Steven Wilson discography


This is a discography of Steven Wilson's solo albums, his work with the band Porcupine Tree, his side projects and collaborations with other artists.

Early projects and releases

Altamont

Altamont were an electronica and krautrock duo formed by Steven Wilson and Simon "Si" Vockings. It existed between 1983–1984; Wilson was 15 years old at that time. All of the music was improvised live onto cassette using primitive analog synthesizers and a home made echo machine.
TitleAlbum detailsNotes
Prayer for the Soul
  • Release date: September 1983
  • Label: Acid Tapes
  • Format: Cassette
The cassette released through Acid Tapes was deleted upon Wilson's request, but there was a promotional copy in circulation for some time.
Untitled
  • Release date: September 2002
  • Label: Headphone Dust
  • Format: LP
  • Picture disc edition limited to 300 copies, of which 250 were for sale.

    God

    God were an art pop duo formed by Wilson and Richard "Ford" Leggott. It was active in 1987–1993 during which many recordings were made but not published in any way. In 2019, Wilson released three songs from God era as an EP.
    TitleAlbum detailsNotes
    Panic Underneath the Arches
    • Release date: 27 September 2019
    • Label: Tonefloat
    • Format: 12"
    EP featuring tracks "City", "Bad Dreams" and "Love". Released as a limited numbered edition, available as marble vinyl and black vinyl.

    Karma

    Karma were a band that existed between 1982–1986. It featured Wilson and three of his schoolmates. Both albums were recorded and self-released by Wilson and Mark Gordon, the drummer of the band. There are also several existing live recordings of the Karma era, but they are single copy cassettes owned by Wilson that have never been published.
    TitleAlbum detailsNotes
    The Joke's on You
    • Release date: October 1983
    • Format: Cassette
    Contained tracks "Intruder d'Or", "Tigers in the Rain", "Small Fish" and "Nine Cats". The latter two were later re-recorded and included on the Porcupine Tree albums Up the Downstair and On the Sunday of Life, respectively.
    The Last Man to Laugh
  • Release date: 1985
  • Format: Cassette
  • Contained tracks "Where Is the End If There's No Beginning?", "A Peace on Earth and Good Swill to All Pigs " and "Counterparts". The latter was 30 minutes of remixes and alternate takes of first two songs, under one title.

    Bass Communion

    Blackfield

    Continuum

    Incredible Expanding Mindfuck

    No-Man

    Porcupine Tree

    Storm Corrosion

    Solo work

    Studio albums

    Live albums

    Compilation albums

    EPs

    Soundtracks

    Singles

    Music videos

    a – Each CD-R copy of Unreleased Electronic Music Vol. 1 contains its own one of a kind original Polaroid photograph taken by Lasse Hoile specifically for the project. David Schroeder has set up a webpage dedicated to displaying Hoile's polaroids in numerical order along with their owner's names. Some of these Polaroids can now be found in the "Old Polaroids" album at Hoile's MySpace page.

