Up the Downstair (1993)

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I often compare Porcupine Tree to Radiohead, even though their music doesn't sound similarly. When I listen to Porcupine Tree, especially for such their album as "Stupid Dream" or "In Absentia", I feel the same moods as of listening to Radiohead of their pre-"Kid A" period. But unlike Radiohead, Porcupine Tree is not widely known band. And the reason of that is their non-commercial approach to music creation. "Up the Downstair" was released in 1993, in the dawn of BritPop era, and everything that young people wanted to listen to at that time was alternative rock in all its variety. However, "Up the Downstair" presents completely different kind of music. Being quite unusual and experimental by its nature, this album constitutes one of the best samples of psychedelic rock I ever listened to in the rest of my life. This album is absolutely non-commercial (not many people were interested in psychedelic rock in the mid of the 90's), but this fact only does the album better. I consider "Up the Downstair" as the best early work of Porcupine Tree, a masterpiece of progressive psychedelia, but anyway I like their late albums better.