Gathering speed
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| Big Big Train's studio album | ||||
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2004 |
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| Label (s) | Treefrog | |||
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
7th |
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running time |
55m40s |
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Andy Poole, Greg Spawton, Rob Aubrey |
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Studio (s) |
The Garden Room & Aubitt Studios |
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Gathering Speed is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train . The CD was released in March 2004.
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Gathering Speed is a concept album about the fate of a British fighter pilot (and his family) in the Battle of Britain . With this album BBT can still be assigned to the retro-prog, but add a dash of modernity in the form of post-rock influences ( Sigur Rós , Mogwai ). It is the first release with the new singer Sean Filkins. Laura Murch is a singer on some of the pieces.
Reviews
The album received largely positive reviews, but Sean Filkins' vocals were not always well received.
Re-release
Gathering Speed was re-released in 2009.
Track list
- High Tide, Last Stand (7:06)
- Fighter Command (10:44)
- The Road Much Further On (8:39)
- Sky Flying On Fire (6:04)
- Pell Mell (6:36)
- Powder Monkey (9:08)
- Gathering Speed (7:23)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Gathering Speed', was released in March 2004 ( memento of the original from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bigbigtrain.wordpress.com, accessed May 18, 2012.
- ↑ telling the story of a Battle of Britain fighter pilot ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bigbigtrain.wordpress.com, accessed May 18, 2012.
- ↑ All tracks are tinged with a very British, Genesislike storytelling atmosphere , progarchives.com, accessed on May 18, 2012.
- ↑ excellent example of Classic Symphonic Progressive , progressor.net, accessed May 18, 2012.
- ↑ Gathering Speed is a solid, understandable story from beginning to end. , prognaut.com, accessed May 18, 2012.
- ↑ I think this album can give the band a bigger audience , progvisions.nl, accessed on May 18, 2012.
- ↑ lovely restrained guitar parts interworked with soothing vocals , silhobbit.com, accessed May 18, 2012.
- ↑ does not immediately settle in the brain, but that it has to be listened to a few times ( memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , proggies.ch, accessed on May 18, 2012.
- ↑ he sings much too high and he sounds rather nasal , dprp.net, accessed on May 18, 2012.
- ↑ was re-released as a remastered digipack version in late 2009 ( memento of the original from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , bigbigtrain.wordpress.com, accessed May 18, 2012.
