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    Posted: July 26 2017 at 14:00
I kept seeing Big Big Train coming up here so I thought I would check them out. Any Suggestions?
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The double English Electric is a  delight for my ears (and soul), maybe yours too.
One cannot properly describe music with words but I would dare to use these two for the general mood: Gentle and Heartfelt (too lame for your tastes?)
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The one I got first is English Electric Full Power. I would think that's the way to go, with both English Electric albums, plus a few extra tracks that were later released as an EP. Besides that one, I have Folklore, but I feel some of the charm and magic is gone... however, it's well loved around here anyway. I still have to get the new ones, and The Underfall Yard. However, English Electric was a very pleasant and enjoyable surprise, very beautiful music and all. One thing that struck me about the songs on the album is that they didn't sound like they were trying to be prog for the sake of being prog (which seems to be a very comon sin for bands lately), rather they used the prog elements to enhance and serve the music (and that is exactly what bothers me from Folkore, that one seems to have more of the trying to be prog element in it). With this album, Big Big Train seems to have taken the torch of Genesis that they left behind after Selling England by the Pound.
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Points: 235 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 26 2017 at 23:19
Another recommendation for English Electric Full. But I'd recommend Difference Machine, Underfall Yard, Far Skies EP. If any of that grabs you, you branch out to Gathering Speed or Folklore. 
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I'd recommend EE1 and, to a lesser degree, EE2 rather than EEFP, which is cranked up beyond full power: the proper sequence of the songs has been mixed up and a few leftovers of Spot the Pigeon+-level have been added. Nevertheless, I don't think you can go wrong with any Longdon-era BBT.

EE1 > Grimspound > Folklore > EE2 = TUY >= BS#2

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Like most of the suggestions here, English Electric Full Power is a great place to start.
Grimspound is also an excellent choice for followup.
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If you have some time, you can listen to almost their entire discography here:
 
My favorites, in no particular order:
Folklore
English Electric
The Underfall Yard
Gathering Speed
English Boy Wonders
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Originally posted by Mormegil Mormegil wrote:

Like most of the suggestions here, English Electric Full Power is a great place to start.
Grimspound is also an excellent choice for followup.
Amen.
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Thanks for the suggestions . I'll check out English Electric & some of the others.
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Folklore would make my best 10 prog albums of all time.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Folklore would make my best 10 prog albums of all time.


It is quite superb, as is Underfall Yard.
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The English Electric is fantastic but try first The Underfall Yard, the previous to English, which is absolutely amazing.
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The Difference Machine is a perfect starter.
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You might like this just released mix of Big Big Train songs with London as a theme
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I'll put in a good word for Grimspound. And everything else mentioned above.
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For me they seemed to have peaked (at least for now) with The Underfall Yard and English Electric.
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I have all of the Longdon albums (and love them all!)  I have not heard any pre-Longdon albums.  Difference Machine has been mentioned a few times here; is that my next step?  How does it compare musically?

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I bought up the entire back catalogue after realising how much I loved English Electric Part One. 
The DVD 'Stone and Steel' would be a great place to start but is also available as an MP3 download.

The Difference Machine is also extremely good although most albums by BBT are worth having. English Boy Wonders is probably the weakest although it used to be available on an American music site as a free download , the name of the site (sorry) escapes me. 
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Points: 65932 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2017 at 07:58
You can listen to and download some of their older songs here on their Reverbnation website.  https://www.reverbnation.com/bigbigtrain/songs
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