Progress Reform is an EP by the Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

-based post-rock group I Like Trains. The titles of the songs employ the same capitalisation format as the band's name, capitalising all letters except for i's. The EP's title is a reference to the lyrics of "The Beeching Report", which are concerned with the 1960s Beeching Axe

Beeching Axe

The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...

 British railway reforms. Other songs on the EP have other historical implications.

• "Terra Nova" - Robert Scott
  Robert Falcon Scott
  Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
  
  's doomed mission to the South Pole in 1912.
• "No Military Parade" - Roald Amundsen
  Roald Amundsen
  Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
  
   and the events after the polar expedition.
• "A Rook House for Bobby" - Tells the story of Bobby Fischer
  Bobby Fischer
  Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...
  
  's 1992 chess match against Boris Spassky
  Boris Spassky
  Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...
  
   in Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
  
  , after which Fischer was unable to return to the USA. The song's video includes a high-speed animation of the final game, with which Fischer won the match.
• "The Beeching Report" - The effects of Dr Richard Beeching
  Richard Beeching
  Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching , commonly known as Doctor Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer...
  
  's report
  Beeching Axe
  The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
  
  .

Track listing

1. "Terra Nova" - 4:59
2. "No Military Parade" - 3:27
3. "A Rook House For Bobby" - 4:43
4. "Citizen" - 3:02
5. "The Accident" - 3:02
6. "Stainless Steel" - 8:19
7. "The Beeching Report" - 4:42
8. "Before the Curtains Close" - 5:32 (American Version, also has the Terra Nova video)

Personnel

• David Martin: Vocals and Guitar
• Guy Bannister: Guitars and Keys
• Alistair Bowis: Bass
• Ashley Dean: Images and Cornet
• Simon Fogol: Drums and Percussion

• All Music Written and Performed by I Like Trains
• All Songs Produced and Mixed by I Like Trains
• All Songs Engineered by Daniel Skevington
• Except "Terra Nova" Produced and Mixed by I Like Trains and Dan Austin for 140dB
• "No Military Parade Recorded by Nathanial Chan
• Drums on "The Accident" Recorded by Dan Austin
• All Songs recorded at The Wortley Studio and the I Like Trains Cellar using the Rumpus Room mobile recording facility except "Terra Nova" Recorded at the Miloco
  Miloco Studios
  Miloco Studios are a leading independent group of recording studios based in London, England. There are currently twelve commercial recording studios underneath the Miloco umbrella, plus a selection of private long-let programming rooms...
  
  Neve Room.

Note: Since this "EP" runs for over 30 minutes, its technically an album.