''English Electric Part Two'' is the eighth studio album by the English
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...
band
Big Big Train
Big Big Train are an English progressive rock band formed in Bournemouth in 1990. The current line-up includes band founder Gregory Spawton (bass, guitars and keyboards), along with Nick D'Virgilio (drums, guitars and keyboards) and Rikard Sj ...
. It was released on 4 March 2013, by English Electric Recordings and GEP.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Nick D'Virgilio
Nicholas D'Virgilio (born November 12, 1968), often referred to as NDV, is an American drummer, singer and guitarist, best known as a member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Col ...
– drums, backing vocals
*
Dave Gregory – electric guitar, banjo, mellotron
*
David Longdon
David Longdon (17 June 1965 – 20 November 2021) was a British multi-instrumentalist and singer, who was best known as the lead vocalist and co-songwriter of the progressive rock band Big Big Train. Besides singing, Longdon played flute, keyb ...
– lead vocals, flute, vibes, tambourine, banjo, accordion, melodica, keyboards, acoustic guitar, birds and bees, mandolin
*Danny Manners - keyboards, piano, double bass
*Andy Poole – keyboards, acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals, baritone bee
*Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, electric guitar, slow moog, backing vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards
;Guest musicians
* Abigail Trundle - cello
*
Andy Tillison - organ, Moog, keyboards
* Ben Godfrey - cornet, trumpet, piccolo trumpet
* Daniel Steinhardt - electric guitar
* Dave Desmond - trombone
* Eleanor Gilchrist - violin
* Geraldine Berreen - violin
* Jan Jaap Langereis - recorders
* Jon Truscott - tuba
* John Storey - euphonium, trombone
* Lily Adams - backing vocals
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Martin Orford - backing vocals
* Rachel Hall - violin
* Sue Bowran - violin
* Teresa Whipple - viola
* Verity Joy - backing vocals
* Violet Adams - backing vocals
External links
RadioShow: The European Perspective #161
References
Big Big Train albums
2013 albums
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