Progress Reform

Progress Reform
EP by I Like Trains
Released	26 June 2006
Recorded	During 2005–2006
Genre	Post-Rock
Length	32:14
Label	Fierce Panda
Producer	I Like Trains; Dan Austin
I Like Trains chronology
Progress Reform (2006) Elegies to Lessons Learnt (2007)

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Progress Reform is an EP by the Leeds-based post-rock group I Like Trains. The titles of the songs employ the same capitalisation format as the band's name, capitalising all letters except for i's. The EP's title is a reference to the lyrics of "The Beeching Report", which are concerned with the 1960s Beeching Axe British railway reforms. Other songs on the EP have other historical implications.

• "Terra Nova" – Robert Scott's doomed mission to the South Pole in 1912.
• "No Military Parade" – Roald Amundsen and the events after the polar expedition.
• "A Rook House for Bobby" – Tells the story of Bobby Fischer's 1992 chess match against Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia, after which Fischer was unable to return to the USA. The song's video includes a high-speed animation of the final game, with which Fischer won the match.
• "The Beeching Report" – The effects of Dr Richard Beeching's report.

Track listing

1. "Terra Nova" – 4:59
2. "No Military Parade" – 3:27
3. "A Rook House For Bobby" – 4:43
4. "Citizen" – 3:02
5. "The Accident" – 3:02
6. "Stainless Steel" – 8:19
7. "The Beeching Report" – 4:42
8. "Before the Curtains Close" – 5:32 (American Version, also has the Terra Nova video)

Personnel

• David Martin: Vocals and Guitar
• Guy Bannister: Guitars and Keys
• Alistair Bowis: Bass
• Ashley Dean: Images and Cornet
• Simon Fogal: Drums and Percussion
• All Music Written and Performed by I Like Trains
• All Songs Produced and Mixed by I Like Trains
• All Songs Engineered by Daniel Skevington
• Except "Terra Nova" Produced and Mixed by I Like Trains and Dan Austin for 140 dB
• "No Military Parade Recorded by Nathanial Chan
• Drums on "The Accident" Recorded by Dan Austin
• All Songs recorded at The Wortley Studio and the I Like Trains Cellar using the Rumpus Room mobile recording facility except "Terra Nova" Recorded at the Miloco Neve Room.

Note: Since this "EP" runs for over 30 minutes, its technically an album.