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Review: Back with an epic album of eight new remarkable tracks, The Pineapple Thief present 'It Leads To This'. Blu-ray edition featuring 5.1 Dolby Atmos mixes plus bonus album.

Recorded September 2020 to July 2023, the record took shape slowly but surely as the band meticulously perfected their sound. Often guarded, 'It Leads To This' keeps its ace in the pack up its sleeve, biding its time until all the right pieces fall in place, giving way to a beautiful, cinematic experience on every track. Conceptually, the record is Soord's efforts to better understand himself; the world around him.

Opening with the coy melodies of 'Put it Right' before moving into the metallic groove of 'Rubicon', the album builds to the heart of the record with the epic title track, the cathartic 'The Frost', followed by an introspective 'All That's Left'. The ominous 'Now it's Yours'; 'Every Trace Of Us' keep the foreboding atmosphere topped up whilst delivering The Pineapple Thief's signature dynamism, closing the record with the haunting 'To Forget'.

One of the leading lights in Europe's experimental rock domain, The Pineapple Thief were formed in 1999 by founder & chief songwriter Bruce Soord. 'It Leads To This' is their 14th studio album. The line-up has remained solid since 2016's game-changing 'Your Wilderness': Bruce Soord (guitar/vocals), Jon Sykes (bass/backing vocals), Gavin Harrison (drums/percussion); Steve Kitch (keyboards). 'Your Wilderness' made the UK Album Chart Top 75 with 2018 follow-up 'Dissolution' peaking at #36, alongside #1 UK Rock and Metal, #22 German album chart; #4 Netherlands Platomania album chart.

Whilst not only a phenomenal musician, but Bruce has also been instrumental in many stereo & immersive remixes of albums, being at the technological forefront & a 'go to' guy for 5.1 Surround Sound & Dolby Atmos mixing, he takes care of the mixing here for 'It Leads To This'. The Pineapple Thief previously released their early years collection 'How Did We Find Our Way 1999 - 2006' in 2023 with Bruce Soord also releasing his third solo album, 'Luminescence', to critical acclaim; supported on the road in autumn 2023.

Region Code:
Region A,B,C
Extras:
Language(s): English, Interactive Menu

Notes: This 90 minute retrospective film with extras was co-produced with Channel 4 and features guest interviews with Robbie Williams, Jake Shears and Bruce Weber, amongst others.

Notes: This DVD features live performances of the #1 hits from the double platinum album "PCD".

Notes: The three films feature a chronicle of his output during the 1980s, his battle against Warner Music in the 1990s in which he fought to gain control of his master recordings, and several interviews with the artist, his friends and contributors as well as live performances.

Featuring:

Prince: The Glory Years - A Documentary Review
Slave Trade: How Prince Re-Made The Music Business
Prince: In His Own Words

Total Running Time: 134 Minutes

Notes: Primal Scream's seminal album Screamadelica defined a generation. It's mix of rock, dance, dub, gospel and more caught the zeitgeist of the early nineties to perfection and it went on to win the inaugural Mercury Music Prize in 1992 and consistently be named as Best Album Of The Nineties and appear in numerous All Time Best Albums lists. This show, filmed on November 26th 2010 at London's Olympia, was the first time that Primal Scream had performed the whole album live and it became one of the must see gigs of the year. The band was accompanied by a brass section and a gospel choir with back projections specially created for the event. The result was a stunning musical and visual triumph and proved, if it needed to be, that Screamadelica is one of the finest albums ever made and that Primal Scream are one of the truly great live bands.

The Blu-ray set contains the full length concert (both sets) and the full length classic albums programme + additional footage on a single blu-ray disc plus the CD of the live performance of Screamadelica.

The set features:
2011 is the 20th Anniversary of the release of Screamadelica.
First time the album has ever been performed live in its entirety. Filmed in high definition and simultaneously released on DVD & Blu-ray.
More Screamadelica live shows happening in 2011 as part of the celebrations of the 20th Anniversary.
Deluxe edition of the original album released by Sony and Classic Albums programme about the album broadcast on BBC
Technical: DVD Format: Region 0. Screen Format: 16:9. Sound Formats: DTS Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo. Running Time: 119 minutes approx.
Certificate: E
Technical: BluRay
Format: Screen Format: 16:9. Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, LPCM Stereo
Running Time: 208 minutes approx. Certificate: E. Subtitles: (Documentary only) English, French, Spanish, German.

Notes: Part design history, part trip down musical memory lane, this anthology of Jazz album artwork is a treasure trove of creative and cultural inspiration. Spanning half a century, it assembles the most daring and dynamic Jazz cover designs that helped make and shape not only a musical genre but also a way of experiencing life.

From the 1940s through to the 1990s, each chosen cover design is distinct in the way it complements the energy of the album's music with its own visual rhythms of frame, line, text, and form. To satisfy even the most demanding of music geeks, each record is accompanied by a comprehensive fact sheet listing performer and album name, art director, photographer, illustrator, year, label, and more.

Notes: If there's a cultural artefact capable of withstanding the vagaries and fickleness of the digital age as well as the printed book, it's the vinyl record...

In Listening to the Wind, Ian Preece (editor, and co-author of In The Heyday of The Football Annual) sets out on an international road trip to capture the essence of life for independent record labels operating in the twenty-first century. Despite it all - from algorithms and streaming to the death of the high street and the gutting of the music press - releasing a record to serve its 'own beautiful purpose', as 4AD's Ivo Watts Russell once said, is a flame that still burns through these pages. With countless labels, albums and artists to be discovered, this book is for those who share that inextinguishable love for music.

Features extensive, original interviews with the likes of Analog Africa, Light in the Attic, Thrill Jockey, International Anthem, Dust-to-Digital, Pressure Sounds, Heavenly, Touch, Mississippi, Sublime Frequencies and more!