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"Last Train Home" is the second single from Start Something, the second album by the Welsh Alternative metal band Lostprophets. This single is the band's highest charting to date (along with "Rooftops") and one of their most successful songs. The band refused to release the accompanying music video to MTV's Total Request Live, however, realising it could seriously damage their credibility among serious American rock fans, and thus make it harder for the band to establish a long-lasting career and loyal international fan base. The song was featured in the soundtrack for the original NFL Street soundtrack.
[edit] Release and reception
"Last Train Home" was released in the spring of 2004 and became the most successful song from Start Something on the rock charts and arguably the band's most recognizable and popular song. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number ten on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Last Train Home" is the second single to ever chart in the US, the first one is Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja.
Johnny Loftus of Allmusic called the song ""Last Train Home" was an absolute masterpiece of pop single mixing board surgery, flawlessly, brazenly binding the properties of three of California's most marketable acts into one monster of a alternative rock anthem, sung by a bunch of immaculately T-shirted dudes from Pontypridd. Beginning with an instrumental run through its unstoppable chorus, the song drifted into faraway echoes of piano as vocalist Ian Watkins emoted vaguely meaningful lyrics like "Love was once apart/But now it's disappeared".[1]
Kirk Miller of Rolling Stone said "Last Train Home" is one of the catchiest hard-rock songs to hit the radio in the past three years. Singer Ian Watkins has Mike Patton's croon/scream down cold, and his group deftly applies FNM's anything-goes approach: equal parts thrash riffs, symphonic keyboards and moody jazz intervals."[2]
[edit] Track listing
| Compact Disc ONE |
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Track |
Title |
Time |
| 1 |
"Last Train Home" |
4:04 |
| 2 |
"Cry Me A River" (Cover) |
4:55 |
| Compact Disc TWO |
 |
Track |
Title |
Time |
| 1 |
"Last Train Home" |
4:04 |
Enhanced Material:
- The video for Last Train Home video
- The making of the video
|
|
| Compact Disc THREE[3] |
 |
Track |
Title |
Time |
| 1 |
"Last Train Home" |
4:04 |
| 2 |
"Last Train Home" (Demo) |
4:40 |
| 3 |
"The Politics Of Emotion" |
3:22 |
| Vinyl[4] |
 |
Side |
Title |
Time |
| A |
"Last Train Home" |
4:04 |
| B |
"Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" (Acoustic) |
3:04 |
| EP Version |
 |
Track |
Title |
Time |
| 1 |
"Last Train Home" |
4:04 |
| 2 |
"The Politics Of Emotion" |
3:22 |
| 3 |
"Cry Me A River" (Cover) |
4:55 |
| 4 |
"Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" (Acoustic) |
3:04 |
| 5 |
"Last Train Home" (Demo) |
4:40 |
|
[edit] Chart positions
[edit] References
- ^ AllMusicGuide review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ CD1 on iTunes http://phobos.apple.com
- ^ List of releases on visiblenoise.com link
[edit] External links
