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, released on the

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/ Helicon

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in February 2004. The album was re-released in August of the same year with an additional three-track bonus disc, followed by a later pressing that contains the album and the three bonus tracks all on one CD. Two songs are covers in English of earlier

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songs in

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, "Cloudy Now" () from 1993 and "Scars" () from 2000. In the latter case, Aviv's original studio recording was simply reused with newly sung vocals. Four singles were released from the album: "Hello", "Pain", "Blackfield" and "Cloudy Now".

Track listing

Bonus disc

There is also a 2-LP version with "Perfect World" and another, LP-exclusive track, "Feel So Low"; the latter is a cover of a Porcupine Tree song from ''

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'' with the first verse sung in Hebrew.
Steven Wilson's SoundCloud page
features an extended version of the title-track as a streamable and downloadable WAV file. This version has an extra minute and a half at the end, where the outro groove turns into acoustic guitar strumming and a new vocal line before the song fades out.

Personnel

;Blackfield *

- keyboards, additional

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s, additional keyboards, vocals * Daniel Salomon -

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; keyboards and backing vocals on "Cloudy Now (live)" * Seffy Efrati -

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Chris Maitland Chris Maitland (born 13 May 1964) is an English drummer. Maitland was born in Cambridge, England. After being the drummer for No-Man on their Autumn 1993 tour (and playing on two tracks on their ''Flowermouth'' album), Maitland was asked b ...

- drums, percussion on "Blackfield", "The Hole in Me", "Hello" and "Cloudy Now (live)", backing vocals on "Cloudy Now (live)" ;Guest musicians *

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- drums, percussion on "Open Mind", "Pain" and "Perfect World" * Yirmi Kaplan - drums, percussion on "Glow" and "Summer" * The Mistakes - instruments on "Scars" * Strings on "Open Mind", "Lullaby", "Summer" and "Hello" performed by the Illusion quartet conducted by Daniel Salomon. ;Production * Steven Wilson – producer, mixer * Aviv Geffen - producer * Shlomy Kane'an, Barack Gabison, Eyal Dafna - technical assistance * Chris Blair – mastering *

Lasse Hoile Lasse Hoile (born 1973 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish artist, photographer and filmmaker. He has collaborated with musician Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and Blackfield. He has also designed live visuals for US progressive met ...

– photography * Carl Glover – graphic design

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackfield (Album) Blackfield albums 2004 debut albums Helicon Records albums Snapper Music albums