The Harmony Codex | ||||
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Released | 29 September 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2021-2023 | |||
Studio | Home studio (North London) | |||
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Length | 64:02 | |||
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Producer | Steven Wilson | |||
Steven Wilson chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Harmony Codex | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Classic Rock | [3] |
Sonic Perspectives | [4] |
Ghostcult Magazine | [5] |
The Harmony Codex is the seventh studio album by British musician Steven Wilson, released on 29 September 2023 through Virgin Music Group.[6][7]
The record was first announced on 29 August 2023 with the release of lead single "Economies of Scale".[8] Since then, the tracks "Impossible Tightrope", "Rock Bottom", and "What Life Brings" have been released as singles.
The album is said to be "a genre-spanning collection that opens up like a musical puzzle box" and musically more complex than Wilson's previous album.[9][10]
Along with the release of the standalone record, also released was a three-disc limited edition featuring a collection of bonus tracks under the name Harmonic Distortion.[11]
Steven Wilson supposedly worked on the album "in a studio tucked inside a garage of a North London townhouse", piecing together the tracks with remote help from collaborators Ninet Tayeb, Craig Blundell, Adam Holzman, Jack Dangers, and Sam Fogarino.[12]
All tracks are written by Steven Wilson, except for "Economies of Scale" with Adam Holzman, and "Rock Bottom", written by Ninet Tayeb.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Inclination" | 7:15 |
2. | "What Life Brings" | 3:40 |
3. | "Economies of Scale" | 4:17 |
4. | "Impossible Tightrope" | 10:42 |
5. | "Rock Bottom" | 4:25 |
6. | "Beautiful Scarecrow" | 5:22 |
7. | "The Harmony Codex" | 9:50 |
8. | "Time is Running Out" | 3:57 |
9. | "Actual Brutal Facts" | 5:05 |
10. | "Staircase" | 9:26 |
Total length: | 64:02 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Codex Theme #7" | 0:49 |
2. | "Economies of Scale" (Manic Street Preachers remix) | 4:05 |
3. | "Codex Theme #9" | 0:33 |
4. | "Inclination" (Faultline remix) | 7:30 |
5. | "Impossible Tightrope" (alternate version) | 10:11 |
6. | "Codex Theme #6" | 1:07 |
7. | "Beautiful Scarecrow" (Meat Beat Manifesto excursion 1) | 6:05 |
8. | "Codex Theme #8" | 1:03 |
9. | "Time is Running Out" (Mikael Åkerfeldt version) | 3:47 |
10. | "Staircase" (Interpol remix) | 6:47 |
11. | "Codex Theme #3" | 1:03 |
12. | "What Life Brings" (Aug 22 mix by Roland Orzabal) | 4:16 |
13. | "The Harmony Codex" (long take) | 17:02 |
14. | "Staircase" (Radiophonic Workshop remix) | 12:36 |
Total length: | 76:14 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "What Life Brings" (Aug 22 mix by Roland Orzabal) | 4:16 |
12. | "Time is Running Out" (Mikael Åkerfeldt version) | 3:47 |
13. | "The Harmony Codex – Audio Play / Part 1" | 5:58 |
14. | "The Harmony Codex – Audio Play / Part 2" | 7:32 |
15. | "The Harmony Codex – Audio Play / Part 3" | 5:02 |
16. | "The Harmony Codex – Audio Play / Part 4" | 6:11 |
17. | "The Harmony Codex – Audio Play / Part 5" | 5:21 |
18. | "The Harmony Codex – Audio Play / Part 6" | 5:21 |
Total length: | 107:30 |
Session musicians
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Session musicians on Harmonic Distortion
Production
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Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] | 72 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] | 9 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] | 18 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] | 12 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] | 2 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] | 13 |
French Albums (SNEP)[20] | 25 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[21] | 18 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] | 3 |
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[23] | 36 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[24] | 7 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] | 1 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] | 20 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] | 5 |
UK Albums (OCC)[28] | 4 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[29] | 1 |