''The Big Red Spark'' is the second full-length album by the English progressive rock band
Tinyfish
Tinyfish is an English progressive rock band, founded in 2004. The band members are Simon Godfrey (lead vocal, guitar), Jim Sanders (lead guitar, backing vocals), Paul Worwood (bass), Robert Ramsay (spoken word, harmonica) and Leon Camfield (d ...
.
Track listing
# "The Loose Ends" – 3:11 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "Rainland" – 6:54 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
# "A Million Differences" - 2:05 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
# "Bad Weather Road" - 6:20 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "I'm Not Crashing" - 4:36 (Godfrey)
# "Building The Machine" - 3:16 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "Refugee" - 2:24 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "The Big Red Spark" - 4:51 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)
# "Weak Machine" - 3:28 (Godfrey)
# "Activation" - 0:38 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "The Final Act" - 2:36 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
# "The Loose Ends Pt II" - 2:42 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "Wide Awake At Midnight" - 10:21 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)
Bonus disc DVD listing
Initial pressings of The Big Red Spark came with a bonus DVD containing a video interview with the band and the following four additional tracks:
# "The Sarcasm Never Stops" - 5:17 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "Ride" - 5:26 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
# "Eat The Ashes" - 3:19 (Godfrey)
# "Let's Get Invisible" - 4:02 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
Personnel
* Simon Godfrey – Vocals, rhythm guitars and drums
* Jim Sanders - Lead and rhythm guitars
* Paul Worwood - Bass guitar
* Robert Ramsay - Voice of the young Professor
with
* Iain Houston - Voice of the Refugee
* Peter Godfrey - Voice of the old Professor
* ''
Jem Godfrey
Jeremy "Jem" Godfrey (born 6 October 1971) is a British music producer, keyboardist and songwriter.
In the early 1990s he was a producer at BBC Radio 1, before going back to Virgin Radio (where he had had his initial break) to head up the prod ...
'' - Mellotron on "Weak Machine"
* Geoff Wootton - Lead vocals on "Ride"
* Mike Varty - Keyboards on "Ride"
and The Big Red Strings
* Zhanna Neckrich - Violin
* Dina Zikeyeva - Violin
* Gocha Skhirlasze - Violin
* Marianna Pulkis - Viola
* Felix Korobov - Cello
Reception
The Big Red Spark was awarded nine out of ten by ''
Geoff Barton
Geoff Barton (born July 1955) is a British journalist who founded the heavy metal magazine ''Kerrang!'' and was an editor of '' Sounds'' music magazine.
He joined ''Sounds'' at the age of 19 after completing a journalism course at the London Co ...
'' in the October edition of ''
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...
''.
References
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2010 albums
Tinyfish albums