UK prog rockers The Pineapple Thief have announced that they will reissue 10 Stories Down on coloured vinyl in October to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary.
Origjnally released in 2005 on Malcolm Parker's Cyclops label who had released the band's previous three releases, 10 Stories Down was the band's fourth studio album, echoing a mix of their early progressive rock sound mixed with strong elements of Muse and Radiohead.
The album itself, recorded by a five-piece line-up of Bruce Soord (guitar and vocals), Jon Sykes (bass), Keith Harrison (drums), Wayne Higgins (guitar) and Matt O'Leary (keyboards), was preceded in 2004 by 12 Stories Down, limited edition "preview" version of 10 Stories Down which contained unmastered mixes of most of the songs that would appear on 10 Stories Down, as well as a few exclusive to the preview CD.
The first 1000 pressings of both 10 Stories Down and 12 Stories Down featured a bonus disc, 8 Days Later, on which all the tracks were conceived, recorded and mixed in 8 days, and used ambient sounds from in and around the studio.
Following the release of the album, keyboard player O'Learly quit and was replaced by Steve Kitch, who co-produced and mixed 10 Stories Down. The album was also remixed and remastered by Bruce Soord and Steve Kitsch in 2011, the second in a series of remastered reissues from the band’s back catalogue under the Kscope label, for whom the band signed for 2008's Tightly Unwound album - the first ever Kscope release.
This 20th anniversary edition of 10 Stories Down is released through Kscope on October 31 on apricot and black marble vinyl in a single sleeve. The audio was remastered in 2023 by Steve Kitch at Steve Kitch Remastering Studios.
