| Artist |
Robyn Hitchcock |
| Album Title: |
I Often Dream Of Trains |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
09/00/1984 |
| Label |
Rhino Records |
| Catalog No |
R2 71822 |
| Bar Code No |
0 8122-71822-2 9 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Nocturne (Prelude) (1:42)
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| 2.
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Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl (1:59)
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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 Night (2:58)
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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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Mellow Together (1:55)
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| 9.
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Winter Love (2:40)
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| 10.
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The Bones In The Ground (3:09)
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| 11.
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My Favourite Buildings (2:49)
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| 12.
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I Used To Say I Love You (4:34)
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| 13.
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This Could Be The Day (2:47)
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| 14.
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Trams Of Old London (3:31)
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| 15.
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Furry Green Atom Bowl (3:18)
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| 16.
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Heart Full Of Leaves (2:30)
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| 17.
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Autumn Is Your Last Chance (3:33)
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| 18.
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I Often Dream Of Trains (2:28)
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| 19.
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Nocturne (Demise) (1:52)
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| 20.
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Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus (Demo) (4:14)
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| 21.
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Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl (Demo) (1:56)
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| 22.
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Cathedral (Demo) (3:53)
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| 23.
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Mellow Together (Demo) (2:00)
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| 24.
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The Bones In The Ground (Demo) (1:52)
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| Date Acquired |
12/13/2004 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
11.98 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
Recorded in London, 1984 (1 to 19), Smithsound, London, 1981 (20) & Simon Kunath's Barn, Sussex, Feb. 1983 (21 to 24)
This Reissue/Compilation ℗ 1984, 1986 & 1995 Robyn Hitchcock.
© 1995 Rhino Records Inc., 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025-4900
Credits:
A&R [Assistance] – Rick Gershon
Art Direction [Reissue] – Coco Shinomiya
Bass, Backing Vocals – Chris Cox (tracks: 7,11, 20)
Design – Art Slave
Engineer – Iain O'Higgins, James A. Smith (tracks: 20), Pascal Gabriel, Pat Collier, Simon Kunath (tracks: 21 to 24)
Illustration – Robyn Hitchcock
Legal [Assistance] – Jon Earp
Liner Notes – Grant Alden
Photography By – Tony Moon
Photography By [Cover] – Rosalind Kunath
Reissue Producer – Jim Neill
Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Ken Perry
Research – Gary Peterson, Patrick Milligan
Saxophone – James Fletcher (tracks: 6)
Voice [Groans] – James A. Smith (tracks: 20)
Written-By, Instruments, Producer [Original Recordings] – Robyn Hitchcock
Companies, etc.:
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Robyn Hitchcock
Copyright © – Rhino Records Inc.
Published By – EMI Virgin Songs, Inc.
Published By – Two Crabs Music
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 0 8122-71822-2 9
Barcode (String): 081227182229
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 3 R2 71822-2 SRC##01 M3S1
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 2USI
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 3 R2 71822-2 SRC##01 M3S3
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 2U4V
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: PRS
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Analyzed Folder: Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains_dr.txt
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DR11 +0.00 dB -14.62 dB 03 - Cathedral.aiff
DR11 -0.37 dB -14.34 dB 04 - Uncorrected Personality Traits.aiff
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DR13 +0.00 dB -14.95 dB 07 - Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus.aiff
DR10 -2.92 dB -16.78 dB 08 - Mellow Together.aiff
DR10 -2.19 dB -15.04 dB 09 - Winter Love.aiff
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DR12 -1.17 dB -17.46 dB 15 - Furry Green Atom Bowl.aiff
DR13 -0.86 dB -18.45 dB 16 - Heart Full of Leaves.aiff
DR09 -0.80 dB -12.53 dB 17 - Autumn Is Your Last Chance.aiff
DR11 -1.37 dB -15.46 dB 18 - I Often Dream of Trains.aiff
DR12 -1.59 dB -17.61 dB 19 - Nocturne (Demise).aiff
DR13 +0.00 dB -15.29 dB 20 - Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus (demo).aiff
DR09 -2.31 dB -14.28 dB 21 - Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl (demo).aiff
DR10 -4.40 dB -17.18 dB 22 - Cathedral (demo).aiff
DR07 -5.91 dB -18.47 dB 23 - Mellow Together (demo).aiff
DR09 -5.47 dB -18.04 dB 24 - The Bones in the Ground (demo).aiff
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Number of Files: 24
Official DR Value: DR11
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide 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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