''The Second Brightest Star'' is the eleventh 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. Init ...
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''.
Track listing
Personnel
Big Big Train
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Nick D'Virgilio – drums, percussion, backing vocals
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Dave Gregory – electric guitars
* Rachel Hall – violin, viola, cello, backing vocals
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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, piano, electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, lute, celesta, synthesisers, percussion
* Danny Manners – keyboards, double bass
* Andy Poole – acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
* Rikard Sjöblom – electric guitars, backing vocals, keyboards on "The Second Brightest Star"
* Greg Spawton – bass guitar, bass pedals
Production
* Rob Aubrey – mixing, mastering
* Rachel Hall – string arrangements
References
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Big Big Train albums
2017 albums