English Boy Wonders
English Boy Wonders | ||||
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Studio album by Big Big Train | ||||
Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | Parklands Studios | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 74:19 | |||
Label | Giant Electric Pea | |||
Producer | Andy Poole, Gregory Spawton | |||
Big Big Train chronology | ||||
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Classic Rock | (re-release) |
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
- "Big Empty Skies" (Spawton) – 4:21
- "Brushed Aside" (Spawton) – 5:37
- "A Giddy Thing" (Spawton) – 5:16
- "28 Years" (Read, Spawton) – 2:24
- "Pretty Mom" (Spawton, Poole) – 3:26
- "Out of It" (Spawton) – 5:57
- "Cloudless and Starry and Still" (Spawton, Poole) – 3:33
- "Albion Perfide" (Spawton, Poole, Muller) – 10:23
- "Right to the End of the World Tra-La" (Spawton) – 1:56
- "The Shipping Forecast" (Spawton) – 10:46
- "Mr Boxgroveman" (Spawton, Poole) – 6:12
- "Reaching for John Dowland" (Spawton, Poole, Hughes) – 8:13
- "Fell Asleep" (Spawton) – 3:35
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.
- "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, backing vocals, keyboards
- Tony Müller - keyboards, piano
- Andy Poole - bass, backing vocals, keyboards
- Steve Hughes - drums, percussion
- Guest musicians
- Ken Bundy - backing vocals
References
- ↑ "English boys wondering how to play our old songs". bigbigtrain.blogspot.com.
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