Porcupine Tree 
The best album credited to Porcupine Tree is Fear Of A Blank Planet which is ranked number 439 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 3,886.
Porcupine Tree is ranked number 159 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 14,213.
Porcupine Tree official website: http://www.porcupinetree.com
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- Gavin Harrison
- Steven Wilson
- Richard Barbieri
- See also:
- Richard Barbieri & Tim Bowness
- Jansen • Barbieri • Takemura
- Continuum
- Bass Communion Vs. Muslimgauze
- vidnaObmana Featuring Steven Wilson
- Precision Surgery & Bass Communion
- Bass Communion & Freiband
- King Crimson
- Japan
- The Pineapple Thief
- Blackfield
- No-Man
- Storm Corrosion
- Rain Tree Crow
- Jansen / Barbieri / Karn
- Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri
- Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri
- Bass Communion & Pig
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Porcupine Tree best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 12/28/2025 18:53 | bonnequestion | 395 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 06:27 | habibi333 | 34 | 87/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2024 19:44 | VINYLGUY7788 | 33 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2024 08:44 |  doombringer | 190 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2024 15:54 | dukeboxkool | 101 | 78/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 84.9/100, a mean average of 84.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.6.
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Definitely in my top 5 favourite artists. A few duds early in their career, but from Signify onwards their discography is absolutely stellar.
One of the most addictive bands to listen to of the new millenium and arguably of all time. Stellar band.
jhuik 06/23/2017 01:58 | #193059
Steven Wilson does not seem to want to record a song unless he thinks it might be one of the best ever. Seriously. Those five top albums are all fucking incredible. This guy is insanely good at everything music-related.
sageamagoo 05/27/2017 16:54 | #191522
The sheer quantity of good songs this band has is a feat in and of itself. Some 10 and a half hours of album highlights in 17 years, enough to last any music lover for decades. Just the period from 1999-2001 feels so incredibly special to me, if the band never released anything else I'd still think they were one of the greatest music acts out there.
But here we are with 10 studio albums all of similar quality and tons of b-sides and EPs.
I couldn't be happier.
jhuik 02/25/2017 03:37 | #186302
I complain that this band is underappreciated and underrated but I underappreciate them myself. Listening to them a lot these days and enjoying every minute, of every hour upon hour. I take back earlier reservations about Mr. Wilson. He's a genius. One of my favourite BEA finds. Thanks again BEA! Very unique for many reason, but... quite unique that a band's ninth (!) album is considered its best? Then its 8th, 7th, etc. I don't agree, but that is how it is. Why is this band not on my local radio station with dozens of hits? Oh, yeah, because radio'd rather play the sound of muzak than the Sound of Muzak.
WildHorses 07/27/2016 10:35 | #171873
One of the best PRog bands post 90's if not, the best.
This might very well be the best band since 1990, and it's nice to see them in the top 200. Steven Wilson effortlessly blends progressive with the more worthwhile elements of alternative, electronica, metal, and many other sources. This band defies genres. It's "prog rock" but only in the sense that Radiohead is alternative or Bowie is glam rock.
Lowkey 12/27/2015 19:46 | #155218
Disgustingly good, possibly my favorite band and definitely a part of my top 5 artists.
It's one of the best bands nowadays and even people who listen to it doesn't see completely how perfect and incredible it is.
By the way, the albums chart is awful.
Best band ever
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