Trains and Boats and Planes (EP) explained

Trains and Boats and Planes
Type:	EP
Artist:	Laura Cantrell
Cover:	Trains_and_Boats_and_Planes.jpg
Released:	April 15, 2008
Recorded:	2007
Studio:	The Tape Kitchen, Brooklyn
Genre:	Country music
Label:	Diesel Only
Producer:	Laura Cantrell, Mark Spencer
Prev Title:	Humming by the Flowered Vine
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music
Next Year:	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]

Track listing

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trains and Boats and Covers and Toddlers: An Interview With Laura Cantrell . Henderson . Stuart . 2008-05-20 . . 2017-07-25.
2. Web site: Laura Cantrell "Trains and Boats and Planes" Diesel Only . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203082239/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-08-08/news/36907311_1_laura-cantrell-songs-boats . dead . 3 December 2013 . . 8 August 2008 . 1 December 2013 . Lewis, Catherine P..