Door One

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The decks are cleared after that emotional trip with the orchestral intro to “Sangfroid” (which means “composure under trying circumstances”). Gregory Spawton supplies some gorgeous 12-string guitar parts, but he’s very much a guest on a David Longdon record. The atmospheres and use of ambience were a huge source of inspiration and a big factor in the making of Door One.

The Singer And The Song continues the autobiographical tone as this track is about how singing his songs enlivens and satisfies him.

The album closer, “Love Is All” feels like an emerging from the pain of Letting Go, and finding your place of calm.

There’s No Ghost Like An Old Ghost” is next, kicking off with Jeremy Stacey’s drums, a highlight of many tracks on this album. Given the circumstances, this wasn’t created as a “last will and testament” and I’m not going to look at it through that lens. Birdsong, echoing piano and a building cinematic atmosphere characterise instrumental prelude Into The Icehouse, an Eno-esque mood-setter that, in a kinder world, might have served well as intro music to a live show. It opens with Into The Icehouse, an instrumental, ambient piece of birdsong and minimal piano tones playing almost a lament.So the album ends positively and with a strong message of hope that we can all accept and employ in our own lives. Il grande frontman dei Big Big Train ci ha lasciati un anno fa, ma non prima di dare libero sfogo alla sua arte con questo album solista di indubbio valore, nel quale la sua voce inimitabile (anche se a lungo era stato accusato di "imitare" Peter Gabriel, Fish dei Marilllion e altri celebri cantanti del progressive più illuminato) valorizza al meglio alcuni brani bellissimi. He had much greater range than even I had expected, and yet he always performed with class and muster.