English Boy Wonders

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.

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.


 * 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