At last! An up to date examination of what makes birders tick. And about time too! Wonderfully written

A natural history version of Fever Pitch... Reading it may even make you want to try out this strangely addictive past time for yourself

Intensely readable, very funny and highly enlightening

With a mixture of well-chosen anecdotes and self-deprecating humour, Cocker succeeds in making event he most hardened cynic appreciate his passion. Birders is a stylish work in a long tradition of fine writing on the subject

The best account yet of the "tribe" and its wonderful, unworldly passions

Wonderful

A rites-of-passage memoir refracted through key sonic experiences...a de profundis roar of anger and bafflement as the randomness of what has befallen Coleman prompts fundamental questions: Who am I? How am I? What the hell happens now?

A smart, witty and gentle memoir of music and adolescence and beyond

Fascinating book... It’s beautifully written, moving and, coming from 1970s, Yes-loving prog-rocker, surprisingly moving.

Congratulations to Coleman: his private hell is now a tribute to the things he loves the most

Really a story about listening and love. Brilliant.

If The Train in the Night went no further than the list of life-changing music that drops in at the end, like an index, it would be just another retread of High Fidelity, but Nick Hornby's book is a boy's train-set in comparison to this

An autobiography through sound...a broad meditation on mortality and the resourceful defences of memory

Emotional and resonant… Sharp, funny and sad in equal measure

Written with the same passion and wit that punctuated his reviews for the likes of NME, Coleman shares his journey to reconnecting with the soundtrack of his life

I can’t tell you how good it is but I’ll try… It’s a superb analysis

A warm, witty and very candid book