The Pineapple Thief
The Pineapple Thief are an English progressive rock band founded by Bruce Soord in Yeovil, Somerset in 1999. Across a long catalog, the project grew from Soord's studio-centered writing into a full band known for restrained emotion, detailed arrangements, and heavy-edged modern prog. Early albums established a melancholic alternative rock foundation, while later records such as Tightly Unwound, Someone Here Is Missing, Magnolia, Your Wilderness, Dissolution, Versions of the Truth, and It Leads to This refined a sound built on tension rather than flamboyance. The arrival of drummer Gavin Harrison added a sharper rhythmic identity, bringing intricate movement without overwhelming the songs. The Pineapple Thief often favor atmosphere, patient crescendos, and wounded melodies over traditional prog display, but the music still carries enough weight and architectural ambition to connect with metal-adjacent listeners. Soord's voice gives the band its human scale: intimate, weary, and direct, even when the arrangements become expansive. Their importance lies in showing that progressive rock can be precise and emotionally close at the same time. The Pineapple Thief make music for listeners drawn to heaviness of mood as much as heaviness of distortion.
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The Pineapple Thief Discography
9 tracks
- 1 Private Paradise 11:48
- 2 Drain 6:35
- 3 Whatever You Do, Do Nothing 6:20
- 4 No One Leaves This Earth 5:54
- 5 Punish Yourself 4:26
- 6 Everyone Must Perish 4:38
- 7 Judge the Girl 6:12
- 8 Parted Forever 19:00
- 9 Mysterious Extra Track 4:20
13 tracks
- 1 Lay on the Tracks 4:45
- 2 Perpetual Night Shift 5:25
- 3 Kid Chameleon 7:01
- 4 Incubate 3:25
- 5 Doppler 7:28
- 6 Ster 4:00
- 7 Release the Tether 5:04
- 8 How Did We Find Our Way 3:57
- 9 137 5:02
- 10 Preserve 5:19
- 11 Warm Me 3:25
- 12 Pvs 11:42
- 13 Md One 3:56
20 tracks
- 1 We Subside 4:59
- 1 Sunday 20th 5:46
- 2 This Will Remain Unspoken 3:26
- 2 Monday 21st 6:23
- 3 Vapour Trails 9:03
- 3 Tuesday 22nd 4:39
- 4 Run Me Through 4:29
- 4 Wednesday 23rd 5:28
- 5 The Bitter Pill 4:41
- 5 Thursday 24th 7:19
- 6 Resident Alien 4:17
- 6 Friday 25th 7:16
- 7 Sooner or Later 4:13
- 7 Saturday 26th (Part One) 4:09
- 8 Part Zero 7:28
- 8 Saturday 26th (Part Two) 4:53
- 9 Keep Dreaming 4:25
- 9 Sunday 27th (Part One) 5:55
- 10 Remember Us 16:09
- 10 Sunday 27th (Part Two) 5:05
19 tracks
- 1 Prey for Me 6:39
- 1 Sunday: Crash 6:24
- 2 Clapham 4:31
- 2 Monday: Sleep 5:24
- 3 Wretched Soul 4:56
- 3 Tuesday: Haboob 9:09
- 4 The World I Always Dreamed Of 6:39
- 4 Wednesday: The Snail Song 8:31
- 5 Start Your Descent 3:57
- 5 Thursday: Fifty Four 7:01
- 6 My Own Oblivion 3:38
- 6 Friday: 5 Minutes 5:12
- 7 It's Just You and Me 4:58
- 7 Saturday: Reverse 8:23
- 8 The Answers 5:28
- 8 Sunday: King Street 8:24
- 9 From Where You're Standing 3:59
- 10 I Will Light up Your Eyes 7:20
- 11 Who Will Light up Your Eyes 7:52
11 tracks
- 1 Dead in the Water - Remastered 5:36
- 2 God Bless the Child - Remastered 4:45
- 3 Wilting Violet - Remastered 4:41
- 4 Wait - Remastered 3:22
- 5 Run a Mile - Remastered 6:39
- 6 Little Man - Remastered 3:42
- 7 November - Remastered 6:50
- 8 Boxing Day - Remastered 3:53
