999 - The Albion Punk Years

Original Release Date

1996

Release Information

UK CD 1996 (Anagram - CD PUNK 78)

1 Obsessed 2:49
2 Change 3:51
3 Lie Lie Lie (Live) 2:50
4 Li'l Red Riding Hood 2:51
5 Wait For Your Number To Be Called 4:33
6 I Ain't Gonna Tell You (Live) 1:55
7 Indian Reservation 3:21
8 So Greedy (Re-Mix) 3:03
9 Taboo 3:07
10 Wild Sun (Long Version) 5:08
11 Scandal In The City 1:57
12 Don't You Know I Need You 3:12
13 Sex 2:58
14 Painted Smile 2:14
15 13th Floor Madness 3:43
16 Nightshift (Alternative Version) 3:31
17 Arabesque 3:15
18 Book Of Love (Alternative Version) 3:54
19 Hang It All (Alternative Version) 6:05
20 It's What You've Got (Alternative Version) 4:07

Chart Placings

None

Credits

Compiled by Mark Brennan and John Connolly

Additional Credits

1-3: Obsessed 7", released April 1981
4-6: Lil Red Riding Hood 7", released June 1981
7-9: Indian Reservation 7", released November 1981
10-12: Wild Sun 12", released June 1982
13: Australian 7" version of Obsessed 7", released April 1981
14: Outtake from Concrete LP, recorded 1981
15-17: 13th Floor Madness 7"/12", released October 1983
18-20: Alternate version of track from 13th Floor Madness LP, released 1983

Nick Cash - guitars, vocals, percussion
Guy Days - guitars, vocals, chimes, percussion, organ
Jon Watson - bass guitar, backing vocals, rhythmical arrangements on tracks from 1983
Pablo Labritain - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: This handy CD collects all their singles recorded for Albion, starting with ‘Obsessed’ and ending with ‘13th Floor Madness', stopping off for non-LP songs such as 'Indian Reservation' (a splendid if slightly bland cover of a country protest song) and the 12" version of 'Wild Sun' along the way (it would have nice to have had the shorter 7” version as well, folks). But it isn't restricted only to B-Sides: there’s a version of 'Obsessed' intended for the Australian market re-titled ‘Sex’, and an outtake-that-sounds-like-it from Concrete ("Painted Smile'), and some alternate versions of songs from the stinking 13th Floor Madness. I'd still like to hear the Albion non-punk years.

Additional Notes

Also issued as as Scandal In The City.

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