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I Often Dream of Trains in New York
Release Date: 2009 11 10
Label: Yep Roc
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Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City, I Often Dream of Trains in New York features Robyn Hitchcock and multi-instrumentalists Tim Keegan and Terry Edwards re-creating the willfully eccentric Englishman's seminal 1983 post-Soft Boys solo outing I Often Dream of Trains in its entirety. In typical "Hitchcockian" fashion, the singer enters the stage to the tinny crackle of a hand-held tape recorder playing "Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl," sits down at the piano, comically slows the pitch and begins playing the moody instrumental "Nocturne." What follows is a surprisingly deft and poignant retelling of his most beloved album, peppered with the usual Dada banter about tomatoes, microorganisms, and detectives. The two-disc set includes a DVD of the performance, as well as a surreal short film that features extended footage from the original video shoot for the title track backed by random bursts of disconnected music and dialogue. James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl (Cassette Fragment)	Hitchcock	1:40
2	Nocturne (Prelude)	Hitchcock	3:09
3	Flavour of Night	Hitchcock	3:02
4	Cathedral	Hitchcock	4:27
5	Sounds Great When You're Dead	Hitchcock	3:59
6	Uncorrected Personality Traits	Hitchcock	3:02
7	I Used to Say I Love You	Hitchcock	5:25
8	Winter Love	Hitchcock	4:38
9	This Could Be the Day	Hitchcock	3:42
10	Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus	Hitchcock	4:44
11	Trams of Old London	Hitchcock	4:17
12	My Favourite Buildings	Hitchcock	3:09
13	That's Fantastic, Mother Church	Hitchcock	2:59
14	Heart Full of Leaves	Hitchcock	2:45
15	Autumn Is Your Last Chance	Hitchcock	4:27
16	I Often Dream of Trains	Hitchcock	3:47
17	America	Hitchcock	6:02
18	Up to Our Nex	Hitchcock	4:13
19	Goodnight I Say	Hitchcock	4:15
20	Intro [Multimedia]		2:47
21	Soundcheck [Multimedia]		1:14
22	Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl (Cassette Fragment) [Multimedia]		1:18
23	Nocturne (Prelude) [Multimedia]		1:58
24	Flavour of Night [Multimedia]		3:36
25	Cathedral [Multimedia]		4:32
26	Sounds Great When You're Dead [Multimedia]		6:13
27	Uncorrected Personality Traits [Multimedia]		2:42
28	I Used to Say I Love You [Multimedia]		9:13
29	Winter Love [Multimedia]		5:08
30	This Could Be the Day [Multimedia]		4:34
31	Ye Sleeping Knights of Jesus [Multimedia]		6:42
32	Trams of Old London [Multimedia]		5:55
33	My Favourite Buildings [Multimedia]		4:53
34	That's Fantastic, Mother Church [Multimedia]		3:09
35	Heart Full of Leaves [Multimedia]		2:55
36	Autumn Is Your Last Chance [Multimedia]		5:25
37	I Often Dream of Trains [Multimedia]		3:41
38	I'm Falling [Multimedia]		5:10
39	Up to Our Nex [Multimedia]		5:26
40	Goodnight I Say/Credits [Multimedia]		1:49
41	Beyond Basingstroke [Multimedia]		8:00

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