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Goodbye to the Age of Steam

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Released
  
1994

Language
  
English

Release date
  
1994

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Recorded
  
Parklands Studios

Artist
  
Big Big Train

Label
  
Giant Electric Pea

Producers
  
Andy Poole, Greg Spawton

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Goodbye To The Age of Steam (1994)
  
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Goodbye To The Age of Steam is the debut studio album by the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train. It was released in 1994, by Giant Electric Pea. On the official BBT website, Spawton has revealed that "much of the album was about how people lose their way in their lives; about the tightrope we all walk every day. The album title wasn't linked to this, but it conveyed a feeling of pathos which fitted the mood of the songs."

Contents

Re-release

The original album is out of print. In 2010 it was remastered by members of the band, and the track list has been expanded by three tracks: one being recorded for the 1993 demo The Infant Hercules, one newly recorded instrumental track from the 2010 line-up (including Nick D'Virgilio on drums and David Longdon on keyboards), and an expanded version of the original album track "Losing Your Way". The remastered version was released in 2011 with new artwork and liner notes.

Track listing

  1. Wind Distorted Pioneers (Spawton) – 3:21
  2. Head Hit the Pillow (Spawton) – 5:48
  3. Edge of the Known World (Spawton) – 4:47
  4. Landfall (Spawton) – 4:18
  5. Dragon Bone Hill (Spawton) – 3:52
  6. Blow The House Down (Spawton, Cooper) – 9:20
  7. Expecting Snow (Spawton) – 2:36
  8. Blue Silver Red (Spawton, Poole) – 10:03
  9. Losing Your Way (Spawton) – 7:28
  10. Two Poets Meet (Spawton) – 4:30 (Japanese bonus track)

2011 bonus tracks

  1. Far Distant Thing (Spawton) – 4:35 (1993 recording, originally released on The Infant Hercules)
  2. Expecting Dragons (Spawton) – 7:16 (new recording)
  3. Losing Your Way (Spawton) – 10:01 (extended version)

Personnel

  • Ian Cooper – keyboards
  • Steve Hughes – drums and percussion
  • Andy Poole – bass, keyboards
  • Martin Read – vocals
  • Greg Spawton – guitars, keyboards
  • David Longdon – Keyboard (instrument) on Expecting Dragons, 2011
  • Nick D'Virgilio – drums on Expecting Dragons, 2011

    • Guest musicians

  • Rob Aubrey – backing vocals
  • Ken Bundy – backing vocals
  • Gary Chandler – backing vocals
  • Sally French – backing vocals
  • Stuart Nicholson – backing vocals
  • Martin Orford – backing vocals
  • Mandy Taylor – backing vocals
  • Steve Christey – windchimes

    • Songs

    1Wind Distorted Pioneers3:21
    2Head Hit the Pillow5:50
    3Edge of the Known World4:47

    References

    Goodbye to the Age of Steam Wikipedia
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