''Bard'' is the third studio album by the

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progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

band,

Big Big Train Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990. The current line-up includes band founder Gregory Spawton (bass, guitars and keyboards), along with Nick D'Virgilio (drums, guitars and keyboards) and Rikard Sj ...

. It was released in 2002 by Treefrog Records. It is the only one of their early albums that the band decided not to re-release, and as such it is currently out-of-print.

Track listing

Personnel

*Ian Cooper - keyboards, piano *Phil Hogg - drums,

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*Tony Müller - keyboards,

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, lead and backing vocals *Andy Poole - bass, backing vocals *Martin Read - lead and backing vocals *Gregory Spawton -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

s, keyboards, backing vocals ;Guest musicians *Jo Michaels - vocals *Rob Aubrey - windchimes

References

External links

* {{Authority control Big Big Train albums 2002 albums