# Steven Wilson's 4 ½: A Musical Gem Unveiled
## Album Basics
- **Artist**: Steven Wilson
- **Title**: 4 ½
- **Release Year**: 2016
- **Genres**: Rock, Neo-Prog, Alternative/Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
## The All-Star Lineup
Steven Wilson wears many hats on this album, playing guitars, lead vocals, autoharp, mellotron, piano, percussion, and virtual instruments (tracks 1 - 6). Joining him are:
- Adam Holzman on Wurlitzer, hammond organ, minimoog, rhodes, piano (tracks 1 - 6)
- Dave Kilminster on guitar (tracks 1 and 6)
- Guthrie Govan on guitar (track 3)
- Nick Beggs on bass, Chapman Stick, backing vocals (tracks 1 - 6)
- Craig Blundell on drums (tracks 1, 5, and 6)
- Marco Minnemann on drums (track 3)
- Chad Wackerman on drums (track 4)
- Theo Travis on reeds (tracks 4 and 6)
- Ninet Tayeb on vocals (track 6)
## Recording Details
Recorded between October 2012 and October 2015, under the label © Kscope.
## Quality and Format
- **Quality**: Blu-ray Audio
- **Duration**: 00:36:46 + 00:36:54 + 00:03:58
- **Video**: MPEG-4 AVC 5003 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
- **Audio**:
- English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7333 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
- English LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
- English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
## Album Background
4 ½ is an interim release between *Hand. Cannot. Erase.* and Steven Wilson's next album. It has 6 tracks, running for 37 minutes. Four songs are from *Hand. Cannot. Erase.* sessions, one from *The Raven That Refused To Sing* sessions, and the final track, a new version of *Don’t Hate Me* (originally by Porcupine Tree in 1998), is based on a recent European tour live recording with studio touch-ups. Steven and Ninet Tayeb sing it as a duet.
## Blu-Ray Edition
Comes in an amray case with die cut slipcase and 8-page booklet (photographed by Lasse Hoile and designed by Carl Glover). It includes high res stereo, a 5.1 mix of the album, plus 6 bonus instrumentals and alternative mixes, like a 5.1 mix of the 2015 version of *Lazarus*.
## Tracklist
1. *My Book of Regrets* - 9.23
2. *Year of the Plague* - 4.15
3. *H APP iness III* - 4.31
4. *Sunday Rain Sets In* - 3.50
5. *Vermillioncore* - 5.09
6. *Don’t Hate Me* - 9.34
### Blu-ray Exclusive Bonus Tracks (#8 - 10 Only Stereo)
7. *Lazarus (2015 recording)* - 3.58
8. *My Book Of Regrets (edit)* - 3.34
9. *Don’t Hate Me (sw vocal version)* - 9.34
10. *My Book Of Regrets (instrumental)* - 9.35
11. *Happiness III (instrumental)* - 4.31
12. *Don`t Hate Me (instrumental)* - 9.34
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