Blackfield (album)

Blackfield
Studio album by Blackfield
Released	January 2004
Recorded	2001–2003
Genre	Art rock[1]
Length	37:57
Label	Helicon, Snapper Music, Kscope
Producer	Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen
Blackfield chronology
Blackfield (2004) Blackfield II (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
PopMatters	[3]

Blackfield is the debut album by the art rock band Blackfield, released on the Snapper Music/Helicon labels in February 2004. The album was re-released in August of the same year with an additional three-track bonus disc, followed by a later pressing that contains the album and the three bonus tracks all on one CD.

Two songs are covers in English of earlier Aviv Geffen songs in Hebrew, "Cloudy Now" (עכשיו מעונן) from 1993 and "Scars" (צלקות) from 2000. In the latter case, Aviv's original studio recording was simply re-used with newly sung vocals.

Four singles were released from the album: "Hello", "Pain", "Blackfield" and "Cloudy Now".

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Open Mind"	Steven Wilson	Aviv Geffen	3:51
2.	"Blackfield"	Wilson	Wilson	4:06
3.	"Glow"	Geffen/Wilson	Geffen	4:00
4.	"Scars"	Geffen/Wilson	Geffen	4:00
5.	"Lullaby"	Wilson	Wilson	3:33
6.	"Pain"	Geffen	Geffen	3:49
7.	"Summer"	Geffen/Wilson	Geffen	4:12
8.	"Cloudy Now"	Geffen/Wilson	Geffen	3:34
9.	"The Hole in Me"	Geffen	Geffen	2:47
10.	"Hello"	Geffen/Wilson	Geffen	3:09
Total length:				36:52

Bonus disc

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Perfect World"	Geffen, Wilson	Geffen	3:53
2.	"Where Is My Love?"	Geffen	Geffen	3:03
3.	"Cloudy Now (Live)"	Geffen, Wilson	Geffen	3:43
Total length:				10:38

There is also a 2-LP version with "Perfect World" and another, LP-exclusive track, "Feel So Low"; the latter is a cover of a Porcupine Tree song from Lightbulb Sun with the first verse sung in Hebrew.

Steven Wilson's SoundCloud page features an extended version of the title-track as a streamable and downloadable WAV file. This version has an extra minute and a half at the end, where the outro groove turns into acoustic guitar strumming and a new vocal line before the song fades out.

Personnel

Blackfield Aviv Geffen - keyboards, additional guitars, vocals Steven Wilson - guitars, additional keyboards, vocals Daniel Salomon - piano Seffy Efrati - bass guitar Tomer Z - drums, percussion Guest musicians Gavin Harrison - drums, percussion on "Open Mind", "Pain" and "Perfect World" Chris Maitland - drums, percussion on "Blackfield", "The Hole in Me", "Hello" and "Cloudy Now (live)", backing vocals on "Cloudy Now (live)" Yirmi Kaplan - drums, percussion on "Glow" and "Summer" Daniel Salomon - piano, keyboards, backing vocals on "Cloudy Now (live)" Seffy Efrati - bass guitar on "Cloudy Now (live)" The Mistakes - instruments on "Scars" Strings on "Open Mind", "Lullaby", "Summer" and "Hello" performed by the Illusion quartet conducted by Daniel Salomon.

Production Steven Wilson – producer, mixer Aviv Geffen - producer Shlomy Kane'an, Barack Gabison, Eyal Dafna - technical assistance Chris Blair – mastering Lasse Hoile – photography Carl Glover – graphic design

References

1. Mikesell, Michael. Blackfield review popmatters.com. 2005-05-05. Retrieved on 2011-02-08.
2. Allmusic review
3. PopMatters review