Big Big Train – Grimspound
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Giant Electric Pea – GEPCD1054 |
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Prog Rock |
Tracklist
| Brave Captain | (12:37) | ||
| 1.1 | Part 1: Captain Albert Ball Cradled In The Arms Of Mademoiselle Lieppe-Coulon, May 7th 1917 | ||
| 1.2 | Part 2: Memorial To Captain Albert Ball, Nottingham Castle Ground 1973 | ||
| 1.3 | Part 3: "The Great Game" | ||
| 1.4 | Part 4: Annoeullin (The Present Day) | ||
| 2 | On The Racing Line | 5:12 | |
| Experimental Gentlemen | (10:01) | ||
| 3.1 | Part 1: Reflectors Of Light | ||
| 3.2 | Part 2: Merchants Of Light | ||
| 3.3 | Part 3: The Wonder Of It All | ||
| 4 | Meadowland | 3:36 | |
| 5 | Grimspound | 6:56 | |
| 6 | The Ivy Gate | 7:27 | |
| 7 | A Mead Hall In Winter | 15:20 | |
| 8 | As The Crow Flies | 6:44 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – English Electric Studios, Bournemouth
- Recorded At – Aubitt Studios
- Recorded At – Sweetwater Studios
- Recorded At – Real World Studios
- Recorded At – Ashwood Studios
- Mixed At – Aubitt Studios
- Mastered At – Aubitt Studios
- Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Southwater
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Andy Poole
- Arranged By [Arrangements], Producer – Big Big Train
- Arranged By [String Arrangements By] – Rachel Hall (3)
- Bass Guitar, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals] – Greg Spawton
- Design [Cover And Booklet Design] – Andy Poole
- Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Nick D'Virgilio
- Electric Guitar [Electrc 6 And 12 String Guitars] – Dave Gregory
- Guitar [Guitars], Backing Vocals – Rikard Sjöblom
- Keyboards, Double Bass – Danny Manners
- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Flute, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Lute, Melodica, Celesta, Synthesizer [Synthesizers], Percussion – David Longdon
- Liner Notes – GS*
- Mixed By, Mastered By – Rob Aubrey
- Painting [Cover And Booklet Paintings] – Sarah Louise Ewing
- Recorded By [At Ashwood Studios: Strings Recorded By] – Sotos Yiasimi
- Recorded By [At Aubitt Studios: Strings Recorded By] – Rob Aubrey
- Recorded By [At Aubitt Studios: Vocals and Double Bass Recorded By] – Rob Aubrey
- Recorded By [At Real World Studios: Drums Recorded By] – Rob Aubrey
- Recorded By [At Sweetwater Studios: Drums Recorded By] – Mark Hornsby
- Violin, Viola, Cello, Backing Vocals – Rachel Hall (3)
Notes
Packaged in a two fold digisleeve with glued-in 24 page booklet.
Recorded at English Electric Studios.
Vocals and double bass recorded at Aubitt Studios.
Drums recorded at Sweetwater Studios and at Real World Studios
Strings recorded at Aubitt Studios and at Ashwood Studios.
Mixed and mastered at Aubitt Studios.
On disc + on back of digisleeve:
English Electric Recordings 2017
Recorded at English Electric Studios.
Vocals and double bass recorded at Aubitt Studios.
Drums recorded at Sweetwater Studios and at Real World Studios
Strings recorded at Aubitt Studios and at Ashwood Studios.
Mixed and mastered at Aubitt Studios.
On disc + on back of digisleeve:
English Electric Recordings 2017
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 0797776517640
- Barcode (Text): 0 797776 517640 >
- Matrix / Runout: EERCD0019 01
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY33
- Mould SID Code: IFPI AEW39
Other Versions (5 of 7)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission
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Grimspound (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Opaque Vinyl) | Plane Groovy | PLG050 | UK | 2017 | ||
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Grimspound (2×LP, Album) | Plane Groovy | PLG050 | UK | 2017 | ||
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New Submission
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Grimspound (CD, Album, Unofficial Release) | Giant Electric Pea (2) | EERCD0019, GEPCD1054 | Russia | 2017 | ||
| Grimspound (8×File, FLAC, Album, 24bit 96kHz) | Not On Label (Big Big Train Self-released) | none | 2017 | ||||
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New Submission
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Grimspound (2×LP, Album, Test Pressing) | Plane Groovy | PLG050 | UK | 2017 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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"Grimspound" was first conceived as a companion EP to 2016's "Folklore"... until it inadvertently grew to become a stand alone album by its own right.
Which, in all fairness, it's the status this great fistful of songs deserve.
To be honest, when it was released I thought it was a little under par compared to "Folklore" and the magnificent "English Electric" saga, maybe due to the fact of not having a "London Plane" or a "Swan Hunter" within its tracklist, songs that got me hooked to the albums they are featured in.
Only the initial "Brave Captain" really stuck with me for several months, and I still think it's one of the band's finest moments.
However, as time went by, I started to give it more chances to get it into my system... until it finally unfolded in all its strength.
It is true that songs like "On The Racing Line" or "Experimental Gentlemen" still haven't "clicked" in me, so that would drag my general opinion on the whole thing but, then again, we have the utterly beautiful "Meadowland" that could have been easily been written by Genesis during the "Foxtrot" sessions as a follow-up to "Horizons" and it's the nursery rhyme I'd play and sing to my kids each night if I had them!
The title track follows, slowly building up to some great and interesting instrumental interplay, in the best British classic prog fashion.
"The Ivy Gate" is a highlight for sure, with a great contrast between a dark ghost story and the sweet voice interplay between David Longdon and Judy Dyble that grows into a more fitting dark and dramatic tone as the story progresses.
"A Mead Hall In Winter" is the epic of the album; clocking at 15 minutes, it achieves the perfect connection of great melodies and progressive instrumental adventure.
"As The Crow Flies" closes the whole thing without a great stylistic departure from previous songs but, once again, a nice male- female vocal interplay takes the whole thing to the next level!
A nice closer to an album that can be a little more demanding than its predecessors, but that will compensate tenfold the listeners' dedication, as many great albums do!
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