Another Porcupine Tree album bought earlier this year. This is a 2011 reissue originally released in 2001 on CD. Songs recorded for the Lightbulb Sam and Stupid Dream records but left off. Also a lot of CD single B-sides. The music on the record is very good but the record itself is crap. Lots of crackles and pops throughout all 4 sides. Noticeable even in the louder parts. One of the worse sounding records I have ever bought. I have some 50 year old records played many, many times that sound a bit like that but not a brand new record. Aside from that the 9 songs on here are very good. “Buying New Soul” on side one is typical PT spacey Progressive Rock. “Even Less” is the 14 minute long version of a song on Stupid Dream. “Access Denied” is an odd song, sounding like old Pink Floyd or a Psychedelic Beatles song. “Untitled” is a cool instrumental with Wilson’s guitar and Richard Barbieri’s keyboards dominating with some organ at the beginning and end that reminds me of Zeppelin’s “No Quarter”. “Cure For Optimism” is and Ambient sounding track with vocals as is “Oceans Have No Memory” an instrumental. “Ambulance Chasing” is a percussion heavy instrumental. “Disappear” is a good acoustic song. A great album but hard to listen to. Luckily, I do have a digital version that sounds good. Still a couple of their records I’d like to buy.