The Second Brightest Star (Big Big Train album)
| The Second Brightest Star | ||||
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| Studio album by Big Big Train | ||||
| Released | 23 June 2017 | |||
| Studio | English Electric Studios, Aubitt Studios, Real World Studios, Sweetwater Studios, Ashwood Studios | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 70:28 | |||
| Label | English Electric | |||
| Producer | Big Big Train | |||
| Big Big Train chronology | ||||
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The Second Brightest Star is the eleventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train. It contains a mix of new songs along with re-worked material from the band's previous two albums, Folklore and Grimspound.[1]
Track listing
| The Second Brightest Star[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "The Second Brightest Star" | David Longdon | Longdon | 7:17 |
| 2. | "Haymaking" (instrumental) | Rachel Hall | 3:24 | |
| 3. | "Skylon" | Longdon, Greg Spawton, Rikard Sjöblom | Longdon, Spawton, Sjöblom | 6:44 |
| 4. | "London Stone" (instrumental) | Sjöblom, Danny Manners | 2:00 | |
| 5. | "The Passing Widow" | Hall | Hall | 5:33 |
| 6. | "The Leaden Stour" | Spawton | Spawton | 7:19 |
| 7. | "Terra Australis Incognita" (instrumental) | Spawton, Manners | 4:19 | |
| 8. | "Brooklands sequence"
| Spawton | Spawton, Manners | 17:33 |
| 9. | "London Plane sequence"
| Spawton | Spawton | 13:17 |
| 10. | "The Gentlemen's Reprise" (instrumental) | Spawton | 3:02 | |
| Total length: | 70:28 | |||
Personnel
Big Big Train
- Nick D'Virgilio – drums, percussion and backing vocals
- Dave Gregory – electric guitars
- Rachel Hall – violin, viola, cello and backing vocals
- David Longdon – lead and backing vocals, flute, piano, electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, lute, celesta, synthesisers, percussion
- Danny Manners – keyboards, double bass
- Andy Poole – acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Rikard Sjöblom – keyboards, electric guitars, backing vocals
- Greg Spawton – bass guitar, bass pedals
Production
- Rob Aubrey – mixing, mastering
- Rachel Hall – string arrangements
References
- ↑ Munro, Scott (21 June 2017). "Big Big Train to release new album later this week". Prog. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ↑ The Second Brightest Star (booklet). Big Big Train. English Electric. 2017. EERCD0020.
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