''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, vocals, guitars and keyboards), Rikar ...

. 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 Gregory Spawton (born 17 May 1965) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and founder of English progressive rock band Big Big Train. Early life Spawton was brought up in Sutton Co ...

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s, keyboards, vocals *Tony Müller –

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*Andy Poole –

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, bass pedals, keyboards, vocals *Steve Hughes –

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;Guest musicians *Ken Bundy – backing vocals *

Martin Orford Martin Orford (born 10 June 1959, Bitterne, Southampton) is an English keyboard player and singer. He is best known as the founder of progressive rock bands IQ and Jadis. He also worked with former King Crimson, U.K. and Asia bassist John Wetton ...

– flute, keyboards

References

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