Fear of a Blank Planet (also Transmission 6.1) is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which was released on April 16, 2007 in the UK and Europe, and on April 24, 2007 in the United States. Steven Wilson has mentioned that the album's title is a direct reference to the 1990's Public Enemy album, Fear of a Black Planet. He explained that race relations were a major issue when it was released and he sees "coming to terms with information technology and...the 21st century" as a modern issue.
The album was written in Tel Aviv and London between January and July 2006. The promotion of the record included a premiere performance of the songs during the shows of the Arriving Somewhere DVD tour between September and November 2006, and a series of listening parties at New York's Legacy Studios, and London's Abbey Road Studios during January 2007. An EP titled Nil Recurring, was released on September 17, 2007 as a complement to the concept of the album.
Even though it doesn't include any singles, Fear of a Blank Planet charted in almost all European countries and entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at #59. Allmusic, which gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 score, assures that "While there is no "radio single" on the disc most songs transcend their complex structure and feel as provocative as any traditional rock tune". The album was highly acclaimed by the critics and gained the status of "Album Of The Year" in many magazines and websites.
Seven months prior to the release of the album, all the songs debuted live during the tour in support of the Arriving Somewhere DVD that ran from September 13 to November 29, 2006, though their titles were not revealed at the time. People attending the concerts could hear 50 minutes of brand new music during the first half of the shows. The only song not included in the set list was "Way Out of Here" since it had not been written yet. The song that later would be titled "Cheating The Polygraph" was then placed instead.
In January 12, 2007, Robert Fripp from King Crimson wrote in his blog that he contributed on a track called "Nil Recurring", during the Fear of a Blank Planet recording sessions. A few days after, the mixing and recording processes was finished, so Wilson unveiled the 5.1 mix edition of the album at two listening parties at New York's Legacy Studios, and London's Abbey Road Studios, where the official track list was finally unveiled; there was a third pre-release listening party without the prescence of Steven Wilson in the Brisbane's Club Phoenix later in April 14, organised by OzProg.com along with Roadrunner Records. A medley of the album tracks was posted to the band's MySpace page and the Fear of a Blank Planet microsite in February 21. Then in March 6, the title track was released in the US iTunes Store as a bonus track with Blackfield II, the second album from Wilson's side-project, Blackfield. On April 12, the CD came out in parts of Europe four days earlier than intended, and was soon leaked onto the internet.
In April 16, the same day as the European release date of the album, the music video for the title track debuted on the Porcupine Tree's MySpace, though it was temporarily removed a day later in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre due to the band finding the content, namely children wielding guns, distasteful at the present. Wilson expressed his opinion about the tragedy:
In April 25, the video was launched on the Fear of a Blank Planet microsite to view in high resolution; though since October the same year, it has been replaced by the projection used for the live performance of "Sleep Together". The video is now included as a bonus along with the 17-minute film for "Anesthetize" on the DVD-A version of Fear of a Blank Planet.
In June 4, the song "Sentimental" was NPR's "Song Of The Day".
In August 6, on their official website, Porcupine Tree announced a new EP was going to be released on September 17 the same year named Nil Recurring, featuring four tracks (just under 30 minutes of music) that were written during the Fear of a Blank Planet sessions, including the title track featuring Robert Fripp on guitar, and "Cheating the Polygraph".
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