- 9 God Bless the Children - Remastered 1:58
- 10 Snowdrops - Remastered 5:56
- 11 We Love You - Remastered 8:38
8 tracks
- 1 All You Need to Know 4:08
- 2 Well, I Think That`s What You Said? 5:21
- 3 Take Me with You 5:04
- 4 West Winds 8:58
- 5 Deep Blue World 6:05
- 6 What Have We Sown? 27:46
- 7 You Sign Out 5:07
- 8 Before It Costs Us 3:00
17 tracks
- 1 My Debt to You 5:11
- 2 Shoot First 4:11
- 3 Sinners 4:51
- 4 Tightly Wound 6:31
- 5 The Sorry State 4:10
- 6 My Bleeding Hand 4:13
- 7 Different World 10:53
- 8 And so Say All of You 4:07
- 9 Too Much to Lose 14:49
- 10 Bitter Day 4:50
- 11 Second Chance 5:09
- 12 Too Far Gone 3:52
- 13 Freefall 5:42
- 14 February 13th 6:07
- 15 The West Coast 2:36
- 16 Shoot First - Acoustic 3:25
- 17 Tightly Wound - Acoustic 5:36
4 tracks
- 1 Shoot First (Single Edit) 3:14
- 2 Too Far Gone 3:49
- 3 My Debt to You (Alternate Version) 5:21
- 4 Second Chance 5:09
20 tracks
- 1 God Bless The Child 4:47
- 1 The World I Always Dreamed Of 7:11
- 2 Shoot First 4:15
- 2 Wretched Soul 5:01
- 3 Part Zero 7:29
- 3 All You Need To Know 4:14
- 4 137 5:02
- 4 Vapour Trails 8:59
- 5 We Love You 8:31
- 5 How Did We Find Our Way 3:58
- 6 Clapham 4:32
- 6 I Will Light Up Your Eyes 7:24
- 7 Dead In The Water 5:32
- 7 Subside 5:00
- 8 Kid Chameleon 7:00
- 8 Private Paradise 11:41
- 9 Tightly Wound (Acoustic) 5:36
- 9 Snowdrops 5:56
- 10 Remember Us 16:07
- 10 Too Much To Lose 14:49
4 tracks
- 1 Tightly Wound - Acoustic Version 5:33
- 2 Freefall 5:42
- 3 Bitter Day 4:50
- 4 Second Chance 5:10
4 tracks
- 1 Tightly Wound - Dawn Version 5:32
- 2 The West Coast 2:36
- 3 February 13th 6:09
- 4 Too Far Gone 3:52
8 tracks
- 1 Show A Little Love (single edit) 3:38
- 2 I Can Only See the Lights 2:21
- 3 A Million Miles Off Course 5:04
- 4 Counting The Cost 4:24
- 5 To Live And Die To... 4:22
- 6 Wake Up The Dead (acoustic) 4:03
- 7 Someone Here is Missing (acoustic) 3:56
- 8 Dead In The Water (Worldengine remix) 5:03
9 tracks
- 1 Nothing At Best 4:08
- 2 Wake Up The Dead 4:23
- 3 The State We're In 3:18
- 4 Preparation For Meltdown 7:27
- 5 Barely Breathing 3:44
- 6 Show A Little Love 3:58
- 7 Someone Here Is Missing 3:52
- 8 3000 Days 6:09
- 9 So We Row 8:16
2 tracks
- 1 Nothing At Best 4:08
- 2 Open Water 6:01
9 tracks
- 1 Burning Pieces 4:10
- 2 Warm Seas 3:56
- 3 Last Man Standing 5:08
- 4 All the Wars 3:44
- 5 Build a World 3:53
- 6 Give It Back 6:58
- 7 Someone Pull Me Out 3:57
- 8 One More Step Away 3:05
- 9 Reaching Out 9:43
17 tracks
- 1 Burning Pieces 4:11
- 2 Warm Seas 3:57
- 3 Last Man Standing 5:11
- 4 All the Wars 3:46
- 5 Build a World 3:57
- 6 Give It Back 7:01
- 7 Someone Pull Me Out 4:00
- 8 One More Step Away 3:10
- 9 Reaching Out 9:49
- 10 Warm Seas (Acoustic Version) 4:11
- 11 All the Wars (Acoustic Version) 3:50
- 12 Last Man Standing (Acoustic Version) 4:34
- 13 Every Last Moment (Acoustic Version) 2:34
- 14 One More Step Away (Acoustic Version) 3:00
- 15 Someone Pull Me Out (Acoustic Version) 4:06
- 16 Burning Pieces (Acoustic Version) 3:14
- 17 Reaching Out (Acoustic Version) 4:54
20 tracks
- 1 Warm Seas 3:58
- 2 Give It Back 7:00
- 3 Someone Pull Me Out 3:59
- 4 Wake up the Dead 4:23
- 5 Preparation for Meltdown 7:28
- 6 Barely Breathing 3:45
- 7 Bitter Day 4:50
- 8 Second Chance 5:11
