| Artist |
Robyn Hitchcock |
| Box Set Title: |
I Wanna Go Backwards |
| Album Title: |
I Often Dream Of Trains |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative |
| Format |
CD (5) |
| Released |
11/13/2007 |
| Label |
Yep Roc Records |
| Catalog No |
YEP-2610 |
| Bar Code No |
6 34457 26102 0 |
| Packaging |
Box Set (5 Disk) |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Nocturne (Prelude) (1:39)
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| 2.
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Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl (1:58)
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| 3.
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Cathedral (3:43)
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| 4.
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Uncorrected Personality Traits (1:45)
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| 5.
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Sounds Great When You're Dead (3:23)
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| 6.
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Flavour Of Light (2:59)
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| 7.
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Ye Sleeping Nights Of Jesus (4:01)
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| 8.
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This Could Be The Day (2:46)
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| 9.
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Trams Of Old London (3:29)
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| 10.
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Furry Green Atom Bowl (3:16)
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| 11.
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Heart Full Of Leaves (2:30)
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| 12.
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Autumn Is Your Last Chance (3:31)
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| 13.
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I Often Dream Of Trains (2:23)
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| 14.
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Nocturne (Demise) (2:06)
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| 15.
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Winter Love (2:39)
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| 16.
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The Bones In The Ground (3:08)
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| 17.
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My Favourite Buildings (2:48)
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| 18.
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I Used To Say I Love You (4:32)
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| 19.
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Chant/Aether (5:25)
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| 20.
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Heart Full Of Leaves (Alternate) (2:28)
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| 21.
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I Often Dream Of Trains (Demo) (2:41)
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| 22.
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Not Even A Nurse (2:31)
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| 23.
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Slow Chant/That's Fantastic Mother Church (2:15)
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| 24.
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Traveller's Fare (1:48)
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| Date Acquired |
11/04/2007 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
The Band At A Gig |
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Analyzed Folder: Hitchcock, Robyn - Disc 2 - I Often Dream Of Trains)_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR11 -0.10 dB -16.07 dB 01 - Nocturne (Prelude).flac
DR10 -1.10 dB -12.87 dB 02 - Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl.flac
DR8 -1.10 dB -12.52 dB 03 - Cathedral.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.39 dB 04 - Uncorrected Personality Traits.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.71 dB 05 - Sounds Great When You're Dead.flac
DR11 -0.10 dB -14.16 dB 06 - Flavour Of Night.flac
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.66 dB 07 - Ye Sleeping Knights Of Jesus.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.16 dB 08 - This Could Be The Day.flac
DR9 -1.10 dB -12.28 dB 09 - Trams Of Old London.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -13.02 dB 10 - Furry Green Atom Bowl.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.44 dB 11 - Heartful Of Leaves.flac
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.69 dB 12 - Autumn Is Your Last Chance.flac
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.77 dB 13 - I Often Dream Of Trains.flac
DR12 -0.10 dB -15.95 dB 14 - Nocturne (Demise).flac
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.84 dB 15 - Winter Love.flac
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.80 dB 16 - The Bones In The Ground.flac
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.29 dB 17 - My Favourite Buildings.flac
DR8 -0.10 dB -11.43 dB 18 - I Used To Say I Love You.flac
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.29 dB 19 - Chant,Aether.flac
DR11 -0.11 dB -14.75 dB 20 - Heartful Of Leaves.flac
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.74 dB 21 - I Often Dream Of Trains.flac
DR11 -0.10 dB -13.70 dB 22 - Not Even A Nurse.flac
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.80 dB 23 - Slow Chant,That's Fantastic Mother Church.flac
DR8 -0.10 dB -8.90 dB 24 - Traveller's Fare.flac
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Number of Files: 24
Official DR Value: DR9
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by James Christopher Monger
Robyn Hitchcock's large armory of material is tailor-made for the reissue circuit -- his entire post-Soft Boys, pre-A&M output was remastered and re-released in the early '90s by Rhino with bonus cuts and extended liner notes for ingestion by the newly enlightened college radio demographic -- so it comes as no surprise that amidst a career resurgence in 2007 due to the well received Spooked and Olé! Tarantula, as well as the Sundance Channel documentary Sex, Food, Death & Insects. comes another set of reissues, this time from the Yep Roc label. The first boxed installment, I Wanna Go Backwards (each disc is available separately as well) collects his solo debut Black Snake Diamond Role, I Often Dream of Trains, Eye, and a grab bag of singles both rare (and not so rare) called While Thatcher Mauled Britain: Demos '81-'90. The bonus tracks on each disc differ from the early-'90s reissues in that they are spread about (among new rarities) between the four albums. Also, the inclusion of album tracks like "A Skull, A Suitcase & A Long Red Bottle of Wine" and "Mystic Trip" from 1986's Invisible Hitchcock (one of his finest releases) on the Black Snake Diamond Role disc is a bit confusing, as one would hope for a quality remastering of that album, as well. Elsewhere, While Thatcher Mauled Britain's first half is populated by almost all of the key tracks from 1995's You & Oblivion, where Eye's "College of Ice" instrumental has been sent as well. Each disc comes with original Hitchcock artwork, comics, and stories, and the remastering, especially on BSDR is exceptional. With more reissues to come (though no word on the elusive A&M years), this is just the tip of the iceberg, and while the construction of I Wanna Go Backwards may be a bit schizophrenic, it's all in there; every snake, lizard, pad of cheese, boring little creep, furry leg, and nostril with a bean in it.
I Often Dream of Trains Review:
Review by Mark Deming
After the debacle that was the making of 1982's Groovy Decay, Robyn Hitchcock briefly retired from music, and when he returned it was with an album that offered a thoroughly uncompromised vision of Hitchcock's imagination. Released in 1984, I Often Dream of Trains was a primarily acoustic set with Hitchcock handling nearly all the instruments and vocals by himself; the tone is spare compared to the full-on rock & roll of his recordings with the Soft Boys or his solo debut, Black Snake Diamond Role, but the curious beauty of Hitchcock's melodies is every bit as striking in these stripped-down sessions, and the surreal imagery of "Flavour of Night," "Trams of Old London," and the title song comes to vivid and enchanting life. Hitchcock's off-kilter wit has rarely been as effective as it is on this album; the jaunty harmonies of "Uncorrected Personality Traits" are the ideal complement for the song's psychobabble, "Sounds Great When You're Dead" manages to be funny and a bit disturbing at once, and the drunken campfire singalong of "Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus" was joyously sloppy enough to inspire a cover by the Replacements. There's a slightly ramshackle quality to these recordings, but Hitchcock was rarely in more uniformly fine form as a songwriter, and there is a consistency of tone to the disc that makes it all the more effective, drawing listeners into a curious world of its own and allowing them to explore the surroundings and their quiet splendor. And Hitchcock has rarely recorded a song as luminously gorgeous as "Autumn Is Your Last Chance." Hitchcock would pick up his electric guitar and reunite with his band the Egyptians in 1985, releasing two fine albums in one year, but I Often Dream of Trains was a simple and marvelously effective return to action that's all the more winning for its subdued, tentative tone.
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