English Boy Wonders

by Big Big Train

English Boy Wonders cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Giant Electric Pea
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:18:27
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Steve Hughes, Tony M眉ller, Greg Spawton, Martin Read, Martin Orford, Ken Bundy, Andy Poole

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Big Big Train鈥檚 sophomore album is an ambitious, narrative-driven exploration of distinctly British neo-prog rock. The record relies on highly melodic songwriting and intricate, progressive arrangements that tell an expansive coming-of-age story.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive

Tracklist

  1. Big Empty Skies (4:22)
  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 (3:35)
  8. Two Poets Meet (4:26)
  9. 28 Years (2:28)
  10. Reaching For John Dowland (8:45)
  11. Boxgrove Man (7:22)
  12. The Shipping Forecast (10:13)
  13. Right to the End of the World Tra-La (2:02)
  14. Fell Asleep (3:58)

Credits

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