On the Sunday of Life...
Cover art by Andy Cleal
Studio album by Porcupine Tree
Released	July, 1991
Recorded	1988-1990
Genre	Progressive rock Psychedelic rock Space rock
Length	75:47
Label	Delerium
Producer	Steven Wilson
Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Porcupine Tree chronology
The Nostalgia Factory (1990) On the Sunday of Life... (1991) Voyage 34 (1992)
Alternate cover
Remastered Edition

On the Sunday of Life... is the debut album of English progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in July, 1991. It compiles tracks that Steven Wilson produced and recorded for two cassette-only releases, Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) and The Nostalgia Factory (1990). The rest of the music from these tapes was released three years after in the compilation album Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape.

Most of the lyrics were written by Alan Duffy, a school friend with whom Steven Wilson had lost touch a few years before the album was released.

A small run of 1000 copies in a deluxe gatefold sleeve were released in early 1992^[1].

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 1.3 Side three 1.4 Side four 2 Personnel 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

Part I - First Love

1. "Music for the Head" – 2:42
2. "Jupiter Island" – 6:12
3. "Third Eye Surfer" – 2:50
4. "On the Sunday of Life..." – 2:07
5. "The Nostalgia Factory" – 7:28

[edit] Side two

Part II - Second Sight

1. "Space Transmission" – 2:59
2. "Message from a Self-Destructing Turnip" – 0:27
3. "Radioactive Toy" – 10:00
4. "Nine Cats" – 3:53

[edit] Side three

Part III - Third Eye

1. "Hymn" – 1:14
2. "Footprints" – 5:56
3. "Linton Samuel Dawson" – 3:04
4. "And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun" – 4:05
5. "Queen Quotes Crowley" – 3:48

[edit] Side four

Part IV - Fourth Bridge

1. "No Luck With Rabbits" – 0:46
2. "Begonia Seduction Scene" – 2:14
3. "This Long Silence" – 5:05
4. "It Will Rain for a Million Years" – 10:51

[edit] Personnel

• Steven Wilson – vocals, performed all music
• John Marshall – drums on "Third Eye Surfer"
• Solomon St. Jemain – additional guitar & voice on "Queen Quotes Crowley"
• Master Timothy Masters – oboe

[edit] External links

• Porcupine Tree Official Website
• On the Sunday of Life at Snapper Music

[edit] References

v • d • e Porcupine Tree Richard Barbieri · Colin Edwin · Gavin Harrison · Steven Wilson Chris Maitland · John Wesley (live guitarist) Studio albums On the Sunday of Life · Up the Downstair · The Sky Moves Sideways · Signify · Stupid Dream · Lightbulb Sun · In Absentia · Deadwing · Fear of a Blank Planet  · The Incident EPs Voyage 34: Remixes · Moonloop · Staircase Infinities · Nil Recurring Live albums Spiral Circus · Coma Divine - Recorded Live in Rome · XM · XMII · Warszawa · Rockpalast · Arriving Somewhere... · We Lost the Skyline · Ilosaarirock Compilations Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape · Voyage 34: The Complete Trip · Insignificance  · Metanoia · Recordings · Stars Die: The Delerium Years 1991-1997 Singles "Voyage 34" · "Waiting" · "Piano Lessons" · "Stranger by the Minute" · "Pure Narcotic" · "Four Chords That Made a Million" · "Shesmovedon" · "Shallow" · "Lazarus" · "Fear of a Blank Planet" · "Way Out of Here" · "Time Flies" DVD Arriving Somewhere... Other releases Tarquin's Seaweed Farm · Love, Death & Mussolini · The Nostalgia Factory · Transmission IV Related articles Porcupine Tree discography · No-Man · Bass Communion · Blackfield · Headphone Dust · I.E.M. · Burning Shed · Transmission · Lasse Hoile · Guilt Machine · Opeth