- 9 Different World 10:55
- 10 And so Say All of You 4:04
- 11 West Winds 8:57
- 12 Well, I Think That`s What You Said? 5:27
- 13 Dead in the Water 5:31
- 14 We Love You 8:38
- 15 The Answers 5:28
- 16 It`s Just You and Me 4:58
- 17 Clapham 4:32
- 18 We Subside 4:56
- 19 Vapour Trails 9:10
- 20 Doppler 7:28
1 track
- 1 All the Wars 3:44
5 tracks
- 1 Build a World 3:53
- 2 You Don`t Look so Innocent 3:53
- 3 What Are You Saying? 4:13
- 4 You Drew Blood 6:58
- 5 Build a World (Dirty Hifi Remix) 5:59
12 tracks
- 1 Simple as That 4:01
- 2 Alone at Sea 5:20
- 3 Don't Tell Me 3:34
- 4 Magnolia 3:47
- 5 Seasons Past 4:14
- 6 Coming Home 3:05
- 7 The One You Left to Die 4:19
- 8 Breathe 2:50
- 9 From Me 2:35
- 10 Sense of Fear 4:30
- 11 A Loneliness 3:20
- 12 Bond 4:31
16 tracks
- 1 Simple as That 4:01
- 2 Alone at Sea 5:20
- 3 Don't Tell Me 3:34
- 4 Magnolia 3:47
- 5 Seasons Past 4:14
- 6 Coming Home 3:05
- 7 The One You Left to Die 4:19
- 8 Breathe 2:50
- 9 From Me 2:35
- 10 Sense of Fear 4:30
- 11 A Loneliness 3:20
- 12 Bond 4:31
- 13 The One You Left to Die (Acoustic) 4:18
- 14 Seasons Past (Acoustic) 4:18
- 15 Don't Tell Me (Acoustic) 2:58
- 16 Magnolia (Acoustic) 3:48
2 tracks
- 1 Simple as That 4:01
- 2 The Fins Fan Me 3:57
7 tracks
- 1 Strung Out 3:53
- 2 Dawn Again 3:53
- 3 Ritual 4:30
- 4 The Toil 3:57
- 5 Hallucinations And Delusions 5:36
- 6 The Confined Escape 7:58
- 7 Our Shelter 10:10
8 tracks
- 1 In Exile 5:10
- 2 No Man's Land 4:17
- 3 Tear You Up 4:51
- 4 That Shore 4:52
- 5 Take Your Shot 4:33
- 6 Fend for Yourself 3:43
- 7 The Final Thing on My Mind 9:53
- 8 Where We Stood 3:45
1 track
- 1 In Exile 5:10
1 track
- 1 No Man's Land 4:17
14 tracks
- 1 Tear You Up - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 5:00
- 2 The One You Left to Die - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:29
- 3 No Man`s Land - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:31
- 4 Alone at Sea - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 5:35
- 5 That Shore - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:55
- 6 Reaching Out - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 9:28
- 7 In Exile - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 5:00
- 8 Take Your Shot - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:36
- 9 Show a Little Love - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:20
- 10 Fend for Yourself - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:11
- 11 Part Zero - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 6:49
- 12 Simple as That - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:25
- 13 The Final Thing on My Mind - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 10:04
- 14 Nothing at Best - Live @ Islington Assembly Hall 4:58
2 tracks
- 1 Fend for Yourself 3:43
- 2 In Exile 3:34
9 tracks
- 1 Not Naming Any Names 2:05
- 2 Try as I Might 4:26
- 3 Threatening War 6:37
- 4 Uncovering Your Tracks 4:28
- 5 All That You've Got 3:26
- 6 Far Below 4:35
- 7 Pillar of Salt 1:25
- 8 White Mist 11:05
- 9 Shed a Light 5:19
1 track
- 1 Uncovering Your Tracks - Edit 3:32
1 track
- 1 Try as I Might 4:26
1 track
- 1 Far Below 4:35
9 tracks
- 1 Try as I Might - Live 4:49
- 2 Threatening War - Live 6:43
- 3 Uncovering Your Tracks - Live 4:38
