- progressive rock, psychedelic rock
- 48 min
- 10 tracks
- Delerium Records
Up the Downstair is the second studio album by English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in June 1993. It was originally intended to be a double album set including the song "Voyage 34", which was instead released as a single in 1992, and other material that ended up on the Staircase Infinities EP (1994).
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Grave, character-led, spare and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1What You Are Listening To…0:57
- A2Synesthesia5:11
- A3Monuments Burn Into Moments0:20
- A4Always Never6:58
- A5Up the Downstair9:59
- B1Not Beautiful Anymore3:26
- B2Siren0:53
- B3Small Fish2:43
- B4Burning Sky11:07
- B5Fadeaway6:15
10 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Porcupine Tree
- Label
- Delerium Records
- Released
- 1993-05
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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