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FOLKLORE

Big Big Train

 

Crossover Prog

4.03 | 653 ratings

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snelling
5 stars "Folklore" is a lovely album, a breath of fresh air in a polluted world, and a joyful rebound after the "Wassail" ep, which I found pretty lackluster. The opening track is okay, far from being among the album's best, but has a great, lively instrumental passage that gives the song a nice energetic boost, and makes it worthy of leading off the album. But it's the next several tracks where the real heart of "Folklore" lies. "London Plane", "Along The Ridgeway", "Salisbury Giant" and "The Transit of Venus Across The Sun" are all fantastic, poignant and melancholy songs that are easy for me to relate to emotionally, with "Along The Ridgeway" perhaps my favorite. David Longdon's voice has never sounded better, and in fact sounds absolutely fantastic throughout. The layers of varying instruments are a pleasure as well, perfectly placed and perfectly produced. "Brooklands" is of course another great one, energetic and melancholy at the same time. The only track I don't relate to is "Winkie", which just doesn't connect for me, but that may change given time. Perhaps no song on this album matches an earlier track like "Kingmaker", but the overall impression is that this may be their finest album to date, at least in my opinion.
snelling | 5/5 |

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