Review
Producer, bandleader (No-Man, Porcupine Tree) and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson joined forces with Israeli singer/songwriter Aviv Gefen in 2000, when Gefen invited Wilson to play with him for a series of concerts in Israel. Their first album as a duo, recording under the name Blackfield, does betray their mutual love of 1960s and 1970s classic rock, but it also contains more than a hint of an '80s influence -- at times the band sounds like a cross between Tears for Fears and a more organic-sounding Pet Shop Boys. Lyrically, they throw down the gauntlet early -- the first line of the first song goes "Here's a song from an open mind." Everything else is no big surprise: scars are mentioned more than … » Read more
Tracks
| Title | Composer | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Open Mind | Geffen, Wilson | 3:49 | ||
| 2 | |
Blackfield | Wilson | 4:06 | ||
| 3 | |
Glow | Geffen, Wilson | 4:02 | ||
| 4 | |
Sears | Geffen, Wilson | 3:59 | ||
| 5 | |
Lullaby | Wilson | 3:31 | ||
| 6 | |
Pain | Geffen | 3:48 | ||
| 7 | |
Summer | Geffen, Wilson | 4:14 | ||
| 8 | |
Cloudy Now | Geffen, Wilson | 3:35 | ||
| 9 | |
The Hole in Me | Geffen | 2:47 | ||
| 10 | |
Hello | Geffen, Wilson | 4:06 | ||
| 11 | |
Perfect World | Geffen, Wilson | 3:52 | ||
| 12 | |
Where Is My Love? | Geffen | 3:01 | ||
| 13 | |
Cloudy Now | Geffen, Wilson | 6:15 | ||
| 14 | |
Blackfield [CD-ROM Track] | Wilson |
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Releases
| Year | Type | label | Catalog # |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | CD | Koch Records | 9685 |
Other Editions
| Edition |
|---|
| Bonus CD |
| Blackfield |
| Blackfield |
| Blackfield |
| Blackfield |
