If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song
| If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song | ||||
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| Studio album by The Icicle Works | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, new wave, neo-psychedelia | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet | |||
| Producer | Ian Broudie | |||
| The Icicle Works chronology | ||||
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If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song is the third album by The Icicle Works. The album was released in 1987[1]
In 2011, Cherry Red Records issued a 3-CD expanded edition of The Small Price of a Bicycle. Disc 1 featured the original album in its entirety, disc 2 featured a wealth of related demos, b-sides, and remixes, and disc 3 featured a complete live concert entitled Live At The Town And Country Club, 1986.
Track listing
LP version
All songs written by Ian McNabb.
- Hope Springs Eternal - 4:06
- Travelling Chest - 4:40
- Sweet Thursday - 4:17
- Up Here in the North of England - 5:12
- Who Do You Want For Your Love? - 3:54
- When You Were Mine - 4:37
- Evangeline - 4:05
- Truck Driver's Lament - 5:18
- Understanding Jane - 3:21
- Walking With a Mountain - 4:44
CD version
The original CD version contained four bonus tracks: "Everybody Loves To Play The Fool", "I Never Saw My Hometown 'Til I Went Around The World", "Into The Mystic" and "Don't Let It Rain on My Parade".
All songs written by Ian McNabb, except "Into The Mystic" written by Van Morrison.
- Hope Springs Eternal - 4:06
- Travelling Chest - 4:40
- Sweet Thursday - 4:17
- Up Here in the North of England - 5:12
- Who Do You Want For Your Love? - 3:54
- Everybody Loves To Play The Fool - 4:08
- When You Were Mine - 4:37
- Don't Let It Rain on My Parade - 4:35
- Evangeline - 4:05
- Truck Driver's Lament - 5:18
- Understanding Jane - 3:21
- I Never Saw My Hometown 'Til I Went Around The World - 2:48
- Walking With a Mountain - 4:44
- Into The Mystic - 3:40
2011 Expanded Edition
Disc 1 of the 2011 Expanded Edition is the same as the 10-track LP version of this album.
| 2011 Expanded Edition (Disc 2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "I Never Saw My Hometown `Til I Went Around The World" | Ian McNabb | |
| 2. | "Into The Mystic" | Van Morrison | |
| 3. | "Sweet Thursday (Extended Single Mix)" | McNabb | |
| 4. | "Don't Let It Rain On My Parade (Full Version)" | McNabb | |
| 5. | "When You Were Mine (Single Version)" | McNabb | |
| 6. | "Evangeline (Demo Version)" | McNabb | |
| 7. | "Everybody Loves To Play The Fool" | McNabb | |
| 8. | "Waiting In The Wings" | Chris Layhe | |
| 9. | "It Makes No Difference" | Robbie Robertson | |
| 10. | "Sea Song" | Robert Wyatt | |
| 11. | "Nature's Way" | Randy California | |
| 12. | "Waylaid" | Layhe | |
| 13. | "The Needle And The Damage Done" | Neil Young | |
| 14. | "Sweet Thursday (Acoustic)" | McNabb | |
| 15. | "Don't Let It Rain On My Parade (Single Version)" | McNabb | |
| 16. | "Impossibly Three Lovers" | McNabb | |
| 17. | "John Geoffrey Muir, Shopkeeper" | McNabb, Layhe, Chris Sharrock | |
| Live At The Town And Country Club, 1986 (Disc 3) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Hollow Horse" | Ian McNabb, Chris Layhe | |
| 2. | "Perambulator" | McNabb, Layhe | |
| 3. | "Who Do You Want For Your Love?" | McNabb | |
| 4. | "Understanding Jane" | McNabb | |
| 5. | "Love Is A Wonderful Colour" | McNabb | |
| 6. | "Travelling Chest" | McNabb | |
| 7. | "Sweet Thursday" | McNabb | |
| 8. | "Into The Mystic" | Van Morrison | |
| 9. | "Hope Springs Eternal" | McNabb | |
| 10. | "When It All Comes Down" | McNabb | |
| 11. | "All The Daughters (Of Her Father's House)" | McNabb | |
| 12. | "Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)" | McNabb | |
| 13. | "A Factory In The Desert" | McNabb | |
| 14. | "In The Cauldron Of Love" | McNabb | |
| 15. | "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" | Joe Strummer, Mick Jones | |
| 16. | "Roadhouse Blues" | The Doors | |
Personnel
- Robert Ian "Boots" McNabb - guitar, vocals, keyboards, harmonica
- Chris Layhe - bass, vocals, keyboards
- Chris Sharrock - drums, percussion
with:
- Dave Green - keyboards
- Mike Timmoney - keyboards
- Ritchie Close - keyboards
- Ian Broudie - keyboards; guitar solo on "When You Were Mine"
- Alison Limerick - backing vocal on "Evangeline"
References
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Icicle-Works-If-You-Want-To-Defeat-Your-Enemy-Sing-His-Song/release/6337326