Fish - Sunsets On Empire (The Remasters) (2015)

The aptly named ‘Sunsets on Empire’ was the final studio album released on the Dick Bros Record Company in May 1997. Steven Wilson was not only the main co-writer with Fish on this album, but he also played guitars and produced it together with Avril Mackintosh who dealt with Fish’s vocals on all the tracks. It was Steven’s first production post outside of his own band ‘Porcupine Tree’ and ‘No Man’ who he worked alongside Tim Bowness who also co-wrote ’Say it With Flowers’ for the album. Originally mixed by Calum Malcolm and mastered by Bob Ludwig back in 1998 this new definitive version has been totally remastered by Calum. CD 1 is the original track listing with CD2 containing demos with Steven Wilson and bonus tracks. CD3 has acoustic versions and live material including songs from the Przemysl, Poland concert in 1997 that have been remastered by Calum Malcolm. The 3CD’s come in a hardback book with photos and artwork by Mark Wilkinson and contain 9000 words of Fish’s own sleeve notes covering the writing and recording of the album.