Steven Wilson – Grace for Drowning (Deluxe) (2026)

Review:
Originally released in 2011, Grace for Drowning is the second solo album from Steven Wilson. This Headphone Dust digital edition expands the original double-album experience with additional bonus tracks and demos, including the rare bonus material CD “The Map” originally included with the physical Grace for Drowning deluxe book edition. “Grace for Drowning is more experimental and more eclectic. For me, the golden period for music was the late sixties and early seventies, when the album became the primary means of artistic expression, when musicians liberated themselves from the 3 minute pop song format, and started to draw on jazz and classical music especially, combining it with the spirit of psychedelia to create journeys in sound I guess you could call them.

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"So, without being retro, my album is a kind of homage to that spirit. There’s everything from [Ennio] Morricone-esque film themes to choral music to piano ballads to a 23 minute progressive jazz inspired piece. I’ve actually used a few jazz musicians this time, which is something I picked up from my work remixing the King Crimson records.” – Steven Wilson

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“Prog rock wrung dry of nostalgia, perfect not for drowning but immersion” — 4/5 Rolling Stone

“The album of his career to date: a progressive masterpiece” — 5/5 All About Jazz

“A phenomenal recording” — 8/10 PopMatters

“An album that can’t really be described, but it urgently calls to be heard” — 8/10 Classic Rock

“An immersive, ambitious project that demands repeated spins” — 4/5 MOJO

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Track List:
CD1 - Deform to Form a Star
01. Grace for Drowning
02. Sectarian
03. Deform To Form A Star
04. No Part of Me
05. Postcard
06. Raider (Prelude)
07. Remainder The Black Dog

CD2 - Like Dust I Have Cleared from My Eye
01. Belle De Jour
02. Index
03. Track One
04. Raider II
05. Like Dust I Have Cleared From My Eye

CD3 - The Map
01. Home In Negative
02. Fluid Tap
03. The Map
04. Raider Acceleration
05. Black Dog Throwbacks
06. Raider II (Demo)

CD3 - The Map
01. Home In Negative
02. Fluid Tap
03. The Map
04. Raider Acceleration
05. Black Dog Throwbacks
06. Raider II (Demo)

CD4 - Additional Demos
01. Deform To Form A Star (Demo)
02. Like Dust I Have Cleared From My Eye (Demo)
03. No Part of Me (Demo)
04. Remainder The Black Dog (Demo)
05. Sectarian (Demo)


Media Report:
Genre: prog-rock
Origin: United Kingdom
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.3.0 (UTC 2013-05-26)


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