Album · 1997
Direction Reaction Creation
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
In the City
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2:20
2
Takin’ My Love
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2:16
3
Art School
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2:02
4
I’ve Changed My Address
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3:32
5
Slow Down
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2:40
6
I Got By in Time
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2:08
7
Away From the Numbers
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4:03
8
Batman Theme
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1:31
9
Sounds From the Street
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3:15
10
Non‐Stop Dancing
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2:28
11
Time for Truth
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3:11
12
Bricks and Mortar
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2:37
13
All Around the World
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2:24
14
Carnaby Street
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2:24
15
The Modern World
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2:31
16
London Traffic
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1:51
17
Standards
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2:30
18
Life From a Window
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2:54
19
The Combine
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2:22
20
Don’t Tell Them You’re Sane
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3:42
21
In the Street Today
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1:33
22
London Girl
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2:42
23
I Need You (For Someone)
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2:43
24
Here Comes the Weekend
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3:31
25
Tonight at Noon
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3:03
26
In the Midnight Hour
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1:53
Disc 2
1
News of the World
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3:29
2
Aunties and Uncles (Impulsive Youths)
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2:34
3
Innocent Man
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4:18
4
David Watts
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2:57
5
‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street
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2:39
6
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
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4:45
7
So Sad About Us
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2:38
8
The Night
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1:47
9
All Mod Cons
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1:20
10
To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time)
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2:30
11
Mr. Clean
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3:29
12
English Rose
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2:51
13
In the Crowd
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5:41
14
Billy Hunt
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3:02
15
It’s Too Bad
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2:37
16
Fly
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3:21
17
The Place I Love
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2:54
18
Strange Town
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3:49
19
The Butterfly Collector
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3:10
20
When You’re Young
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3:14
21
Smithers‐Jones
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3:02
22
The Eton Rifles
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3:59
23
See‐Saw
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2:35
Disc 3
1
Girl on the Phone
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2:57
2
Thick as Thieves
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3:40
3
Private Hell
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3:51
4
Little Boy Soldiers
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3:33
5
Wasteland
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2:52
6
Burning Sky
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3:32
7
Smithers‐Jones
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3:01
8
Saturday’s Kids
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2:54
9
Heat Wave
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2:24
10
Going Underground
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2:56
11
The Dreams of Children
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3:08
12
Start!
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2:31
13
Liza Radley
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2:33
14
Pretty Green
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2:37
15
Monday
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2:59
16
But I’m Different Now
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1:51
17
Set the House Ablaze
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5:02
18
That’s Entertainment
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3:34
19
Dream Time
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3:54
20
Man in the Corner Shop
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3:14
21
Music for the Last Couple
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3:44
22
Boy About Town
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2:00
23
Scrape Away
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4:00
Disc 4
1
Funeral Pyre
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3:30
2
Disguises
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3:18
3
Absolute Beginners
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2:51
4
Tales From the Riverbank
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3:35
5
Town Called Malice
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2:55
6
Precious (12″ version)
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5:55
7
Happy Together
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2:51
8
Ghosts
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2:12
9
Just Who Is the 5 O’Clock Hero?
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2:15
10
Trans‐Global Express
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4:00
11
Running on the Spot
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3:07
12
Circus
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2:11
13
The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong
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2:20
14
Carnation
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3:28
15
The Gift
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3:08
16
The Great Depression
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2:51
17
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)
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3:35
18
Pity Poor Alfie / Fever
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4:40
19
Beat Surrender
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3:26
20
Shopping
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3:22
21
Move On Up
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3:54
22
Stoned out of My Mind
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3:21
23
War
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2:44
Disc 5
1
In the City
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2:23
2
Time for Truth
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3:18
3
Sounds From the Street
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3:19
4
So Sad About Us
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2:42
5
Worlds Apart
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1:55
6
Billy Hunt (alternate version)
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2:59
7
It’s Too Bad
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2:27
8
To Be Someone
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2:26
9
David Watts
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2:45
10
Best of Both Worlds
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2:04
11
That’s Entertainment
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3:23
12
Rain
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2:57
13
Dream Time
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1:51
14
Dead End Street
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3:15
15
Stand by Me
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3:04
16
Every Little Bit Hurts
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3:18
17
Tales From the Riverbank (alternate version)
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3:26
18
Walking in Heaven’s Sunshine
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2:05
19
Precious
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2:31
20
Pity Poor Alfie (Swing version)
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4:13
21
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow) (first version)
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3:18
22
A Solid Bond in Your Heart
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3:25
In print
First pressed 1997, still pressed 2006 — 4 pressings across 4 countries.
Credits
Simon Halfon
Art Direction
Green Ink
Artwork
Keith Thomas
Instrument · saxophone
Steve Nichol
Instrument · trumpet
John Devlin
Liner Notes
John Reed
Liner Notes
Neil Allen
Liner Notes
Paolo Hewitt
Liner Notes
Pat Gilbert
Liner Notes
Roger Wake
Mastering · remastered by [digitally]
Arnold Williams
Photography
Carlos Olms
Photography
Denis O'Regan
Photography
Derek D'Souza
Photography
Frank Griffin
Photography
Gered Mankowitz
Photography
Ian Dickson
Photography
Jill Furmanovsky
Photography
Keith Bernstein
Photography
Ken Hutchins
Photography
Laurens Van Houten
Photography
LFI
Photography
Mike Laye
Photography
Paul Cox
Photography
Pennie Smith
Photography
Pictorial Press
Photography
Simon Marsh
Photography
Stephen Morley
Photography
Virginia Turbett
Photography
Chris Parry
Producer
Dennis Munday
Producer · compilation producer, compiled by
Peter Wilson
Producer
The Jam
Producer
Tony Taverner
Producer
Vic Coppersmith‐Heaven
Producer
Steve Musters
Remixer
Bruce Foxton
Writer
Paul Weller
Writer