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Goodbye to the Age of Steam (2011 re-issue)
 
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Goodbye to the Age of Steam (2011 re-issue)

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  • Original Release Date: 18 April 2011
  • Format - Music: MP3
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5.0 out of 5 stars This would be one of my desert island discs 6 April 2008
By inkspot
Format:Audio CD
Previously described as a grower - it certainly is. For a first album it is really unique, the influences are difficult to place - perhaps very early Genesis (Trespass). There are some beautiful sections and a lot of the songs are linked. The lyrics are brilliant and deal with a lot of political and emotional issues - it's prog but it's not typical. The guitar and keyboard work are brilliant!!

The band didn't make another albm quite like this - which is possibly a shame. A bit like the change in Genesis following Trespass.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Takes Time but well worth it. 23 Nov 2012
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As stated in other reviews, this is a real grower and well, well worth the staying power. I have now played it non-stop over 2 hour a day for nearly 3 weeks (on the way to work and back), the first 7/8 turns I was not sure at all, the music seemed clattered with too much emphasis on vocals that I was not sure I really liked the pitch of.

But then slowly the music becomes more recognisable, understandable and at that point falls together and in my mind this is a wonderful CD, full of light and shadow, lows and highs and actually quite mature considering the age of the group. The production is good too and has benefited from the re-mixing bringing this right up to age.

I listed to the English Elect part1 again yesterday, just as a comparison, and found it inferior to this, whilst the production may be better, and one can tell that BBT has matured as a group, the great musical ideas and imagination is sadly missing. In Goodbye to the Steam Age there may have been too many ideas which means it takes a bit of time to `understand' but these are the most rewarding albums of all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a grower! 13 Sep 2007
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After 9 plays I put this aside. A few weeks later, one last spin before I sell it on. Bingo! The penny drops and I have a classic on my hands. This material is subtle - prog-metal it is not! Considering this is their first release proper, the quality of material, production and arrangement is quite staggering, rather like the first Jadis album in that respect, even if the style is somewhat different.
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