MAKE SOME NOISE

Interesting compilation, blending some of the English Electric songs, 2 of which are edited, with some new songs. Of the new songs, 'Seen Better Days' is my favorite, a real standout and among the best of the tracks from the EE sessions, with powerful emotional melodies, some good chord changes, and that wonderful sense of being outside, with the vast, almost-melancholy sense of open space that only Big Big Train can produce, and produces so very well. 'The Lovers' is also good, and the piano segue way leading into it is very nice. The title track is decent, more of a straightforward rocker, but fun and certainly good for what it is. Not a track however that properly represents Big BIg Train. The other tracks are all good ones, I love each of them, particularly Uncle Jack, Swan Hunter and Curator of Butterflies, but when all is said and done, the only thing from Make Some Noise that is not on EE Full Power, are the slightly shorter versions of 2 songs. Four stars for the quality of the material for any that want more of an intro to the band, but really English Electric Full Power is the one to get instead, their magnum opus.