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Released
  
5 August 2003

Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis (2003)
  
Kollection (2005)

Release date
  
May 2003

Genre
  
Pop music

Recorded
  
1977-1993

Artist
  
The Korgis

Label
  
Castle Music

Producers
  
James Warren, Trevor Horn

Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumba

Length
  
Disc 1: 59:32 Disc 2: 62:50 Total: 122:22

Similar
  
The Korgis albums, Pop music albums

Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis is a two disc compilation album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released by Sanctuary Records/Castle Communications in the UK in 2003.

Contents

Don't Look Back compiles all three of the group's albums The Korgis, Dumb Waiters, and Sticky George in chronological order, including a few alternate versions, single edits as well as the rare 1982 non-album single "Don't Look Back", produced by Trevor Horn. The compilation has extensive liner notes based on an interview with James Warren and was produced in collaboration with the band.

Disc one

  1. "Young 'n' Russian" (Davis, Ridlington, Warren) – 3:12
  2. "If I Had You" (Davis, Rachmaninoff) - 3:55
  3. Album version
  4. "I Just Can't Help It" (Davis) - 3:43
  5. "Chinese Girl" (Davis) - 2:19
  6. "Art School Annexe" (Davis) - 3:37
  7. "Boots and Shoes" (Davis, Warren) - 4:32
  8. "Dirty Postcards" (Warren) - 4:45
  9. "O Maxine" (Warren) - 2:39
  10. "Mount Everest Sings the Blues" (Warren) - 2:32
  11. "Cold Tea" (Warren) - 3:50
  12. Edited version.
  13. Tracks 1-10 from 1979 album The Korgis
  14. "Silent Running" (Warren) - 3:05
  15. "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29
  16. "Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21
  17. "Drawn and Quartered" (Warren) - 3:20
  18. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:15
  19. Original version.
  20. "Intimate" (Davis) - 3:08
  21. "It's No Good Unless You Love Me" (Warren) - 3:24
  22. Tracks 11-17 from 1980 album Dumb Waiters

Disc two

  1. "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Warren) - 3:45
  2. Single edit.
  3. "Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42
  4. "Rover's Return" (Davis) - 3:34
  5. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:22
  6. Alternate version.
  7. Tracks 1-4 from 1980 album Dumb Waiters
  8. "That Was My Big Mistake" (Davis, Warren) - 4:17
  9. Edited version.
  10. "All the Love in the World" (Davis, Warren) - 3:40
  11. Single edit.
  12. "Sticky George" (Harrison, Warren) - 3:36
  13. "Can't We Be Friends Now" (Warren) - 4:01
  14. "Foolishness of Love" (Harrison) - 3:31
  15. "Domestic Bliss" (Gordon, Harrison, Warren) - 3:15
  16. "Nowhere to Run" (Davis, Warren) - 5:17
  17. Alternate version.
  18. "Contraband" (Warren) - 3:18
  19. "Don't Say That It's Over" (Warren) - 2:50
  20. "Living on the Rocks" (Warren) - 3:32
  21. Tracks 5-14 from 1981 album Sticky George
  22. "Don't Look Back" (Warren) - 4:12
  23. "Xenophobia" (Warren) - 2:27
  24. Tracks 15 & 16 from 1982 7" single "Don't Look Back"
  25. "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - 3:51
  26. DNA '93 Housey 7" remix

Personnel

  • James Warren - vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Andy Davis - vocals, drums, keyboards, mandolin, electric guitar
  • Phil Harrison - keyboards, percussion, synthesizer, electric piano, drums, spoons
  • Stuart Gordon - violin, mandolin, percussion, acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion, background vocals
  • Glenn Tommey - keyboards
  • David Lord - keyboards
  • Bill Birks - drums, percussion
  • Al Powell - drums
  • Manny Elias - drums
  • Jerry Marotta - drums
  • Kenny Lacey - percussion
  • David Lord - percussion, keyboards
  • Stephen Paine - programming
  • Keith Warmington - harmonica
  • Steve Buck - flute
  • Dave Pegler - clarinet
  • Chantelle Samuel - bassoon
  • Stephanie Nunn - oboe
  • Huw Pegler - horn
  • Jo Mullet - backing vocals
  • Jo Pomeroy - backing vocals
  • Ali Cohn - backing vocals
  • The Korgettes (Sheena Power & Jo Mullet) - backing vocals

    • Production

  • The Korgis - producers
  • David Lord - sound engineer, producer, wind and strings arranger
  • Glenn Tommey - assistant engineer
  • Trevor Horn - producer track 15, disc 2
  • Paul Bevoir - compilation, design
  • Jon Smith - compilation coordination
  • Steve Hammonds - compilation coordination
  • Masterpiece – audio remastering

    • Release history

  • 2003 Music Sanctuary/Castle Music CMDDD 673

    • Songs

    1Young 'N' Russian3:11
    2If I Had You4:03
    3I Just Can’t Help It3:50

    References

    Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis Wikipedia
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