- Elegies to Lessons Learnt
Infobox Album |
Name = Elegies to Lessons Learnt
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist =iLiKETRAiNS
Released = 1 October 2007
Recorded =
Genre =Post-Rock
Length = 50:32
Label = Beggars Banquet
Producer = iLiKETRAiNS
Reviews = *Metacritic 70% [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/iliketrains/elegiestolessonslearnt/ link]
*"NME " rating-10|7 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/iliketrains/9057 link]
*QRO Magazine (8.3/10) [http://www.qromag.com/reviews/album_reviews/iliketrains_%3a_elegies_to_lessons_learnt/ link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/47106-elegies-to-lessons-learnt link]
Last album = "Progress Reform "
(2006)
This album = "Elegies to Lessons Learnt"
(2007)
Next album ="Elegies to Lessons Learnt" is
iLiKETRAiNS ' first studio album, was released on 1 October 2007. As with their EP,Progress Reform , many of the songs cover historical events, which the band are especially interested in. A DVD version of the album is set to be released on 21st April 2008, this will coincide with a tour and the release of We Go Hunting as a single.* "Twenty Five Sins" is about the
Great Fire of London ,
* "Voice Of Reason" refers to the attempted assassination ofGeorge III byJames Hadfield ,
* "We Go Hunting" is about theSalem Witch Trials of 1692,
* "The Deception" the suicide ofDonald Crowhurst , during theSunday Times Golden Globe Race ,
* "Spencer Perceval ", the assassination of him, from the murderer's point of view,John Bellingham ,
* "Remnants of an Army" is aboutWilliam Brydon ,
* "Death of an Idealist" talks about the British MPJohn Stonehouse who faked his own death and lived inAustralia , to escape his burdening debt, before being found byInterpol ,
* "Come Over" is about an incident related to theBerlin Wall ,
* "We All Fall Down" is about the plague epidemic of1665 inEyam ,Derbyshire , which killed 260 people and left only 83 people alive.The B-sides tell their own stories too.
* "I Am Murdered" the assassination of
Spencer Perceval from his own point of view,
* "Joshua" tells the story ofBernard Moitessier , however this is just an instrumental,
* "Victress" tells the story ofNigel Tetley , who committed suicide in1972 .
* "More Weight" tells story ofGiles Corey ,a farmer in early colonial America who was crushed to death by stone weights in an attempt to force him plea guilty to the charge of witchcraft.Victress, which was released before this album, alludes to the title with the lyrics "I sing elegies to lessons I will never learn" which are sung during the second verse.
Track listing
# "We All Fall Down" – 6:12
# "Twenty Five Sins" – 3:39
# "The Deception" – 3:58
# "Voice of Reason" – 5:00
# "Death of an Idealist" – 3:25
# "Remnants of an Army" – 3:57
# "We Go Hunting" – 3:24
# "Come Over" – 4:10
# "Spencer Perceval" – 9:09
# "Epiphany" – 2:18
# "Death is the End" – 5:21* Singles
"We Go Hunting", released 21 April, 2008
7" Vinyl
# "We Go Hunting" – 3:24
# "More Weight" – 4:04"The Deception", released 10 September, 2007
CD
# "The Deception" – 3:59
# "Joshua" – 4:43
# "Victress" – 4:097" Vinyl
# "The Deception" – 3:59
# "Victress" – 4:09"Spencer Perceval", released 26 March, 2007
CD
# "Spencer Perceval" – 9:14
# "I Am Murdered" – 6:0712" Vinyl
# "Spencer Perceval" – 9:14
# "I Am Murdered" – 6:07
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