Lightbulb Sun

Lightbulb Sun
Cover art by John Foxx
Studio album by
Porcupine Tree
Released22 May 2000[1]
RecordedNovember 1999 – January 2000
StudioFoel Studio, Llanfair Caereinion, & No Man's Land, Hemel Hempstead, Britain
Genre
Length56:17
LabelSnapper
ProducerSteven Wilson
Porcupine Tree chronology
Stupid Dream
(1999) 		Lightbulb Sun
(2000) 		Voyage 34: The Complete Trip
(2000)
Singles from Lightbulb Sun
  1. "Four Chords That Made a Million"
    Released: April 2000
  2. "Shesmovedon"
    Released: July 2000

Lightbulb Sun is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in May 2000, and later reissued in 2008 on CD, DVD-A surround sound, and vinyl.[3]

This album, along with their prior album Stupid Dream, is considered to have a more commercial, poppier sound, as opposed to the abstract instrumental sound of their prior albums, or the heavier metal sound in their subsequent albums of the 2000s.[4] The album is divided into two parts between "Rest Will Flow" and "Hatesong". The first part concentrates more on melodic, pop elements of Porcupine Tree's style, while the second has a more experimental character.[5]

  1. ^ "The New Album". Porcupinetree.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2000. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Porcupine Tree branches out. By Gene Santoro : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages".
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kscope was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ned Raggett (11 July 2000). "Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Lightbulb Sun Review | Porcupine Tree | Compact Discs | Reviews @". Ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 3 July 2014.