User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Summary: The latest full-length solo release from Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson features two extended tracks, each over 18 minutes long, and was inspired by the "overview effect" – the profound shift in perspective astronauts feel when viewing Earth from space.
Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Record Label: Fiction
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 7 out of 8
-
Mixed: 1 out of 8
-
Negative: 0 out of 8
-
Mar 13, 2025While some of its more indulgent elements may not be to all tastes, his scale of ambition and dazzling audacity should be applauded. [Apr 2025, p.76]
-
UncutMar 13, 2025It's clever, surprisingly enjoyable and utterly insane. [Apr 2025, p.39]
-
Record CollectorMar 24, 2025Both halves are part of the ever-changing whole, ebbing and flowing, lyrics taking in the reality of life, from doing the shopping to grander visions. [Apr 2025, p.105]
-
Classic Rock MagazineMar 13, 2025The Overview is not so much a return to form (Wilson hasn’t been off it) as a return to full-fat, unskimmed prog from the man whose work with Porcupine Tree gave the genre a good name even before it earned reappraisals in more recent years. [Apr 2025, p.72]
-
Mar 14, 2025There's a lot going on here in composition, performance, and production, but it's always focused, never excessive, and always accessible; in some places, it actually approaches the profound.
-
Mar 14, 2025The Overview feels like Wilson’s career seen from above; it’s a synthesis of his whole artistic arc: from Porcupine Tree space-rock to art-pop detours and back again, newly integrated.
-
Mar 14, 2025The core songs are decent, still, there’s nothing mind blowing. While the instrumentals occasionally dive into intricate progressions, they never truly reach a powerful climax. Thus, we are left with several fragmented bits and a couple of fleshed out numbers in between.