The Second Brightest Star
by Big Big Train
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 June 2017
- Label: English Electric Recordings
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:10:31
- Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released as a surprise companion piece just months after their acclaimed album 'Grimspound', this collection seamlessly expands upon the band's pastoral progressive rock narratives. The tracking includes new compositions, extended unreleased material from previous sessions, and lush instrumental reworkings of established tracks. The project serves as an elegant, sprawling coda to a highly prolific era for the British ensemble.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive
Tracklist
- The Second Brightest Star (7:17)
- Haymaking (3:24)
- Skylon (6:44)
- London Stone (2:00)
- The Passing Widow (5:33)
- The Leaden Stour (7:19)
- Terra Australis Incognita (4:19)
- Brooklands Sequence (17:33)
- London Plane Sequence (13:17)
- The Gentlemen鈥檚 Reprise (3:02)
Credits
- Helena Hauff - primary artist
- Big Big Train - Primary Artist, arranger, producer
- Rikard Sj枚blom - Keyboards, Words By, Music By, guitar instrument, background vocals vocal
- David Longdon - Words By, Music By, percussion instrument, synthesizer instrument, flute instrument, electric guitar instrument, additional brass instrument arranger, liner notes, background vocals vocal, lead vocals vocal
- Rachel Hall - Words By, Music By, cello instrument, violin instrument, viola instrument, strings instrument arranger, liner notes, background vocals vocal
- Greg Spawton - Words By, Music By, bass pedals instrument, electric bass guitar instrument, additional brass instrument arranger, liner notes, background vocals vocal
- Danny Manners - Music By, keyboard instrument, double bass instrument
- Sarah Louise Ewing - design/illustration
- Andy Poole - graphic design, keyboard instrument, acoustic guitar instrument, background vocals vocal
- Evie Anderson - additional cello guest instrument
- Lucy Curnow - additional guest violin instrument
- Nick D鈥橵irgilio - percussion instrument, drums (drum set) instrument, background vocals vocal
- Dave Desmond - additional guest trombone instrument, brass instrument arranger
- Ben Godfrey - additional cornet guest instrument, additional guest trumpet instrument
- Dave Gregory - 12 string guitar instrument, electric guitar instrument
- Keith Hobday - additional guest viola instrument
- Nick Stones - additional French horn guest instrument
- John Storey - additional euphonium guest instrument
- Jon Truscott - additional guest tuba instrument
- Philip Trzebiatowski - additional cello guest instrument
- Rob Aubrey - mastering, mix, recording
- Simon Hogg - photography
- Mark Hornsby - recording
- Sotos Yiasimi - recording