English Electric: Full Power

English Electric: Full Power
Compilation album by Big Big Train
Released 23 September 2013
Genre Progressive rock, post-prog
Length 135:11
Label English Electric Recordings
Producer Andy Poole
Big Big Train chronology
Make Some Noise (EP)
(2013)		 English Electric: Full Power
(2013)		 Wassail (EP)
(2015)

English Electric: Full Power (sometimes abbreviated to EEFLP) is a compilation album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train. It presents tracks from their seventh and eighth studio albums, English Electric Part One and English Electric Part Two, along with four new pieces (which were additionally released on the EP Make Some Noise) as a self-contained double CD album. The album was issued in a book-style digipack, including a 96-page booklet.[1][2]

EEFLP (along with the Make Some Noise EP) marks the final release of English Electric material, which began work as early as 2010,[3] and was the last release of new material from the band until the EP Wassail in 2015.

Background

Each song on the album tells a different story, many of them centering around characters living and working in England, with reference to the country's industrial past and processes which have changed its landscape. Full lyrics as well as descriptions of the stories behind the songs are included in the 96-page booklet of EEFLP.[2] Additionally, Greg Spawton and David Longdon discussed the meanings of the tracks on the two initially released "parts" of English Electric in blogs leading up to the releases of those albums.[4][5]

Track Listing

Disc One
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Make Some Noise"  David LongdonMake Some Noise EP 4:23
2. "The First Rebreather"  Greg SpawtonEnglish Electric Part One 8:31
3. "Uncle Jack"  LongdonEnglish Electric Part One 3:49
4. "Swan Hunter"  Longdon, SpawtonEnglish Electric Part Two 6:21
5. "Seen Better Days"  SpawtonMake Some Noise EP 7:37
6. "Edgelands"  Danny Manners, SpawtonMake Some Noise EP 1:26
7. "Summoned by Bells"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part One 9:17
8. "Upton Heath"  Longdon, SpawtonEnglish Electric Part One 5:39
9. "A Boy in Darkness"  LongdonEnglish Electric Part One 8:03
10. "Hedgerow"  Longdon, Andy Poole, SpawtonEnglish Electric Part One 8:54
Total length:
 63:57
Disc Two
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "Judas Unrepentant"  LongdonEnglish Electric Part One 7:18
2. "Worked Out"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part Two 7:31
3. "Winchester from St Giles' Hill"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part One 7:18
4. "The Lovers"  LongdonMake Some Noise EP 5:32
5. "Leopards"  LongdonEnglish Electric Part Two 3:54
6. "Keeper of Abbeys"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part Two 6:59
7. "The Permanent Way"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part Two 8:16
8. "East Coast Racer"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part Two 15:45
9. "Curator of Butterflies"  SpawtonEnglish Electric Part Two 8:45
Total length:
 71:14

Personnel

Guest musicians
Arrangements and technical

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bigbigtrain.com/main/discography/eeflp
  2. 1 2 Henderson, Alison. "Big Big Train - English Electric: Full Power". Background Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Spawton, Greg. "Fat Billy Shouts Mine". Big Big Train blogspot. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Spawton, Greg. "About the new songs - The First Rebreather". Big Big Train blogspot. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Spawton, Greg. "East Coast Racer". Big Big Train blogspot. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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