' is an EP by British musician

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. It was released on 22 January 2016. It collects songs that were written during the sessions for Wilson's previous two studio albums, ''

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'' and '' Hand. Cannot. Erase.''. The closing track is a new version of "Don't Hate Me", originally recorded by

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on the album ''

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'', sung as a duet with Israeli singer

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. The title ' indicates the EP serves as an interim release between Wilson's fourth solo album ''Hand. Cannot. Erase.'' and his fifth full-length studio album '' To the Bone''.

Recording

* "My Book of Regrets" was written in late 2013 and finished in June 2015. Main recording took place from 28 June 2015 in

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, with additional recording at No Man's Land. * "Year of the Plague" was written and recorded during sessions of ''

'' in 2012–2013. * "Happiness III" was written in 2003 and recorded during the '' Hand. Cannot. Erase.'' sessions at Air Studio in September 2014. * "Sunday Rain Sets In" was recorded during the ''Hand. Cannot. Erase.'' sessions at Air Studios, East West and Spin Studios in 2014. * "Vermillioncore" was partly written in late 2013, finished in June 2015 and recorded in October 2015. * "Don't Hate Me" was written in 1998 and originally released by Wilson's band,

, on their 1999 album ''

''. This version of the track was taken from a live concert in Europe in September 2015, with additional recording at No Man's Land.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals, guitars,

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, piano, percussion, virtual instruments

Guitarists

Dave Kilminster David Kilminster (born 25 January 1962) is a British guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer and music teacher. He has toured as a sideman with Steven Wilson and Roger Waters. Biography Kilminster began playing piano in childhood, and later ...

(tracks 1 and 6) *

Guthrie Govan Guthrie Govan (; born 27 December 1971) is a British guitarist and guitar teacher, known for his work with the bands the Aristocrats, Asia, GPS, the Young Punx and the Fellowship, as well as his solo project Erotic Cakes. More recently, he ha ...

(track 3)

Drummers

Craig Blundell Craig Blundell (born 18 July 1973) is a British drummer, who has toured with Steven Wilson and Steve Hackett. He was a member of progressive rock band Frost* from 2009 to 2019 and again from 2022 till the present. He is also been a member of the ...

(tracks 1, 5, and 6) *

Marco Minnemann Marco Minnemann (born 24 December 1970) is a German multi-instrumentalist and composer who primarily plays drums. Career Minnemann has released over a dozen solo albums as drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, and performed on over 100 ...

(track 3) *

Chad Wackerman Chad Wackerman (born March 25, 1960) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer, who has played with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. He has worked as a band member, session musician, sideman, and bandleader. He is the older brother o ...

(track 4)

Additional personnel

Nick Beggs Nicholas Beggs (born 15 December 1961Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 270-271) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of the Mute Go ...

– bass guitar, Chapman Stick, backing vocals * Adam Holzman –

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Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

Theo Travis Theo Travis (born 7 July 1964) is a British saxophonist, flautist and composer. He is a member of Soft Machine which he joined in 2006 while the group was still using the "Legacy" suffix and was a member of Gong from 1999 to 2010. Biography Tra ...

–

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(tracks 4 and 6) *

– co-vocals (track 6)

Charts

References

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