| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
On the Sunday of Life... is the debut album of English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in May 1992. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson produced and recorded for two cassette-only releases, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) and The Nostalgia Factory (1991). The rest of the music from these tapes was released three years later in the compilation album Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape.
Most of the lyrics were written by Alan Duffy, a school friend with whom Steven Wilson had lost touch a few years before the album was released. The album title was chosen from a long list of nonsense titles compiled by Richard Allen of Delerium.
A small run of 1000 copies in a deluxe gatefold sleeve were released in early 1992.[3] The album, over time, eventually sold in excess of 20,000 copies.[4]
The version of "Radioactive Toy" that featured on the album is re-recorded. The original version was later released on Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape. In addition, the original versions of "The Nostalgia Factory", "Queen Quotes Crowley", and "This Long Silence" are about a minute shorter on this album.
Track listing
Credits adapted from the liner notes of On the Sunday of Life....[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Music for the Head" | Steven Wilson | 2:42 |
| 2. | "Jupiter Island" |
| 6:12 |
| 3. | "Third Eye Surfer" |
| 2:50 |
| 4. | "On the Sunday of Life..." | Wilson | 2:07 |
| 5. | "The Nostalgia Factory" |
| 7:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Space Transmission" | Wilson | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Message from a Self-Destructing Turnip" | Wilson | 0:27 |
| 8. | "Radioactive Toy" | Wilson | 10:00 |
| 9. | "Nine Cats" |
| 3:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10. | "Hymn" | Wilson | 1:14 |
| 11. | "Footprints" |
| 5:56 |
| 12. | "Linton Samuel Dawson" |
| 3:04 |
| 13. | "And the Swallows Dance above the Sun" |
| 4:05 |
| 14. | "Queen Quotes Crowley" | Wilson | 3:48 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "No Luck with Rabbits" | Wilson | 0:46 |
| 16. | "Begonia Seduction Scene" | Wilson | 2:14 |
| 17. | "This Long Silence" |
| 5:05 |
| 18. | "It Will Rain for a Million Years" |
| 10:51 |
Personnel
External links
References
- ^ Porcupine Tree - On the Sunday of Life... on delerium.co.uk Retrieved 12 May 2019
- ^ Raggett, Ned (2011). "On the Sunday of Life - Porcupine Tree | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Porcupine Tree - Background". porcupinetree.com. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ On the Sunday of Life... (liner notes). Porcupine Tree. Kscope. 2016. KSCOPE382.