''English Boy Wonders'' is the second studio album by the

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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 in

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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 –

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*Gregory Spawton –

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, additional

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*Tony Müller – keyboards,

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*Andy Poole – bass, backing vocals, additional keyboards *Steve Hughes –

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;Guest musicians *Ken Bundy – backing vocals

References

Big Big Train albums 1997 albums 2008 albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub