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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.

English Boy Wonders
Studio album by Big Big Train
Released	1997 (1997)
Recorded	Parklands Studios
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	71:39
Label	Giant Electric Pea
Producer	Andy Poole, Gregory Spawton
Big Big Train chronology
Goodbye to the Age of Steam (1994) English Boy Wonders (1997) Bard (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock	(re-release)

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.[1] 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.

1. "Big Empty Skies" – 4:23
2. "Brushed Aside" – 5:40
3. "Albion Perfide"^[†] – 10:27
4. "Pretty Mom"^[†] – 3:43
5. "A Giddy Thing"^[†] – 5:17
6. "Out of It"^[†] – 6:02
7. "Cloudless and Starry and Still"^[†] – 3:36
8. "Two Poets Meet" (Spawton) – 4:26 (Re-issue Bonus Track)
9. "28 Years" – 2:28
10. "Reaching for John Dowland" – 8:46
11. "Boxgrove Man" – 7:23
12. "The Shipping Forecast"^[†] – 10:14
13. "Right to the End of the World Tra-La"^[†] – 2:03
14. "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, backing vocals, additional keyboards
• Tony Müller – keyboards, piano
• Andy Poole – bass, backing vocals, additional keyboards
• Steve Hughes – drums, percussion

Guest musicians

• Ken Bundy – backing vocals

References

На других языках

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[de] English Boy Wonders

English Boy Wonders ist das zweite Studioalbum der englischen Progressive-Rock-Band Big Big Train. Die CD wurde am 1. Dezember 1997 veröffentlicht.

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- [en] English Boy Wonders

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