A friend of mine just returned from London with a copy of Lightbulb Sun in hand (I asked her to pick it up for me while she was there). For the past two days, I've listened to it over and over and OVER again. This CD is unbelievable in its depth and complexity! The music is mesmerizing and incredibly moving. The lyrics are as clever as ever. The vocals are trademark Tree. Woven throughout are snippets of sounds, conversations, laughter. Lightbulb Sun takes the power and precision of Stupid Dream to another realm, another musical level. From the delicate acoustic guitar intro and vocal (that quickly becomes an electric guitar riff worthy of Jimmy Page) of the opening title track to the haunting "How Is Your Life Today?" (check out the vocal harmonizing and the herky-jerky carnival piano!) to the oh-so-catchy "Four Chords That Made a Million" to the epic-length (13 minute) "Russia On Ice" to the closing track, the heartbreaking "Feel So Low," Lightbulb Sun is an astonishing musical statement from a band that just keeps getting better. Because of its level of musicianship, its ability to draw me in and its uncanny ability to flow from melancholy to upbeat, Lightbulb Sun has become one of my all-time favorite albums. I put my portable CD player on Repeat and listen to Lightbulb Sun with my headphones on all day long at the office (I'm a copywriter in an ad agency so I can get away with that sort of thing). Buy this album NOW...and hope Tree tours near you this year!

At first when i obtained this album the impression the music gave me was of a throwaway. It didn t get through to me, the way it did a few months later.

This album by P T is pretty good. In fact it is one of their best. From an objective point of view I have to say that out of the 10 songs that grace this record. 3 are not my cup of tea. The others are purely intelligent, and well crafted pieces (i.e `How is your life today, Russia on ice, shesmovedon)

An interview on the p t web site asked Steve wilson how he came up with the music for his songs, and his response was `sometimes weeks can go by without a single decent piece of music, but then all of the sudden 3 songs are formed.' He then went on and said that 2 or 3 of the songs on Lightbulb sun were done this way, or also on the road in hotel rooms etc.

Being a big fan of this band i have to say that after `Signify' the band to my opinion suffered somewhat of a distrophy in musical terms. Objectively, the albums such as `Up the downstair', or the sky moves sideaways which were easier to listen, and that you `got' them right away had come to an end.

What i am trying to say is that although P T has changed musically, they are still an excellent band to listen to, or see live if you can, keeping in mind that their musical style has changed.