The Big Red Spark

The Big Red Spark
Studio album by Tinyfish
Released	September 13, 2010
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	53:27
Label	Festival Music
Producer	Mike Varty & Simon Godfrey
Tinyfish chronology
One Night On Fire (2009) The Big Red Spark (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock	October 2010
The Harmonic Lizard	[1]

The Big Red Spark is the second full-length album by the English progressive rock band Tinyfish.

Track listing

1. "The Loose Ends" – 3:11 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
2. "Rainland" – 6:54 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
3. "A Million Differences" - 2:05 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
4. "Bad Weather Road" - 6:20 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
5. "I'm Not Crashing" - 4:36 (Godfrey)
6. "Building The Machine" - 3:16 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
7. "Refugee" - 2:24 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
8. "The Big Red Spark" - 4:51 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)
9. "Weak Machine" - 3:28 (Godfrey)
10. "Activation" - 0:38 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
11. "The Final Act" - 2:36 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders)
12. "The Loose Ends Pt II" - 2:42 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
13. "Wide Awake At Midnight" - 10:21 (Godfrey/Ramsay/Sanders/Worwood)

Bonus disc DVD listing

Initial pressings of The Big Red Spark came with a bonus DVD containing a video interview with the band and the following four additional tracks:

1. "The Sarcasm Never Stops" - 5:17 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
2. "Ride" - 5:26 (Godfrey/Ramsay)
3. "Eat The Ashes" - 3:19 (Godfrey)
4. "Let's Get Invisible" - 4:02 (Godfrey/Ramsay)

Personnel

• Simon Godfrey – Vocals, rhythm guitars and drums
• Jim Sanders - Lead and rhythm guitars
• Paul Worwood - Bass guitar
• Robert Ramsay - Voice of the young Professor

with

• Iain Houston - Voice of the Refugee
• Peter Godfrey - Voice of the old Professor
• Jem Godfrey - Mellotron on "Weak Machine"
• Geoff Wootton - Lead vocals on "Ride"
• Mike Varty - Keyboards on "Ride"

and The Big Red Strings

• Zhanna Neckrich - Violin
• Dina Zikeyeva - Violin
• Gocha Skhirlasze - Violin
• Marianna Pulkis - Viola
• Felix Korobov - Cello

Reception

The Big Red Spark was awarded nine out of ten by Geoff Barton in the October edition of Classic Rock.^[2]

References

1. "The Big Red Spark". www.harmoniclizard.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
2. "Classic Rock's New Release Round-Up". www.classicrockmagazine.com. Retrieved 2010-09-12.