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{{Infobox album
| name       = Goodbye To The Age of Steam
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Big Big Train]]
| cover      = Big_Big_Train_Good_Bye_To_The_Age_Steam.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1994
| recorded   = Parklands Studios
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Progressive rock]]
| length     = 51:33
| language   = [[England|English]]
| label      = Giant Electric Pea
| producer   = Rob Aubrey, Andy Poole, Greg Spawton
| prev_title = [[The Infant Hercules]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[English Boy Wonders]]
| next_year  = 1997
}}
'''''Goodbye To The Age of Steam''''' is the debut studio album by the [[England|English]] [[progressive rock]] band, [[Big Big Train]]. It was released in 1994, by Giant Electric Pea. On the official BBT website, Spawton has revealed that "much of the album was about how people lose their way in their lives; about the tightrope we all walk every day. The album title wasn't linked to this, but it conveyed a feeling of pathos which fitted the mood of the songs."
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==Re-release==
The original album is out of print. In 2010 it was remastered by members of the band, and the track list has been expanded by three tracks: one being recorded for the 1993 demo [[The Infant Hercules]], one newly recorded instrumental track from the 2010 line-up (including [[Nick D'Virgilio]] on drums and David Longdon on keyboards), and an expanded version of the original album track "Losing Your Way". The remastered version was released in 2011 with new artwork and liner notes.<ref name="remaster">[http://www.bigbigtrain.com/main/discography/goodbye   BBT official discography]</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
|extra_column = Writer(s)
|title1 = Wind Distorted Pioneers
|extra1 = Spawton
|length1 = 3:21
|title2 = Head Hit the Pillow
|extra2 = Spawton
|length2 = 5:48
|title3 = Edge of the Known World
|extra3 = Spawton
|length3 = 4:47
|title4 = Landfall
|extra4 = Spawton
|length4 = 4:18
|title5 = Dragon Bone Hill
|extra5 = Spawton
|length5 = 3:52
|title6 = Blow the House Down
|extra6 = Spawton, Cooper
|length6 = 9:20
|title7 = Expecting Snow
|extra7 = Spawton
|length7 = 2:36
|title8 = Blue Silver Red
|extra8 = Spawton, Poole
|length8 = 10:03
|title9 = Losing Your Way
|extra9 = Spawton
|length9 = 7:28
}}
===2011 bonus tracks===
#Far Distant Thing <small>(Spawton)</small> – 4:35 <small>(1993 recording, originally released on [[The Infant Hercules]])</small>
#Expecting Dragons <small>(Spawton)</small> – 7:16 <small>(new recording)</small>
#Losing Your Way <small>(Spawton)</small> – 10:01 <small>(extended version)</small>
==Personnel==
*Ian Cooper – [[Keyboard (instrument)|keyboards]]
*Steve Hughes – [[Drum kit|drums]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Andy Poole – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*Martin Read – [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Gregory Spawton|Greg Spawton]] – [[guitar]]s, additional keyboards
*[[David Longdon]] – flute and keyboards on Expecting Dragons, 2011
*[[Nick D'Virgilio]] – drums on Expecting Dragons, 2011
===Guest musicians===
*Rob Aubrey – backing vocals
*Ken Bundy – backing vocals
*Gary Chandler – backing vocals
*Sally French – backing vocals
*Stuart Nicholson – backing vocals
*[[Martin Orford]] – backing vocals
*Mandy Taylor – backing vocals
*Steve Christey – windchimes
==External links==
* {{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r874539|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Goodbye to the Age of Steam > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2010-03-28 }}
== References ==
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{{Big Big Train}}
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[[Category:1994 debut albums]]
[[Category:Big Big Train albums]]
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