Album · 1981
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Banal
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3:51
2
Living in My Limousine
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4:08
3
Vertical Games
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
3:14
4
Disposable
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5:52
5
False Alarms
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2:50
6
Decline and Fall
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4:41
7
Life Runs Out Like Sand
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5:21
8
A Kind of Loving
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4:14
9
Do You Dream in Colour?
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3:45
10
U.H.F.
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4:40
11
Youth of Nation on Fire
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
4:03
12
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
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3:39
Disc 2
1
Annunciation
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
2:10
2
The Ritual Echo
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1:32
3
Sleep
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3:26
4
Near East
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2:18
5
Emak Bakia
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3:29
6
My Intricate Image
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3:24
7
Endless Orchids
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3:22
8
The Heat in the Room
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1:04
9
Another Willingly Opened Window
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
3:49
10
Vanishing Parades
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
3:27
11
Glass Fish (For the Final Aquarium)
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
2:58
12
Cubical Domes
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2:38
13
Ashes of Roses
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
3:07
14
The Shadow Garden
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4:10
15
Opium
Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
1:47
In print
First pressed 1981, still pressed 2025 — 15 pressings across 7 countries.
Credits
Phil Smee
Design
Bob Whiteley
Engineer
Bob Whitley
Engineer
Mike Engles
Engineer
Ted Sharp
Engineer
Rocking Russian
Graphic Design · graphics
Alan Quinn
Instrument · bass guitar
Andy Clark
Instrument · keyboards
Bogdan Wiczling
Instrument · drums
Don Snow
Instrument · keyboards
Ian Nelson
Instrument · saxophone
Richard Ford
Instrument · bass [fretless]
Steve Peer
Instrument · drums
Tom Kellican
Instrument · drums
Mark Powell
Liner Notes
Ben Wiseman
Mastering · remastered by
Paschal Byrne
Mastering · remastered by
Ray Staff
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Stephen W. Tayler
Mix
Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
Performer
Bill Nelson
Photography
Dale Griffin (4)
Producer
John Leckie
Recording