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The Big Red Spark
Studio album by
Tinyfish
Released13 September 2010
GenreProgressive rock
Length53:27
LabelFestival Music
ProducerMike Varty & Simon Godfrey
Tinyfish chronology
One Night On Fire
(2009) 		The Big Red Spark
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock October 2010
The Harmonic Lizard[1]

The Big Red Spark is the second full-length album by the English progressive rock band Tinyfish.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Loose Ends" – 3:11 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  2. "Rainland" – 6:54 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
  3. "A Million Differences" - 2:05 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
  4. "Bad Weather Road" - 6:20 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  5. "I'm Not Crashing" - 4:36 (Godfrey)
  6. "Building The Machine" - 3:16 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  7. "Refugee" - 2:24 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  8. "The Big Red Spark" - 4:51 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)
  9. "Weak Machine" - 3:28 (Godfrey)
  10. "Activation" - 0:38 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  11. "The Final Act" - 2:36 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
  12. "The Loose Ends Pt II" - 2:42 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  13. "Wide Awake At Midnight" - 10:21 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)

Bonus disc DVD listing[edit]

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:

  1. "The Sarcasm Never Stops" - 5:17 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  2. "Ride" - 5:26 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  3. "Eat The Ashes" - 3:19 (Godfrey)
  4. "Let's Get Invisible" - 4:02 (Godfrey/Ramsay)

Personnel[edit]

  • 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 - 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[edit]

The Big Red Spark was awarded nine out of ten by Geoff Barton in the October edition of Classic Rock.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Big Red Spark". www.harmoniclizard.com. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Classic Rock's New Release Round-Up". www.classicrockmagazine.com. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
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