Drive Home

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Drive Home
Steven Wilson Drive Home DVD cover.jpg
EP by
Released21 October 2013 (2013-10-21)
RecordedStudio tracks: East West Studios, Los Angeles, 15–21 September 2012
Live tracks: Hugenottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg, 23 March 2013
Genre Progressive rock
Length62:24(DVD/Blu-ray)
50:22 (CD)
Label Kscope
Producer Steven Wilson, Alan Parsons
Steven Wilson chronology
The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
(2013)
Drive Home
(2013)
Hand. Cannot. Erase.
(2015)

Drive Home is an EP released by British musician Steven Wilson, featuring music videos, previously unreleased tracks, and live renditions of several songs recorded at Hugenottenhalle, Frankfurt on 23 March 2013. The EP, which was released on 21 October 2013, was available in two versions: DVD/CD and Blu-ray/CD. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters 7/10 [3]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic praised the title track's "gorgeous meld of Pink Floyd's nocturnal atmospherics, the Moody Blues' melodic majesty, sprawling guitar solos, and Alan Parsons' crystalline production", while also describing the live tracks as "killer readings" which the band members "take ... far outside their studio boundaries." Although the EP would seem to be "for hardcore Wilson fans only, the video disc is alone worth the price of admission", according to Jurek. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Steven Wilson. [4]

DVD/Blu-ray
No.TitleLength
1."Drive Home" (music video)8:22
2."The Raven that Refused to Sing" (music video)7:48
3."The Holy Drinker" (live in Frankfurt)10:22
4."Insurgentes" (live in Frankfurt)4:27
5."The Watchmaker" (live in Frankfurt)11:50
6."The Raven that Refused to Sing" (live in Frankfurt)8:09
7."The Birthday Party" (5.1 surround audio) 
8."The Raven that Refused to Sing" (orchestral version, 5.1 surround audio) 
CD
No.TitleLength
1."Drive Home" (edit)4:08
2."The Birthday Party"3:46
3."The Raven that Refused to Sing" (orchestral version)7:29
4."The Holy Drinker" (live in Frankfurt)10:25
5."Insurgentes" (live in Frankfurt)4:30
6."The Watchmaker" (live in Frankfurt)11:52
7."The Raven that Refused to Sing" (live in Frankfurt)8:12

Sources: [1] [4]

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Production

Videos

Other

Source: [4]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [5] 158
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 45
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 77
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 68
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [9] 5

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