Far Away Trains Passing By

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Far Away Trains Passing By
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Studio album by
Released14 November 2001 (2001-11-14)
Genre Ambient techno [1]
Length43:21
Label City Centre Offices
Producer Ulrich Schnauss
Ulrich Schnauss chronology
Far Away Trains Passing By
(2001)
A Strangely Isolated Place
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
Muzik 5/5 [4]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [1]

Far Away Trains Passing By is the debut studio album by German electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss, released on 14 November 2001 by City Centre Offices. [5]

Contents

Domino Recording Company reissued Far Away Trains Passing By with an extra disc of bonus tracks on 1 November 2005. [6] On 13 October 2008, Independiente issued a remastered edition of the album with the same bonus tracks, along with the additional track "A Million Miles Away". [7] Far Away Trains Passing By was remastered again in 2019 for a new reissue, which was released on 3 April 2020 by Scripted Realities. [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ulrich Schnauss, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Knuddelmaus"7:01
2."Between Us and Them"7:29
3."...Passing By"6:35
4."Blumenwiese neben Autobahn"6:33
5."Nobody's Home"7:36
6."Molfsee"8:07
Total length:43:21
2005 reissue bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunday Evening in Your Street" 6:45
2."Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way" 6:22
3."Nothing Happens in June" 6:17
4."As If You've Never Been Away" 7:00
5."Crazy for You" Neil Halstead 6:32
6."Wherever You Are" 6:37
Total length:39:33
2008 reissue bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunday Evening in Your Street" 6:45
2."Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way" 6:22
3."Nothing Happens in June" 6:17
4."As If You've Never Been Away" 7:00
5."A Million Miles Away" 7:09
6."Crazy for You"Halstead6:32
7."Wherever You Are" 6:37
Total length:46:42
2020 reissue bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brooks Was Here" 7:09
2."Sunday Evening in Your Street" 6:45
3."Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way" 6:22
4."A Lie for Breakfast" 6:09
5."Nothing Happens in June" 6:17
6."As If You've Never Been Away" 7:00
7."A Million Miles Away" 7:09
8."Crazy for You"Halstead6:32
9."Wherever You Are" 6:37
Total length:60:00

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]

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