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2010 studio album by Tinyfish
The Big Red Spark
Studio album by Tinyfish
Released13 September 2010
GenreProgressive rock
Length53:27
LabelFestival Music
ProducerMike Varty & Simon Godfrey
Tinyfish chronology
One Night On Fire
(2009) 		The Big Red Spark
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock October 2010
The Harmonic Lizard

The Big Red Spark is the second full-length album by the English progressive rock band Tinyfish.

Track listing

  1. "The Loose Ends" – 3:11 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  2. "Rainland" – 6:54 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
  3. "A Million Differences" - 2:05 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
  4. "Bad Weather Road" - 6:20 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  5. "I'm Not Crashing" - 4:36 (Godfrey)
  6. "Building The Machine" - 3:16 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  7. "Refugee" - 2:24 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  8. "The Big Red Spark" - 4:51 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)
  9. "Weak Machine" - 3:28 (Godfrey)
  10. "Activation" - 0:38 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  11. "The Final Act" - 2:36 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
  12. "The Loose Ends Pt II" - 2:42 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  13. "Wide Awake At Midnight" - 10:21 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)

Bonus disc DVD listing

Initial pressings of The Big Red Spark came with a bonus DVD containing a video interview with the band and the following four additional tracks:

  1. "The Sarcasm Never Stops" - 5:17 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  2. "Ride" - 5:26 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
  3. "Eat The Ashes" - 3:19 (Godfrey)
  4. "Let's Get Invisible" - 4:02 (Godfrey/Ramsay)

Personnel

  • Simon Godfrey – Vocals, rhythm guitars and drums
  • Jim Sanders - Lead and rhythm guitars
  • Paul Worwood - Bass guitar
  • Robert Ramsay - Voice of the young Professor

with

  • Iain Houston - Voice of the Refugee
  • Peter Godfrey - Voice of the old Professor
  • Jem Godfrey - Mellotron on "Weak Machine"
  • Geoff Wootton - Lead vocals on "Ride"
  • Mike Varty - Keyboards on "Ride"

and The Big Red Strings

  • Zhanna Neckrich - Violin
  • Dina Zikeyeva - Violin
  • Gocha Skhirlasze - Violin
  • Marianna Pulkis - Viola
  • Felix Korobov - Cello

Reception

The Big Red Spark was awarded nine out of ten by Geoff Barton in the October edition of Classic Rock.

References

  1. "The Big Red Spark". www.harmoniclizard.com. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  2. "Classic Rock's New Release Round-Up". www.classicrockmagazine.com. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
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