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The album's "near perfect" sound is largely attributed to the collaboration between and legendary engineer Alan Parsons , known for his work on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon . Steven Wilson 2013 The Raven That Refused To Sing -FLAC-
This 12-minute opener is the audiophile’s standard test. It begins with a thunderous Rickenbacker bass solo. In lossy formats, the attack of the bass strings bleeds into a mushy low-end. In , the separation is surgical. You can pinpoint the exact moment the saxophone enters the left channel while the Hammond organ swells from the right. The high-resolution FLAC catches the overtones of Marco Minnemann’s snare drum resonance, turning a rock song into a surround-sound nightmare (in the best way possible). In lossy formats, the attack of the bass
Lyrically, the album is a concept piece based on six supernatural tales written by Wilson himself. stevenwilsonhq.comhttps://stevenwilsonhq.com The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) The high-resolution FLAC catches the overtones of Marco
Enjoy the album—it is widely regarded as a masterpiece of 21st-century progressive rock.
Wilson’s songwriting here moves away from the abstract angst of earlier Porcupine Tree work toward a more cinematic, almost literary form of storytelling. The lyrics function as script prompts for the music, dictating the emotional temperature of the arrangements.