Folklore (Big Big Train album)

Folklore

Studio album by Big Big Train

Released

27 May 2016

Studio

English Electric Studios, Aubitt Studios, Real World Studios, Sweetwater Studios, Ashwood Studios, Regal Lane Studios

Genre

Progressive rock, post-prog

Length

69:03 (CD version), 81:15 (Double LP version)

Label

English Electric

Producer

Big Big Train

Big Big Train chronology

Wassail
(2015)

Folklore
(2016)

Folklore is the ninth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train. Released on 27 May 2016,^[1] 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.

The album was released in multiple formats: standard and High Res downloads, as a single CD, and as a double-LP vinyl release that features two additional tracks, "Mudlarks" and "Lost Rivers of London", both of which were previously released on the 2015 EP Wassail. Both versions of the album contain the title track from Wassail, meaning that the vinyl release features all three of the original songs on the EP.

Track listing

CD Release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Folklore"	David Longdon	7:33
2.	"London Plane"	Greg Spawton	10:13
3.	"Along the Ridgeway"	Spawton	6:12
4.	"Salisbury Giant"	Spawton	3:37
5.	"The Transit of Venus Across the Sun"	Spawton	7:20
6.	"Wassail"	Longdon	6:57
7.	"Winkie"	Longdon	8:25
8.	"Brooklands"	Spawton	12:44
9.	"Telling the Bees"	Longdon	6:02

Vinyl Release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Folklore"	Longdon	7:33
2.	"Along the Ridgeway"	Spawton	6:12
3.	"Salisbury Giant"	Spawton	3:37

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"London Plane"	Spawton	10:13
2.	"Mudlarks*"	Spawton	6:10
3.	"Lost Rivers of London*"	Spawton	6:02

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Transit of Venus Across the Sun"	Spawton	7:20
2.	"Wassail"	Longdon	6:57
3.	"Winkie"	Longdon	8:25

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brooklands"	Spawton	12:44
2.	"Telling the Bees"	Longdon	6:02

*Vinyl-only tracks (though both were previously released on CD on the band's 2015 EP Wassail)

Personnel

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

External links

References

↑ "Burning Shed Newsletter 1/4/2016". Burning Shed. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

Big Big Train

Andy Poole Greg Spawton Nick D'Virgilio David Longdon Dave Gregory Danny Manners Rachel Hall Rikard Sjöblom Martin Read Steve Hughes Ian Cooper Tony Müller Pete Hibbit Phil Hogg Sean Filkins

Studio albums	Goodbye to the Age of Steam English Boy Wonders Bard Gathering Speed The Difference Machine The Underfall Yard English Electric Part One English Electric Part Two Folklore

Demo albums and EPs	From the River to the Sea The Infant Hercules Far Skies Deep Time Make Some Noise Wassail

Compilations	English Electric: Full Power Station Masters Volume 1-3

Video releases	Stone & Steel

Related articles	Progressive rock Post-rock Post-prog

Big Big Train discography

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