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Trains and Boats and Planes
EP by
Laura Cantrell
ReleasedApril 15, 2008
Recorded2007
StudioThe Tape Kitchen, Brooklyn
GenreCountry music
Length34:30
LabelDiesel Only
ProducerLaura Cantrell, Mark Spencer
Laura Cantrell chronology
Humming by the Flowered Vine
(2005) 		Trains and Boats and Planes
(2008) 		Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music
(2011)

Trains and Boats and Planes is an EP released on Diesel Only Records by Laura Cantrell on April 15, 2008. It is a concept EP centered on the theme of traveling, as exemplified by the title track (a cover of the song of the same name by Burt Bacharach and Hal David).[1] In total, six songs (out of nine) on this EP are covers, including the title track.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blurt(mixed)[5]
PopMatters[3]
Prefix[4]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Trains and Boats and Planes" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:14
  2. "Train of Life" (Robert S. Riley, Roger Miller) – 2:49
  3. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 6:25
  4. "Howard Hughes Blues" (John Hartford) – 3:37
  5. "Love Vigilantes" (Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris) – 4:18
  6. "Silver Wings" – 4:22
  7. "Roll Truck Roll" (Roy Pennington) – 2:38
  8. "Big Wheel" (Laura Cantrell) – 2:30
  9. "Yonder Comes a Freight Train" (Jay Sherman-Godfrey, Jeremy Tepper) – 3:21

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Stuart (2008-05-20). "Trains and Boats and Covers and Toddlers: An Interview With Laura Cantrell". PopMatters. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  2. ^ Lewis, Catherine P. (8 August 2008). "Laura Cantrell "Trains and Boats and Planes" Diesel Only". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ Metivier, Michael (26 May 2008). "Trains and Boats and Planes Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ^ Burr, Mike (8 May 2008). "Trains and Boats and Planes Review". Prefix. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Trains and Boats and Planes". Blurt. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: laura cantrell". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.


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