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The Likes of Us, Big Big Train's fifteenth studio album, released in 2024, is the beautiful first album of new material with singer Alberto Bravin and keyboardist Oskar Holldorff, who joined the band in 2022 and 2023, and the first album without singer David Longdon, who tragically passed away in 2021.
Approximately 64 minutes for eight tracks, stellar performances and top-quality songwriting bring these magnificent compositions to life.
Perhaps their best album since Folklore, featuring a new virtuoso keyboardist and a new voice with a beautiful timbre, Rikard Sjöblom and Dave Foster on guitar in perfect synergy, along with the superb work of the drums, brass section, violin, and piano.
An album that is captivating from the first listen, immediately achieving, with this new lineup, a masterpiece—an achievement that is absolutely no mean feat after the tragic changes they've had to endure, and which are certainly reflected in the lyrics, giving rise to a different depth and intensity in this beautiful album.
Tracks
1. Light Left in the Day (6:11)
2. Oblivion (5:28)
3. Beneath the Masts (17:26)
4. Skates On (4:28)
5. Miramare (10:18)
6. Love Is the Light (6:11)
7. Bookmarks (6:23)
8. Last Eleven (7:55)
Total Running Time: 64:20 minutes
The Lineup:
- Alberto Bravin - lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, brass arrangements
- Nick D'Virgilio - drums and percussion, vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, vibraphone, brass arrangements
- Rikard Sjöblom - guitars, organ, keyboards, vocals
- Greg Spawton - bass, bass pedals, 12-string acoustic guitar, Mellotron
- Dave Foster - Guitars, vocals
- Oskar Holldorff - piano, organ, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, string arrangements
- Clare Lindley - violin, vocals, string arrangements
Guests:
- Dave Desmond - trombone, brass arrangements
- Nick Stones - French horn
- Ben Godfrey - trumpet, piccolo trumpet
- Jon Truscott - tuba
- Brian Mullan - cello
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