Bard (album)

2002 studio album by Big Big Train

Bard

Studio album by

Big Big Train

Released| 2002 (2002)
Recorded| Muscliff & Nomansland, September, 2000-December, 2001
Genre| Progressive rock, post-rock
Length| 67:27
Label| Treefrog
Producer| Andy Poole
Big Big Train chronology
| English Boy Wonders
(1997)  | Bard
(2002)  | Gathering Speed
(2004)

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Bard is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train. It was released in 2002 by Treefrog Records. It is the only one of their early albums that the band decided not to re-release, and as such it is currently out-of-print.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Last English King"| Spawton| 5:50
2.| "Broken English"| Spawton, Poole, Hogg| 14:09
3.| "This Is Where We Came In"| Spawton| 5:22
4.| "Harold Rex Interfectus Est"| Spawton| 1:02
5.| "Blacksmithing"| Spawton| 3:03
6.| "Malfosse"| Spawton| 0:53
7.| "Love Is Her Thing"| Spawton| 3:50
8.| "How the Earth from This Place Has Power Over Fire"| Spawton| 1:53
9.| "A Short Visit to Earth"| Spawton| 6:18
10.| "For Winter"| Spawton, Poole| 16:47
11.| "A Long Finish"| Spawton| 8:20

## Personnel

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* Ian Cooper - keyboards, piano
* Phil Hogg - drums, percussion
* Tony Müller - keyboards, piano, lead and backing vocals
* Andy Poole - bass, backing vocals
* Martin Read - lead and backing vocals
* Gregory Spawton \- guitars, keyboards, backing vocals

Guest musicians

* Jo Michaels - vocals
* Rob Aubrey - windchimes

## References

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## External links

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* "allmusic ((( Bard > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.

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Big Big Train

* Gregory Spawton
* Nick D'Virgilio
* Rikard Sjöblom
* Dave Foster
* Clare Lindley
* Alberto Bravin
* Oskar Holldorff

* Andy Poole
* Ian Cooper
* Steve Hughes
* Martin Read
* Tony Müller
* Pete Hibbit
* Phil Hogg
* Sean Filkins
* David Longdon
* Dave Gregory
* Danny Manners
* Rachel Hall
* Carly Bryant

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
* Grimspound
* The Second Brightest Star
* Grand Tour
* Common Ground
* Welcome to the Planet
* The Likes of Us

Live albums|

* A Stone's Throw from the Line
* Merchants of Light

Demo albums and EPs|

* The Infant Hercules
* Far Skies Deep Time
* Make Some Noise
* Wassail

Compilations|

* English Electric: Full Power
* Ingenious Devices

* Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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