Blackfield best-of set for September release

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Aviv Geffen and Steven Wilson will release Open Mind: The Best Of Blackfield in September

Aviv Geffen and Steven Wilson have revealed that they’ll release an album titled Open Mind: The Best Of Blackfield later this year.

The 15-track collection will arrive on September 28 via Kscope and will include new artwork by Hajo Müller.

The compilation has been curated by Geffen and Wilson and covers material recorded from all five of their studio albums.

Wilson says: “Blackfield appealed to me because it was a chance to focus firmly on the art of the classic pop song with concise songs and strong melodies, harmonies, orchestration, and a very lush ‘golden’ production.”

The duo’s last album was Blackfield V (opens in new tab), which launched in February 2017 and was recorded over the space of 18 months between Israel and England.

Open Mind: The Best Of Blackfield is now available for pre-order. Find details below.

Open Mind: The Best Of Blackfield tracklist

1. Blackfield
2. Family Man
3. Open Mind
4. 1,000 People
5. Oxygen
6. Hello
7. Once
8. How Was Your Ride?
9. Waving
10. From 44 To 48
11. Pain
12. October
13. Faking
14. Dissolving With The Night
15. End Of The World

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Blackfield - Open Mind: The Best Of Blackfield (opens in new tab)
This compilation features a total of 15 tracks from the Aviv Geffen and Steven Wilson project – with songs spanning the duo's five studio albums.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
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Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.