Big Big Train - Folklore (2016) [Official Digital Download Re-Encoded]

"Folklore" is the ninth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train. It was recorded at English Electric Studios, produced by Big Big Train, and mixed and mastered at Aubitt Studios by Rob Aubrey. It is the first studio album to feature Rachel Hall and then-Beardfish lead vocalist Rikard Sjöblom as official members. Reviews were largely positive for this release, the ProgReport saying "from the first listen is so breathtaking and magnificent, that more listens are welcomed". Concluding with "All in all, this is a sprawling collection of brilliantly told stories with even more impressive music".

Big Big Train have revisited the sound world of early Genesis and Yes and have managed to create music with great emotional clout.

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.

Tracklist:

01 - Folklore
02 - Along The Ridgeway
03 - Salisbury Giant
04 - London Plane
05 - Mudlarks
06 - Lost Rivers Of London
07 - The Transit Of Venus Across The Sun
08 - Wassail
09 - Winkie
10 - Brooklands
11 - Telling The Bees

Line up:
David Longdon - lead vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion
Nick D'Virgilio - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Greg Spawton - bass guitar, bass pedals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Andy Poole - acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards, backing vocals
Dave Gregory - electric guitars
Danny Manners - keyboards, double bass
Rachel Hall - violin, viola, cello, backing vocals
Rikard Sjöblom - electric guitars, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals

Please note: Here's carefully processed to 24/48 files. Dynamic Range & peak level keep the same.
Bandcamp sold this album without note. About "24-96" files - see the screenshot below >



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