    Separate tracks

    Tracks released separately by Wilson via Internet through his MySpace and SoundCloud accounts.
    Release dateSongNotes
    March 2006"Well You're Wrong"That was the first song that Steven Wilson put up on MySpace. A re-recorded and slightly extended version of this song appeared later on Wilson's "Cover Version V" single.
    August 2006"Cut Ribbon"According to the "Steven Wilson iOS App" : "This was originally written for a planned metal collaboration with Mikael from Opeth about 10 years ago, then later re-recorded for both ‘Insurgentes’ and more recently ‘Grace for Drowning’. Each time I couldn’t really make it fit in with the style of those records so here it finally finds a home, in its most recent 2010 mixed form." It has been widely bootlegged, but incorrectly attributed to Porcupine Tree, since it comes from the same period as several demos for the In Absentia album circa 2002. Versions available include the 2002 leaked version, a slightly different 2006 mix from Wilson's MySpace, and the 2010 version left off of Grace for Drowning.
    August 2006"Collecting Space"An instrumental demo made in 2003 during writing sessions for Porcupine Tree's Deadwing album, but never recorded by the band. A proper version of this piece was released on the limited edition of the 1st Steven's solo album called Insurgentes, while this demo appears as an extra track on the Insurgentes movie DVD.
    October 2006"Vapour Trail Lullaby"According to Steven Wilson: "I found this on a CDR of demos from around 2000, and it's an early version of the song that was later recorded for the first Blackfield album with a much more stripped down piano and string quartet arrangement. Here I was obviously going for something a bit more epic. After Rush called their album 'Vapour Trails' I changed the title of the Blackfield version to just Lullaby."
    October 2006"Deadwing Theme"This is a short piece written for the prospective soundtrack to the film "Deadwing", which exists at present only as a screenplay written by Steven Wilson and film-maker Mike Bennion. Although this piece was written during the Deadwing album sessions, it was not released on the standard or limited editions of the album of the same name. It was officially released in 2010 as an extra track on the Insurgentes movie DVD. It features melodies from an earlier demo "Godfearing" which was written - according to Wilson - circa 2001/2003.
    June 2012"Godfearing"According to Steven Wilson: "I found this on an old computer – it's a demo for either the In Absentia or Deadwing albums, something that never got used – I can't be totally sure because while it shares lyrical themes with the songs on In Absentia, one of the melodies seems to relate to another piece from Deadwing era. I don't remember too much about it, other than I guess it wasn't good enough to get any further than this. Rescued from the abyss, so I only have a compressed audio file of this one, sorry about that."

