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Progress Reform

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Released
  
26 June 2006

Length
  
32:14

Release date
  
26 June 2006

Label
  
Talitres

Recorded
  
During 2005–2006

Artist
  
I Like Trains

Producer
  
Dan Austin

Genre
  
Post-rock

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Progress Reform(2006)
  
Elegies to Lessons Learnt(2007)

Progress Reform is an EP by the Leeds-based post-rock group I Like Trains. The titles of the songs employ the same capitalisation format as the band's name, capitalising all letters except for i's. The EP's title is a reference to the lyrics of "The Beeching Report", which are concerned with the 1960s Beeching Axe British railway reforms. Other songs on the EP have other historical implications.

Contents

  • "Terra Nova" – Robert Scott's doomed mission to the South Pole in 1912.
  • "No Military Parade" – Roald Amundsen and the events after the polar expedition.
  • "A Rook House for Bobby" – Tells the story of Bobby Fischer's 1992 chess match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia, after which Fischer was unable to return to the USA. The song's video includes a high-speed animation of the final game, with which Fischer won the match.
  • "The Beeching Report" – The effects of Dr Richard Beeching's report.

    • Track listing

    1. "Terra Nova" – 4:59
    2. "No Military Parade" – 3:27
    3. "A Rook House For Bobby" – 4:43
    4. "Citizen" – 3:02
    5. "The Accident" – 3:02
    6. "Stainless Steel" – 8:19
    7. "The Beeching Report" – 4:42
    8. "Before the Curtains Close" – 5:32 (American Version, also has the Terra Nova video)

    Personnel

  • David Martin: Vocals and Guitar
  • Guy Bannister: Guitars and Keys
  • Alistair Bowis: Bass
  • Ashley Dean: Images and Cornet
  • Simon Fogal: Drums and Percussion
  • All Music Written and Performed by I Like Trains
  • All Songs Produced and Mixed by I Like Trains
  • All Songs Engineered by Daniel Skevington
  • Except "Terra Nova" Produced and Mixed by I Like Trains and Dan Austin for 140 dB
  • "No Military Parade Recorded by Nathanial Chan
  • Drums on "The Accident" Recorded by Dan Austin
  • All Songs recorded at The Wortley Studio and the I Like Trains Cellar using the Rumpus Room mobile recording facility except "Terra Nova" Recorded at the Miloco Neve Room.

    • Note: Since this "EP" runs for over 30 minutes, its technically an album.

    Songs

    1TERRA NOVA5:00
    2No Military Parade3:27
    3A Rook House for Bobby4:43

    References

    Progress Reform Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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