Steven Wilson – The Overview | CD 

UPC: 0602475245629 

Label: Fiction Records / Virgin Music Group / Universal Music Group 

Format: CD, Album 

Country: EU (Made in Germany) 

Release Date: 14 March 2025

Overview

With The Overview, his eighth solo studio album, Steven Wilson delivers one of his most daring and visionary works to date. Inspired by the so-called “overview effect”—the profound shift astronauts experience when gazing at Earth from orbit—Wilson stretches progressive music into vast and uncharted dimensions.

This two-track, 42-minute odyssey moves seamlessly through sections of electronics, post-rock, ambient passages, and classic progressive motifs. The result is an immersive, cinematic experience that merges deep conceptual storytelling with Wilson’s trademark sonic craft.

Featuring lyrics for Objects Outlive Us by Andy Partridge of XTC, The Overview demonstrates Wilson’s commitment to pushing boundaries while remaining unmistakably his own.

A release both timeless and forward-looking, The Overview is best enjoyed with headphones—and an open mind.

Product Features

• Artist: Steven Wilson
• Album Title: The Overview
• Genre: Progressive Rock, Experimental, Post-Rock, Electronic
• Tracks: 2 long-form compositions (42 minutes total)
• Label: Fiction Records (Virgin Music Group / Universal Music Group)
• Distribution: Universal Music Kft., Hermina út 17, Budapest, Hungary
• Made in: Germany

Interesting Facts

• Astronaut Inspiration: The title and concept stem from the overview effect, a phenomenon described by astronauts when seeing Earth from space.
• Prog Legacy: Wilson, long celebrated for redefining progressive rock with Porcupine Tree and his solo career, returns here to a genre he helped modernize for the 21st century.
• Collaborator: Objects Outlive Us features lyrical contributions from Andy Partridge (XTC), a rare and notable collaboration.
• Conceptual Unity: Each track is divided into multiple musical sections, flowing seamlessly as a continuous piece—true to prog-rock tradition yet updated with modern textures.

Track Listing

1. Objects Outlive Us (23:17)

• No Monkey’s Paw
• The Buddha of the Modern Age
• Objects: Meanwhile
• The Cicerones
• Ark
• Cosmic Sons of Toil
• No Ghost on the Moor
• Heat Death of the Universe

2. The Overview (18:27)

• Perspective
• A Beautiful Infinity I
• Borrowed Atoms
• A Beautiful Infinity II
• Infinity Measured in Moments
• Permanence

Publishers & Rights

℗ & © 2025 Steven Wilson under exclusive licence to Fiction Records / Virgin Music Group (Universal Music Group). Distributed in EU by Universal Music Kft., Hermina út 17, Budapest. All rights reserved.

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