Transience ( Cd )
Featuring songs recorded between 2002- 2016, Transience is a personally curated introduction to the more accessible side of Steven Wilson s monumental solo output.<br><br>Available in a CD sleevepac Transience contains 14 tracks and totals over 1 hour of music, including a bonus track Happiness III.<br><br>As a self confessed lover of pop music; Transience serves to showcase Steven's more traditional songwriting skills and an opportunity to re-contextualise some historic tracks, not confined by the concept album framework. Originally released on limited edition vinyl in September 2015 Transience shot straight to #3 in the UK vinyl charts and made history by making Steven Wilson the first artist to chart solely on vinyl sales this century.<br><br>Steven Wilson's previous studio album Hand. Cannot. Erase. in 2015 was a worldwide monumental commercial and critical success, gaining his highest chart positions - USA #39 Billboard Top 200, Canada #24, UK #13, Germany #3, Netherlands #2 & Finland #4 in national album charts, as well garnering a plethora of 5 star reviews. The albums achievements were recognized when Steven Wilson went on to win an unprecedented three PROG Awards: Album of the Year, Box Set Design, and Commercial Breakthrough.<br><br>Transience is an essential introduction to an essential artist.