The Big Express

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The Big Express

• 2-disc digipack sleeve with 16-page booklet in a cardboard slip case

XTCs seventh album, The Big Express was virtually ignored on release, much as its immediate predecessor Mummer had been. If Mummer was XTCs quiet album, this was its polar opposite: bright, brash, noisy - even cluttered on occasion if the song demanded it - as it became a concept album of sorts, a partly autobiographical reflection on growing up in an industrial town, Swindon, with its history of engineering and railway accomplishments. Perhaps in keeping with that tradition of technical innovation, the album also made extensive use of (at the time) new technology with Linn-Drum programming (alongside drummer Peter Phipps), E-mu Emulator and other synths claiming space among the more traditional guitars, bass and drums mix under-pinning the vocals. This technology was juxtaposed with technology of a slightly earlier pop/rock era as phasing, backwards tapes and the inclusion of a mellotron hinted at a psychedelic influence that would move more centre-stage with the bands next project The Dukes of Stratosphear. With XTC no longer touring, the sound radically different to any previous XTC album, in a musical climate where the upper end of the charts reflected national radio, producing the most mainstream result for years: Lionel Richie, Sade, Spandau Ballet, Howard Jones, Tina Turner, Queen Frank Sinatras final solo studio album the space for a metallic, post-punk concept album about growing up amidst the ghosts of Swindons industrial heritage proved non-existent. Of course the songs were as good as on any other XTC album - a very high standard indeed but they went largely unheard. Given that position, it would be easy to conclude that the timing was wrong for the album. But the best musicians follow the music and allow the times to catch up with that precisely what happened when XTC released its next album Skylarking in 1986. Just as Mummers reputation (and sales) has increased over the years, The Big Express is now regarded as a neglected classic of its era. Now remixed by Steven Wilson in stereo, 5.1 Surround Sound & Dolby Atmos, the full impact and power of the album can be appreciated. Already given studio quality previews to an invited audience in London and LA at L-Acoustics studios, the reaction was one of collective awe at the amount of newly apparent detail & clarity in the Atmos mixes. As ever with XTC, the full package on the Blu-ray disc includes every recorded song from the era, ranging from demos through to the aforementioned Spatial Audio mixes. Shipping

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