ENGLISH ELECTRIC (PART ONE)

Big Big Train

Crossover Prog

4.24 | 1165 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Given the reviews this has gotten thus far, I took the plunge and gave this, my first First Big Big Train disc a listen.

While not by any means a bad disc, I am obviously missing the attraction that many others find. The music is melodic, pleasant and well constructed. To my ears Big Big Train as evidenced by this disc has a distinct neo-prog feel. Ultimately, however, I find the music to feel highly derivative and at best elicits an emotion of indifference in me -- not bad, so I don't hate it, but also not something I fell in love with. I find little new here; it leans too heavily on the sounds of Genesis and Marillion. The latter, particularly in the vocals. In the end, this is what I ultimately object to in this offering, there is nothing new here. The music opens my ears to nothing new, but is the pleasant afterglow of music you've known and loved in the past.

In the end, this is a disc for fans only. If you are looking for music that sounds like Genesis or Marillion I would recommend listening to Genesis or Marillon. Rating 2.5 out 5 rounded up to 3.

tboyd1802 | 3/5 | 2012-9-14

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Share this BIG BIG TRAIN review

Social review comments () BETA

Review related links

Send comments to tboyd1802
Report this review (#820590)
Buy BIG BIG TRAIN music online with PA partners
Show all BIG BIG TRAIN MP3/Stream
Go to BIG BIG TRAIN page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
Go to English Electric (Part One) page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
Search the Forum for BIG BIG TRAIN related discussions