English Boy Wonders is the second studio album by the English progressive rock band, Big Big Train. It was released in 1997 by Giant Electric Pea.
Track listing
Re-release In February 2008, it was announced on Big Big Train's BlogSpot that English Boy Wonders was going to be re-recorded and partially re-mixed. It was re-released on the band's new record label, English Electric, on 1 December 2008.
The re-release adds one track and changes the running order.
"Big Empty Skies" – 4:23 "Brushed Aside" – 5:40 "Albion Perfide" – 10:27 "Pretty Mom" – 3:43 "A Giddy Thing" – 5:17 "Out of It" – 6:02 "Cloudless and Starry and Still" – 3:36 "Two Poets Meet" (Spawton) – 4:26 (Re-issue Bonus Track) "28 Years" – 2:28 "Reaching for John Dowland" – 8:46 "Boxgrove Man" – 7:23 "The Shipping Forecast" – 10:14 "Right to the End of the World Tra-La" – 2:03 "Fell Asleep" – 3:59
Tracks 3–7 are grouped as For Autumn (Parts 1–5) and tracks 12–14 as For Autumn (Parts 6–8).
Personnel Martin Read – lead vocals Gregory Spawton – guitars, keyboards, vocals Tony Müller – piano Andy Poole – bass, bass pedals, keyboards, vocals Steve Hughes – drums, percussion
Guest musicians Ken Bundy – backing vocals Martin Orford – flute, keyboards
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