I Often Dream of Trains, by Robyn Hitchcock

I Often Dream of Trains

by Robyn Hitchcock

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1.	Nocturne (Prelude) 01:39	info	buy track
2.	Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl 01:58	info	buy track
3.	Cathedral 03:43	info	buy track
4.	Uncorrected Personality Traits 01:45	info	buy track
5.	Sounds Great When You're Dead 03:23	info	buy track
6.	Flavour of Light 02:59	info	buy track
7.	Ye Sleeping Nights of Jesus 04:01	info	buy track
8.	This Could Be the Day 02:46	info	buy track
9.	Trams of Old London 03:29	info	buy track
10.	Furry Green Atom Bowl 03:16	info	buy track
11.	Heart Full of Leaves 02:30	info	buy track
12.	Autumn Is Your Last Chance 03:31	info	buy track
13.	I Often Dream of Trains 02:23	info	buy track
14.	Nocturne (Demise) 02:06	info	buy track
15.	Winter Love 02:39	info	buy track
16.	The Bones in the Ground 03:08	info	buy track
17.	My Favourite Buildings 02:48	info	buy track
18.	I Used to Say I Love You 04:32	info	buy track
19.	Chant / Aether 05:25	info	buy track
20.	Heart Full of Leaves (Alternate) 02:28	info	buy track
21.	I Often Dream of Trains (Demo) 02:41	info	buy track
22.	Not Even a Nurse 02:31	info	buy track
23.	Slow Chant / That's Fantastic Mother Church 02:15	info	buy track
24.	Traveller's Fare 01:48	info	buy track

about

Robyn Hitchcock's 1984 album I Often Dream of Trains expands upon the introspective leanings of 1981's Black Snake Diamond Role while further developing his signature lyrical imagery and spare, ominous melodies on this mostly acoustic album. Here Robyn's sharp humor ("Uncorrected Personality Traits") sits comfortably alongside some of his most intimate ballads ("Trams of Old London," "Cathedral"). On Trains the spare arrangements crack the Hitchcockian world wide open allowing for a never-before-glimpsed portrait of the artist in his most artistically exposed incarnation to date.

"For 1983 I wanted to see what happened if I stopped playing gigs, making records, or having any attempt at a career whatsoever. Whatever music I made was purely for myself, without trying to speak the language of the day. The result was I Often Dream of Trains."

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released November 13, 2007

1984, Robyn Hitchcock

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Robyn Hitchcock Nashville, Tennessee

Robyn Hitchcock came to prominence in the late ‘70s with the neo-psych band The Soft Boys, before embarking on a solo career in 1981.

shows

Apr 20

Avalon Theatre

Easton, MD
Apr 23

White Eagle Hall

Jersey City, NJ
Apr 27

BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity

Northampton, MA
Apr 28

Westport Library

Westport, CT
May 2

Cedar Cultural Center

Minneapolis, MN
May 3

Old Town School of Folk Music

Chicago, IL
May 4

Old Town School of Folk Music

Chicago, IL
May 16

Harlow's

Sacramento, CA
May 17

Hop Monk Sebastopol

Sebastopol, CA
May 18

Fernwood Resort

Big Sur, CA
May 19

Henry Miller Memorial Library

Big Sur, CA
May 21

Zebulon

Los Angeles (LA), CA
May 22

Zebulon

Los Angeles (LA), CA
May 23

Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace

Pioneertown, CA
Jul 12

Industrie Fluviali

Rome, Italy
Sep 1

The Crescent

York, UK
Sep 3

The Common Room of the Great North

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Sep 5

Komedia Bath

Bath, UK
Sep 6

Portland Arms

Cambridge, UK
Sep 7

Portland Arms

Cambridge, UK
Sep 8

United Reformed Church

Oxted, UK
Sep 10

The Jericho

Oxford, UK
Sep 11

Brighton Komedia

Brighton, UK
Sep 13

St Mary's Church, Twyford

Winchester, UK
Sep 14

EartH

London, UK

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