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band,

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. It was released in 1994, by Giant Electric Pea. On the official BBT website, Spawton has revealed that "much of the album was about how people lose their way in their lives; about the tightrope we all walk every day. The album title wasn't linked to this, but it conveyed a feeling of pathos which fitted the mood of the songs."

Re-release

The original album is out of print. In 2010 it was remastered by members of the band, and the track list has been expanded by three tracks: one being recorded for the 1993 demo

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, one newly recorded instrumental track from the 2010 line-up (including

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on drums and David Longdon on keyboards), and an expanded version of the original album track "Losing Your Way". The remastered version was released in 2011 with new artwork and liner notes. BBT official discography
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Track listing

2011 bonus tracks

#Far Distant Thing (Spawton) – 4:35 (1993 recording, originally released on

) #Expecting Dragons (Spawton) – 7:16 (new recording) #Losing Your Way (Spawton) – 10:01 (extended version)

Personnel

*Ian Cooper – keyboards *Steve Hughes – drums and

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*Andy Poole – bass, additional keyboards *Martin Read –

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*Greg Spawton –

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s, additional keyboards *David Longdon – keyboards on Expecting Dragons, 2011 *Nick D'Virgilio – drums on Expecting Dragons, 2011

Guest musicians

*Rob Aubrey – backing vocals *Ken Bundy – backing vocals *Gary Chandler – backing vocals *Sally French – backing vocals *Stuart Nicholson – backing vocals * Martin Orford – backing vocals *Mandy Taylor – backing vocals *Steve Christey – windchimes

External links

References

1994 debut albums Big Big Train albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub