 | JP | WHD Entertainment, Inc. | 4582213912463 | other |
| 2016 | XW | Kscope | 802644747163 | other |
| 2016 | XW | Kscope | remaster | |
| 16 June 2017 | GB | Kscope | 802644895611 | other |
| 21 July 2017 | XE | Kscope | 802644896014 | other |
| 1 March 2018 | XE | Kscope | 802644738123 | other |
| 26 February 2021 | XE | Transmission Recordings | 802644817217 | other |
| 3 September 2021 | JP | Snapper Music | 4997184142571 | other |
| 24 September 2021 | XE | Snapper Music Ltd. | 802644717128 | other |
| — | — | [no label] | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 450×455 | upscaled |