- rock
- 71 min
- 10 tracks
- English Electric Recordings
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. It is the band's last album to feature co-founder Andy Poole who departed the band in January 2018.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- 1The Second Brightest Star7:18
- 2Haymaking3:24
- 3Skylon6:44
- 4London Stone2:01
- 5The Passing Widow5:34
- 6The Leaden Stour7:19
- 7Terra Australis Incognita4:20
- 8Brooklands Sequence17:33
- 9London Plane Sequence13:17
- 10The Gentlemen’s Reprise3:02
10 tracks, 71 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Big Big Train
- Label
- English Electric Recordings
- Released
- June 23, 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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