English Electric Part Two

2013 studio album by Big Big Train

Studio album by

Big Big Train

Released

4 March 2013

Genre

Progressive rock, new prog

Length

57:35

Label

English Electric / GEP

Big Big Train chronology

English Electric Part One
(2012)

English Electric Part Two
(2013)

Make Some Noise
(2013)

English Electric Part Two is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Big Big Train. It was released on 4 March 2013, by English Electric Recordings and GEP.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Spawton, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"East Coast Racer"		15:43
2.	"Swan Hunter"	Spawton, David Longdon	6:20
3.	"Worked Out"		7:30
4.	"Leopards"	Longdon	3:54
5.	"Keeper Of Abbeys"		6:58
6.	"The Permanent Way"		8:29
7.	"Curator Of Butterflies"		8:44

Personnel

Nick D'Virgilio – drums (all tracks), cajon (track 5, 7), backing vocals (track 6)
Dave Gregory – electric guitar (all tracks), E-bow guitar (track 1), marimba (track 3), 12 string electric guitar (track 5)
David Longdon – lead and backing vocals (all tracks), flute (track 3, 5, 7), vibes, shaker (track 2), banjo (track 2, 4), percussion (track 3), acoustic guitar, piano, organ synthesizer (track 4), tambourine, accordion, Dumbek (track 5)
Danny Manners - keyboards (track 1), piano (track 1, 2, 3, 6, 7), organ, synthesizer (track 3), double bass (track 4, 5)
Andy Poole – keyboards (track 1), backing vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (track 3, 5), mandolin and electric piano (track 5), 12 string acoustic guitar, bass pedals (track 7)
Gregory Spawton – bass guitar (all track 4), electric guitar (track 1, 3), mellotron (track 1), backing vocals (all tracks), mandolin (track 1, 5), 12-string guitar (track 1, 3, 7), acoustic guitar (track 3, 5), organ (track 5)

Guest musicians

Abigail Trundle - cello (track 1, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Megan Fisher – harp (track 1)
Andy Tillison - organ (track 1, 6), synthesizer (track 1), Tillisification (track 6)
Rob Aubrey – bass pedals (track 1)
Eleanor Gilchrist - violin (track 1, 7)
Geraldine Berreen - violin (track 1, 4, 7)
Teresa Whipple - viola (track 1, 4, 7)
Ben Godfrey - cornet (track 1, 2, 6, 7), trumpet, piccolo trumpet
Dave Desmond - trombone (track 1, 2, 6, 7)
Jon Truscott - tuba (track 1, 2, 6, 7)
John Storey - euphonium (track 1, 2), trombone (track 1, 2, 6, 7)
Rachel Hall - acoustic and electric violin (track 3, 5, 6)
Simon Godfrey - backing vocals (track 3)
Sue Bowran - violin (track 4)
Lily Adams - backing vocals (track 6)
Violet Adams - backing vocals (track 6)
Jan Jaap Langereis - recorders (track 6)

External links

[1]
RadioShow: The European Perspective #161

References

^ "Home". bigbigtrain.com.
^ "Big Big Train sign to GEP | bigbigtrain.com". Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Big Big Train sign with GEP". Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.