Watchstanding regulate the sailors' duty watches and for other purposes (see main article). Unlike civil clock bells, the strikes of a ship's bell do not accord to the number of the hour. Instead, there are eight bells, one for each half-hour of a four-hour watch. Bells would be struck every half-hour, and in a pattern of pairs for easier counting, with any odd bells at the end of the sequence. Watchstanding Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously. On a typical seafaring vessel, be it naval or merchant, personnel keep watch
Signify well, praising the album for being "Caught between Porcupine Tree's psychedelic roots and their song-oriented future, "Signify" is a testament to Porcupine Tree's power as a dark, brooding album with excellent production and a thoroughly progressive heart." The "Dutch Progressive Rock Page" praised the album as well, giving it an equivalent score of 8 out of 10, stating "'Signify' isn't the best Porcupine Tree album out there, and it certainly isn't one of the first recommendations I would make to a 'newbie' wanting to check out the band...This doesn't mean that there's no high quality stuff on the album though.