    Guest appearances and contributions

    Album remixes

    Steven Wilson has created 5.1 surround sound mixes for artists including King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Yes, XTC, Hawkwind, Gentle Giant, and Caravan, for the following albums:
    YearAlbum detailsSource
    2009Red
    • Artist: King Crimson
    • Release date: 22 September 2009
    • Original release date: 5 October 1974
    2009In the Court of the Crimson King
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 8 December 2009
  • Original release date: 10 October 1969
  • 2010Lizard
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 12 January 2010
  • Original release date: 11 December 1970
  • 2010In the Wake of Poseidon
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 4 October 2010
  • Original release date: 15 May 1970
  • 2010Islands
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 4 October 2010
  • Original release date: 3 December 1971
  • 2011In the Land of Grey and Pink
  • Artist: Caravan
  • Release date: 7 June 2011
  • Original release date: 8 April 1971
  • 2011Starless and Bible Black
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 25 October 2011
  • Original release date: 29 March 1974
  • 2011Discipline
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 25 October 2011
  • Original release date: 22 September 1981
  • 2011Aqualung
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 31 October 2011
  • Original release date: 19 March 1971
  • 2012Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Artist: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Release date: 25 September 2012
  • Original release date: October 1970
  • 2012Tarkus
  • Artist: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • Release date: 25 September 2012
  • Original release date: 14 June 1971
  • 2012Larks' Tongues in Aspic
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 15 October 2012
  • Original release date: 23 March 1973
  • 2012Thick as a Brick
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 6 November 2012
  • Original release date: 10 March 1972
  • 2013Warrior on the Edge of Time
  • Artist: Hawkwind
  • Release date: 27 May 2013
  • Original release date: 9 May 1975
  • 2013Red
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 14 October 2013
  • Original release date: 5 October 1974
  • 2013Nonsuch
  • Artist: XTC
  • Release date: 18 October 2013
  • Original release date: 27 April 1992
  • 2013Close to the Edge
  • Artist: Yes
  • Release date: 21 October 2013
  • Original release date: 13 September 1972
  • 2013Benefit
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 28 October 2013
  • Original release date: 1 May 1970
  • 2014The Yes Album
  • Artist: Yes
  • Release date: 14 April 2014
  • Original release date: 19 February 1971
  • 2014A Passion Play
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 13 June 2014
  • Original release date: 6 July 1973
  • 2014The Power and the Glory
  • Artist: Gentle Giant
  • Release date: 17 July 2014
  • Original release date: 20 September 1974
  • 2014Drums and Wires
  • Artist: XTC
  • Release Date: 27 October 2014
  • Original release date: 17 August 1979
  • 2014Relayer
  • Artist: Yes
  • Release date: 3 November 2014
  • Original release date: 28 November 1974
  • 2014Songs from the Big Chair
  • Artist: Tears for Fears
  • Release date: 10 November 2014
  • Original release date: 25 February 1985
  • 2014War Child
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 24 November 2014
  • Original release date: 14 October 1974
  • 2015Sparkle in the Rain
  • Artist: Simple Minds
  • Release date: 16 March 2015
  • Original release date: 1984
  • 2015Minstrel in the Gallery
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 4 May 2015
  • Original release date: 5 September 1975
  • 2015Please Don't Touch
  • Artist: Steve Hackett
  • Release date: Juni 2015
  • Original release date: May 1978
  • 2015Spectral Mornings
  • Artist: Steve Hackett
  • Release date: Juni 2015
  • Original release date: May 1979
  • 2015Oranges and Lemons
  • Artist: XTC
  • Release date: 16 October 2015
  • Original release date: 27 February 1989
  • 2015Octopus
  • Artist: Gentle Giant
  • Release date: 30 October 2015
  • Original release date: 1 December 1972
  • 2015Fragile
  • Artist: Yes
  • Release date: 30 October 2015
  • Original release date: 26 November 1971
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    2015Damnation
  • Artist: Opeth
  • Release date: 30 October 2015
  • Original release date: 22 April 2003
  • 2015
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 27 November 2015
  • Original release date: 23 April 1976
  • 2016Aqualung
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 22 April 2016
  • Original release date: 19 March 1971
  • 2016Tales from Topographic Oceans
  • Artist: Yes
  • Release date: 7 October 2016
  • Original release date: 7 December 1973
  • 2016Skylarking
  • Artist: XTC
  • Release date: 14 October 2016
  • Original release date: 27 October 1986
  • 2016Beat
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 20 October 2016
  • Original release date: 18 June 1982
  • 2016Three of a Perfect Pair
  • Artist: King Crimson
  • Release date: 20 October 2016
  • Original release date: 27 March 1984
  • 2016Stand Up
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 18 November 2016
  • Original release date: 1 August 1969
  • 2017Chicago
  • Artist: Chicago
  • Release date: 27 January 2017
  • Original release date: 26 January 1970
  • 2017Songs from the Wood
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 19 May 2017
  • Original release date: 11 February 1977
  • 2017Misplaced Childhood
  • Artist: Marillion
  • Release date: 9 July 2017
  • Original release date: 17 June 1985
  • 2017Three Piece Suite
  • Artist: Gentle Giant
  • Release date: 29 September 2017
  • Original release date: 27 November 1970, 16 July 1971, 14 April 1972
  • 2017Black Sea
  • Artist: XTC
  • Release date: 24 November 2017
  • Original release date: 12 September 1980
  • 2017A Farewell to Kings
  • Artist: Rush
  • Release date: 1 December 2017
  • Original release date: 1 September 1977
  • 2018Roxy Music
  • Artist: Roxy Music
  • Release date: 2 February 2018
  • Original release date: 16 June 1972
  • 2018Heavy Horses
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 2 March 2018
  • Original release date: 10 April 1978
  • 2018Brave
  • Artist: Marillion
  • Release date: 9 March 2018
  • Original release date: 7 February 1994
  • 2018This Was
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 9 November 2018
  • Original release date: 25 October 1968
  • 2019In Search of Hades
  • Artist: Tangerine Dream
  • Release date: 14 June 2019
  • Original release date: 1973 - 1979
  • 2019Psurroundabout Ride
  • Artist: XTC as The Dukes of Stratosphear
  • Release date: 18 October 2019
  • Original release date: 1 April 1985, 18 August 1987
  • 2019Stormwatch
  • Artist: Jethro Tull
  • Release date: 18 October 2019
  • Original release date: 14 September 1979