Progress Reform

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Progress Reform
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Released26 June 2006
RecordedDuring 2005–2006
Genre Post-Rock
Length32:14
Label Fierce Panda
Producer I Like Trains; Dan Austin
I Like Trains chronology
Progress Reform
(2006)
Elegies to Lessons Learnt
(2007)
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Progress Reform is an EP by the Leeds-based post-rock group I Like Trains. The EP's title is a reference to the lyrics of "The Beeching Report", which are concerned with the 1960s Beeching Axe British railway reforms. Other songs on the EP have other historical implications.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Terra Nova" – 4:59
  2. "No Military Parade" – 3:27
  3. "A Rook House For Bobby" – 4:43
  4. "Citizen" – 3:02
  5. "The Accident" – 3:02
  6. "Stainless Steel" – 8:19
  7. "The Beeching Report" – 4:42
  8. "Before the Curtains Close" – 5:32 (American version only, which also includes the "Terra Nova" video)

Typography

The titles of the songs on the CD case employ the same capitalisation format as the band's name, capitalising all letters except for i's. Versions for digital download and streaming do not typically follow this practice.

Personnel

Credits

Note: Since this "EP" runs for over 30 minutes, it is technically an album.

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