Limited Edition of One, Steven Wilson
Limited Edition of One, Steven Wilson
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Limited Edition of One
How to Succeed in the Music Industry Without Being Part of the Mainstream

Author: Steven Wilson, Mick Wall

Narrator: Mick Wall, Steven Wilson

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2022


Synopsis

The more I thought about it, the more I realised my career has been unusual. How did I manage to do everything wrong but still end up on the front cover of magazines, headlining world tours and achieving Top 5 albums? How did I attract such obsessive and fanatical fans, many of whom take everything I do or say very personally, which is simultaneously flattering but can also be tremendously frustrating? Even this I somehow cultivated without somehow meaning to. My accidental career.

Limited Edition of One is unlike any other music book you will ever have read.

Part the long-awaited memoir of Steven Wilson: whose celebrated band Porcupine Tree began as teenage fiction before unintentionally evolving into a reality that encompassed Grammy-nominated records and sold-out shows around the world, before he set out for an even more successful solo career.

Part the story of a twenty-first century artist who achieved chart-topping mainstream success without ever becoming part of the mainstream. From Abba to Stockhausen, via a collection of conversations and thought pieces on the art of listening, the rules of collaboration, lists of lists, personal stories, professional adventurism (including food, film, TV, modern art), old school rock stardom, how to negotiate an obsessive fanbase and survive on social media, and dream-fever storytelling.

About Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson is 'the most successful British artist you've never heard of' (Daily Telegraph), the 'king of prog' (Guardian) and a 'maverick meta-pop' star (Uncut). A multiple Grammy-nominated artist, he found fame with Porcupine Tree before going on to an even more successful solo career. An award-winning collaborator on over 50 albums, he is also in demand as a remixer of classic albums.

About Mick Wall

Mick Wall is one of the world's best-known music journalists and biographers. Former editor-in-chief of Classic Rock, his work has appeared in The Times, The Observer, The Mail, Mojo, and Rolling Stone. He is the author of a number of internationally bestselling music books, such as his Led Zeppelin biography When Giants Walked The Earth, which the Sunday Times named music book of year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alison on April 09, 2022

I will confess to being a diehard Steven Wilson fan since I first saw him perform with Porcupine Tree back in 2007, so I may be slightly biased. I picked this book up today and finished it in one sitting. I love the way it’s not strictly autobiographical nor when it does stray into autobiographical......more

Goodreads review by Vlad on May 08, 2022

Pink Floyd este trupa care a reușit să mă transpună pe niște coordonate de existența cărora nici nu bănuiam. Odată cu muzica și versurile lui Gilmour și Waters, am făcut cunoștință cu un nou univers și am crezut că, „gata, asta a fost, de aici nu mai am unde să mă duc”. Dar, nu cu mult timp după ace......more

Goodreads review by Andrin on June 13, 2022

Steven Wilson has been my favorite artist— and by that I don’t just mean musician/composer, but also lyricist, video artist, performer, creator of albums as sublime multimedial books—ever since the Porcupine Tree album “Deadwing” fell into my hands in early 2015. I’ve adored the metal and prog-rock......more

Goodreads review by Michæl on April 18, 2022

As I read Chapter Twenty-Five, interestingly titled The Harmony Codex - A Story, I listen to Porcupine Tree’s 2000 album Lightbulb Sun. The soundtrack to this short story was not so much of a conscious decision as an intuitive one; having flicked through my record collection, something in the back o......more

Goodreads review by Yevgeny on April 13, 2022

A wonderful treat for die hard fans. This is a rare autobiography that goes beyond the information you can usually find online. The book truly feels like a peek into the life and thoughts of Steven Wilson in a way that previous interviews and behind the scenes footage never captured before. Sure, he c......more


Quotes

Not only is Limited Edition of One a consistently fascinating overview of [Steven's] life and career to date, but it's also tackled in the same way as he approaches his music: keen to avoid the predictable or generic without ego-tripping; always thoughtful without ever being dull; and ultimately keeping hold of the fact that he does what he does for the enjoyment and self-expression as much as proving his genius to the world . . . as unique as its title suggests . . . Prog