English Boy Wonders

Track listing

1. "Big Empty Skies" (Spawton) – 4:21
2. "Brushed Aside" (Spawton) – 5:37
3. "A Giddy Thing" (Spawton) – 5:16
4. "28 Years" (Read, Spawton) – 2:24
5. "Pretty Mom" (Spawton, Poole) – 3:26
6. "Out of It" (Spawton) – 5:57
7. "Cloudless and Starry and Still" (Spawton, Poole) – 3:33
8. "Albion Perfide" (Spawton, Poole, Muller) – 10:23
9. "Right to the End of the World Tra-La" (Spawton) – 1:56
10. "The Shipping Forecast" (Spawton) – 10:46
11. "Mr Boxgroveman" (Spawton, Poole) – 6:12
12. "Reaching for John Dowland" (Spawton, Poole, Hughes) – 8:13
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. 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