Albatross Big Wreck

• 1 Head together 03:53
• 2 A Million Days 04:25
• 3 Wolves 04:12
• 4 Albatross 04:12
• 5 Glass Room 04:57
• 6 All Is Fair 05:08
• 7 Control 06:32
• 8 Rest Of The World 02:50
• 9 You Caught My Eye 05:29
• 10 Do What You Will 03:35
• 11 Time 04:07
• Total Runtime 49:20

Info for Albatross

'Albatross' marks the reunion after an 11 year hiatus from alt-rockers Big Wreck. On this highly anticipated third full-length album, Big Wreck founders Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty are back to doing things the way they did in the very beginning: writing and recording without any outside influence, and regardless of the tastes of the day.

"Albatross didn't begin as a Big Wreck project. The band had broken up after the poor commercial showing of 2001's The Pleasure and the Greed, and lead singer Ian Thornley had gone on to form his own successful band, simply called Thornley, and life as we know it went on. Thornley is a fine singer, with a voice that mirrors Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and he certainly didn't need Big Wreck to continue on with his career, but he reconnected with Big Wreck guitarist Brian Doherty after some years, and the two went into the studio to record with Thornley's current band. Albatross is the result, and the album was released under the Big Wreck moniker, even though it was essentially Thornley (the band) with the addition of Doherty as a third guitarist. That's the story, and the album itself? It certainly sounds like Big Wreck, although it may be a little bit more refined and polished, but tracks like the opening "Head Together," "Rest of the World," and the title track "Albatross" (easily the best and most striking cut on the album, and its first single) clearly fit the billing, sounding like a slightly diluted version of Soundgarden -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least commercially, since there's still a huge fan base out there eager for more grunge-type bands and material. There's a little stretching out here, too, like the set-closer "Time," which is a pretty ballad with pretty harmonies, and Albatross is a good album for what it is, a new project from a band that seems frozen in the mid-'90s, but then Nickelback has done OK with the same approach, and this version of Big Wreck is a half step better than that." 8Steve Leggett, AMG)

Ian Thornley, vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
Brian Doherty, rhythm guitar
Paulo Neta, lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
David McMillan, bass
Christopher Henry, drums, percussion

Digitally remastered

Big Wreck
was formed in Boston in the early 90’s by Toronto-native (guitars / vocals) Ian Thornley and Americans Brian Doherty (guitars), Forrest Williams (drums) and Dave Henning (bass), students at the Berkley School of Music. Their 1997 debut album, In Loving Memory, is certified double platinum in Canada and featured the chart topping singles “Blown Wide Open,” “That Song” and “The Oaf”.

In 2002, the band broke up following the release of their sophomore album, The Pleasure and The Greed, after which Ian Thornley formed the band Thornley who also enjoyed rock radio success with several singles.

In 2010, Brian Doherty filled in on guitar at a Thornley show and shortly thereafter, he and Ian started working on new material that would be, once again, christened Big Wreck. Their first single as a reunited Big Wreck, “Albatross,” became the band’s first #1 single at Rock radio in Canada. Since then, they have released three new Big Wreck albums (Albatross – 2012; Ghosts – 2014; Grace Street – 2017). In the winter of 2018 Big Wreck began recording their sixth studio album with producer Erik Ratz. It was during the recording that Doherty was diagnosed with cancer which tragically took his life this past Spring after the new album was completed. Big Wreck’s latest album will be released later this summer followed by extensive touring. The release of the album was preceded by the Top 5 Rock Radio hit “Locomotive.”

This album contains no booklet.