- 4 All That You've Got - Live 3:26
- 5 Far Below - Live 4:42
- 6 Not Naming Any Names - Live 2:15
- 7 White Mist - Live 10:40
- 8 Shed a Light - Live 5:38
- 9 3000 Days - Live 7:16
1 track
- 1 Threatening War - Live 6:43
1 track
- 1 Threatening War - Edit 5:59
10 tracks
- 1 Versions of the Truth 5:39
- 2 Break It All 4:21
- 3 Demons 4:33
- 4 Driving Like Maniacs 3:29
- 5 Leave Me Be 4:14
- 6 Too Many Voices 3:16
- 7 Our Mire 7:26
- 8 Out of Line 4:00
- 9 Stop Making Sense 3:20
- 10 The Game 4:45
1 track
- 1 Driving Like Maniacs 3:29
1 track
- 1 Versions of the Truth 5:39
1 track
- 1 Break It All 4:21
1 track
- 1 Demons 4:33
17 tracks
- 1 Versions of the Truth - Nothing But The Truth 5:40
- 2 In Exile - Nothing But The Truth 5:00
- 3 Warm Seas - Nothing But The Truth 4:00
- 4 Our Mire - Nothing But The Truth 7:18
- 5 Build a World - Nothing But The Truth 3:42
- 6 Demons - Nothing But The Truth 4:29
- 7 Driving Like Maniacs - Nothing But The Truth 3:30
- 8 Someone Pull Me Out - Nothing But The Truth 4:01
- 9 Uncovering Your Tracks - Nothing But The Truth 4:27
- 10 Break It All - Nothing But The Truth 4:17
- 11 White Mist - Nothing But The Truth 9:47
- 12 Out of Line - Nothing But The Truth 3:58
- 13 Wretched Soul - Nothing But The Truth 5:23
- 14 Far Below - Nothing But The Truth 4:34
- 15 Threatening War - Nothing But The Truth 6:38
- 16 The Swell - Nothing But The Truth 4:18
- 17 The Final Thing on My Mind - Nothing But The Truth 9:46
11 tracks
- 1 Introduction - The Soord Sessions 0:36
- 2 Magnolia - The Soord Sessions 4:01
- 3 Versions of the Truth - The Soord Sessions 6:18
- 4 Alone at Sea - The Soord Sessions 7:45
- 5 No Man's Land - The Soord Sessions 6:11
- 6 White Mist - The Soord Sessions 11:48
- 7 A Lonliness - The Soord Sessions 3:00
- 8 Demons - The Soord Sessions 6:01
- 9 The One You Left to Die - The Soord Sessions 5:53
- 10 Willow Tree - The Soord Sessions 5:16
- 11 The Final Thing on My Mind - The Soord Sessions 14:23
1 track
- 1 Someone Pull Me Out - Nothing But The Truth 4:01
1 track
- 1 Wretched Soul - Nothing But The Truth 5:23
1 track
- 1 Our Mire - Nothing But The Truth 7:18
12 tracks
- 1 Wretched Soul - Rewired 5:27
- 2 Dead in the Water - Rewired 4:45
- 3 Give It Back - Rewired 6:20
- 4 Build a World - Rewired 3:42
- 5 Start Your Descent - Rewired 4:23
- 6 137 - Rewired 5:05
- 7 Shoot First - Rewired 3:44
- 8 Boxing Day - Rewired 3:26
- 9 Warm Seas - Rewired 3:59
- 10 Someone Pull Me Out - Rewired 4:00
- 11 Last Man Standing - Rewired 5:16
- 12 Little Man - Rewired 3:53
1 track
- 1 Dead in the Water - Rewired 4:45
1 track
- 1 Give It Back - Rewired 6:20
1 track
- 1 The Frost 5:40
8 tracks
- 1 Put It Right 5:30
- 2 Rubicon 4:37
- 3 It Leads to This 4:43
- 4 The Frost 5:40
- 5 All That's Left 4:25
- 6 Now It's Yours 5:59
- 7 Every Trace of Us 4:30
- 8 To Forget 5:21
5 tracks
- 1 All Because Of Me 3:03
- 2 Last To Run 6:42
- 3 Election Day 4:15
- 4 The World To Me 4:07
- 5 No Friend Of Mine 3:31
1 track
- 1 All Because Of Me 3:03
3 tracks
- 1 It Leads To This 4:43
- 2 Every Trace Of Us 4:30
- 3 The Frost 5:40
2 tracks
- 1 Every Trace Of Us 4:30
- 2 The Frost 5:40
2 tracks
- 1 New World Order 4:23
- 2 Hold the Ashes 4:23
1 track
- 1 Hold the Ashes 4:23
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