I Often Dream Of Trains (studio album)
by Robyn Hitchcock

I Often Dream Of Trains by Robyn Hitchcock
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 6,990th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 53 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1984 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,013th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,990th)

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I Often Dream Of Trains is ranked as the best album by Robyn Hitchcock.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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From 04/21/2019 12:06
OMG! Such a discovery for me! Mostly strummed acoustic guitar and Hitchcock's voice spewing weird and wonderful lyrics about creatures great and small, like furry green atom bowls, and looking at one's self in the shower. A beautiful twisty peek into a warped and whacky, kaleidoscopic mind of a demented soul. This one is a keeper and started me down the path to Hitchcock's entire catalogue. Sadly, I am currently in the search for a replacement for my 4th copy of this album.
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One of those albums that creates its own world. It's a fog-bound England where the trams and trains are spirit-powered. Plus those warnings about child rearing.
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All'ex "ragazzo soffice" Robyn Hitchcock basta un niente per creare il suo capolavoro, anzi meno cose maneggia, meglio fa. Gli basta infatti una chitarra acustica, al più un basso ( acustico pure quello ), rarissime amplificazioni; a volte anche solo la voce a cappella. In questo modo riesce a focalizzare meglio le sue visioni da Syd Barrett non bruciato dall'acido, a far veicolare meglio la sostanza senza che a prevalere sia la forma.
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2. Ride The Lightning by Metallica
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