Bard (album)

Bard
Studio album by Big Big Train
Released	2002 (2002)
Recorded	Muscliff & Nomansland, September, 2000-December, 2001
Genre	Progressive rock, post-rock
Length	67:27
Label	Treefrog
Producer	Andy Poole
Big Big Train chronology
English Boy Wonders (1997) Bard (2002) Gathering Speed (2004)

Bard is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train. It was released in 2002 by Treefrog Records. It is the only one of their early albums that the band decided not to re-release, and as such it is currently out-of-print.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Last English King"	Spawton	5:50
2.	"Broken English"	Spawton, Poole, Hogg	14:09
3.	"This is Where We Came In"	Spawton	5:22
4.	"Harold Rex Interfectus Est"	Spawton	1:02
5.	"Blacksmithing"	Spawton	3:03
6.	"Malfosse"	Spawton	0:53
7.	"Love is Her Thing"	Spawton	3:50
8.	"How the Earth From This Place Has Power Over Fire"	Spawton	1:53
9.	"A Short Visit to Earth"	Spawton	6:18
10.	"For Winter"	Spawton, Poole	16:47
11.	"A Long Finish"	Spawton	8:20

Personnel

• Ian Cooper - keyboards, piano
• Phil Hogg - drums, percussion
• Tony Müller - keyboards, piano, lead and backing vocals
• Andy Poole - bass, backing vocals
• Martin Read - lead and backing vocals
• Gregory Spawton - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals

Guest musicians

• Jo Michaels - vocals
• Rob Aubrey - windchimes

External links

• "allmusic ((( Bard > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.