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1. Hedgerow
2. Curator of Butterflies 3. East Coast Racer 4. The Wide Open Sea 5. The Underfall Yard First 3 are pretty much on the same level.
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TrickedTail
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Posted: May 04 2013 at 10:16 |
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I've listened through both parts one and two several times now. Probably at least 15 times.
I honestly think that they rate as high as anything that Genesis or Yes ever did. I can find no fault with these albums. They're just superb. It's a shame, but I doubt BBT will ever get the thorough recognition they deserve. Edited by TrickedTail - May 04 2013 at 10:19 |
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timbo
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Posted: May 03 2013 at 05:06 |
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Thanks for turning me back onto BBT.
I bought Difference Machine a couple of years ago, but still cant get into it, despite repeated plays. After reading this thread, I played the Youtube clips of English Electric, and found them much more to my taste. If it hadn't been for this thread I'd have ignored them totally. Cheers!
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lazland
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Posted: April 18 2013 at 15:35 |
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Part Two of English Electric arrived Tuesday, but haven't had a chance to listen until today.
It really is quite lush, pastoral, and utterly beautiful.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 12 2013 at 11:49 |
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It needs more than punctuation.
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I think his vocal performance on Wide Open Sea off of the EP is what makes it my remaining BBT favorite. And he makes me think that there was something important about Master James of St. George building "castles of stone, steel and blood". But then a little less bloody good is his grim performance on A Boy in Darkness.
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Posted: April 07 2013 at 10:40 |
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Greetings from Arizona.
I have really enjoyed both parts of ENGLISH ECCENTRIC but have yet to explore their older work. Looking forward to doing so, starting with THE UNDERFALL YARD, I think. Cheers!
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Posted: April 05 2013 at 06:24 |
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Posted: April 04 2013 at 17:06 |
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That's the way I see it. David Longdon has taken everything up several notches.
The earlier albums are decent enough, and always interesting, but nothing special.
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john-westover
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Posted: April 04 2013 at 16:49 |
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this band came out of nowhere for me until i saw everyone raving english electric comparing them to genesis has became one my new fave bands i heard there older stuff is not quite good they recently got this new singer they got now
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Posted: April 03 2013 at 10:17 |
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Part Two arrived in the mail yesterday. Looking forward to giving that one a spin sometime today.
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Posted: April 03 2013 at 08:56 |
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Posted: March 31 2013 at 17:06 |
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Thank you for your help.
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Mr. Mustard
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 22:51 |
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Hmm, choosing a top 5 is downright hard, and it will probably change in a week.
1. East Coast Racer 2. Summoned By Bells 3. Hedgerow 4.The First Rebreather 5. Victorian Brickwork
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 14:49 |
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It can't be expected to have the same impact on everyone of course.
I don't think too much about influences and originality, to me they are an irrelevance. And I couldn't give any coherent review or analysis of why but at its most basic level it's just a gorgeous beautiful noise that fits my tastes like a glove. And that's as good as it gets. |
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 14:35 |
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I only started listening to Big Big Train (and do they need 2 Bigs in their name btw...
 ) about a year or so ago and I like the new cd , but. are people overrating it a bit? It's very pleasant but at times maybe a bit too mellow and it sounds a lot like Collins era Genesis especially Wind and Wuthering to me. That's not a bad thing but it really doesn't serve up anything we haven't heard before. They do do it well....but.........?
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:47 |
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It's a good album all in all.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 09:23 |
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I don't know if this would interest you or not Ian, but the songs from their album Goodbye to the Age of Steam can be downloaded for free on their Reverbnation page. http://www.reverbnation.com/bigbigtrain#!/bigbigtrain/songs
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 09:19 |
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^thank you. I am compiling a list to see the top tracks (option 6 will not be included
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 08:39 |
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1. Wide Open Sea -- my current unequivocal favorite, the rest can bounce around quite a bit. 2. Evening Star -- the horns and that "Entangled feel" -- and whichever of the band said it: "There ought to be more horns in prog". 3. Underfall Yard -- their reigning masterpiece 4. East Coast Racer -- good new stuff 5. Perfect Cosmic Storm -- they're not a "Genesis copy"... 6. The First Rebreather -- ditto #4, excited from the Youtube premiere. |
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