From the River to the Sea (Big Big Train album)

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From the River to the Sea

Demo album by Big Big Train

Released

Andy Poole

Big Big Train chronology

From the River to the Sea
(1992)

The Infant Hercules
(1993)

From the River to the Sea is the first early demo of the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train.

[edit] Songs

From the River to the Sea starts with a track called To the Sea, which sets the musical theme of the album, heavily influenced by It Bites.

Returning to the Fold was one of the two newer songs recorded for the CD version, similar in tone to the previous track. Jas and Full Head of Steam were a bit more ambitious but, like much of the album, possibly awkwardly arranged.

Indian Souls was a Martin Read composition, a simple acoustic guitar lament with keyboards from Ian Cooper. This segued directly into an acoustic guitar instrumental, River. These two tracks, and the thematic link between them were a direct precursor to Goodbye to the Age of Steam.

Less Is More was a jazzy pop song whilst Downhilling was the biggest progressive track on the album, sounding a bit like Mama period Genesis.

The penultimate track was a ballad, Along Came Sarah, and the closing song was Least Peculiar Thing, the very first Big big train song.