Big Big Train - Bard - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2017 re-issue remastered version of the 2010 mini album from the British Prog Rock band. Enlisting their usual cast of Prog luminaries - this time around we get Spock's Beard's Nick D'Virgilio, Frost's Jem Godfrey and Francis Dunnery amongst others - Big Big Train mine a rich and rewarding seam through the heart of an England gone by, conjuring up wistful tales that spring to life thanks to the boundless musicianship and Longdon's emotive delivery. Everything builds superbly to the majestic, epic title-track, a truly Progressive tour-de-force that will take your breath away as it travels it's course, unraveling scenes of time past in your mind's eye.

2017 remastered and re-issued of Big Big Train's 2007 breakthrough album. The reissue includes an additional track and is released as a digipack with a poster booklet. Critical acclaim for The DIfference Machine Splendidly mellifluous UK prog, featuring appearances from Marillion's Pete Trewavas and Nick D'Virgilio from Spock's Beard. Dave Ling, Classic Rock and Metal Hammer magazines The Bournemouth band have extra locomotive power for their fifth album, with guest Pete Trewavas (Marillion), Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Genesis, Tears For Fears) and Dave Meros (Spock's Beard.) This is finely crafted and acutely involving, especially the chilling Salt Water Falling On Uneven Ground. Geoff Barton, Classic Rock Three epics in the 12 to 14 minute range dominate The Difference Machine, but the seven minute closer Summer's Lease stands it's own beside the big guys, offering the most easily accessible melodies of the bunch on first listen. Make no mistake, though, the distinctive vocal harmonies and instrumental passage resolutions of the long tracks are what make this recording such a special experience. Score 15.5 out of 16. Progression Magazine Here's a tasty slab of pure prog, the fifth album from a band that continues to plough it's own considerable furrow without the aid of tag support. This is an English garden variety of progressive rock, not the brutal 21st century insanity of LA's Upsilon Acrux, and Genesis and Marillion are your references (indeed, Pete Trewavas can be found guesting). Expect tracks in excess of 10 minutes, fuzz guitar of every colour, serious rocking out, Beatlesque Mellotronisms, grandiose organs and perhaps just a bit too much saxophone. But then nothing's perfect... Guitar and Bass magazine This latest disc from Big Big Train is a fine example of how an artist can combine classic progressive rock sounds with more modern textures in a mél

2016 album from the acclaimed progressive rock band. Big Big Train return with Folklore, their ¬ first full-length studio album since the award winning English Electric. Folklore contains nine new songs with a total running time of 68 minutes. Despite the album title, Folklore is by no means a collection of traditional-sounding folk music pieces. On Folklore, Big Big Train are reimagining and breathing new life into traditional themes, and also creating a few new ones along the way. The crafts of songwriting and storytelling beat strongly at the heart of the Big Big Train and inform every track on the album. Folklore features the same line up (eight piece band and brass quintet) that performed three sell out shows at Kings Place in London last summer, with the addition of a string quartet. The experience of bringing this complex music to the concert stage has honed the band's sound, making Folklore a focused and exciting listening experience. All the hallmarks of the Big Big Train sound can be found here powerful and emotional vocal delivery, and dramatic extended song arrangements which showcase the musical ability within the band.