Released 1989 Length 1:06:56 Release date 1989 | Recorded 1989 | |
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Genres Pop rock, Synth-pop, College rock Similar Goodbye Mr Mackenzie albums, Other albums |
Good deeds and dirty rags goodbye mr mackenzie
Good Deeds and Dirty Rags is the first album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. It was released in the UK in 1989 and is therefore from the same era as a number of other Scottish bands including Deacon Blue, Hue and Cry and Danny Wilson. The original LP (vinyl) was released with an accompanying 12" single.
Contents
- Good deeds and dirty rags goodbye mr mackenzie
- Track listing
- Original release
- 1999 remaster
- Reception
- Personnel
- Credits
- Songs
- References
Good Deeds and Dirty Rags was remastered in 1999 for the U.S. market by record company Razor Tie.
Track listing
All tracks by Kelly/Metcalfe, except where noted.
Original release
- "Open Your Arms"
- "Wake It Up" (Kelly/Metcalfe/Baldwin)
- "His Masters Voice"
- "Goodwill City"
- "Candlestick Park"
- "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie"
- "The Rattler"
- "Dust"
- "You Generous Thing You" (Kelly/Metcalfe/Scobie)
- "Good Deeds" (Kelly/Metcalfe/Badlwin/Scobie)
CD bonus tracks
- "Amsterdam"
- "Calton Hill"
- "Secrets"
- "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave)
LP bonus tracks (on bonus 12")
- "Strangle"
- "Extended Strangle"
- "Secrets" (live)2
- "Green Turned Red" (live)2
2Recorded live by Radio Clyde at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow on 23 November 1988.
1999 remaster
- "Open Your Arms"
- "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie"
- "Goodwill City"
- "Candlestick Park"
- "Face to Face"
- "Wake It Up" (Kelly/Metcalfe/Baldwin)
- "The Rattler"
- "Dust"
- "You Generous Thing You" (Kelly/Metcalfe/Scobie)
- "Good Deeds" (Kelly/Metcalfe/Badlwin/Scobie)
- "Here Comes Deacon Brodie"
- "Amsterdam"
- "Calton Hill"
- "Secrets"
- "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave)
Reception
Steve Aldrich of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it an "excellent debut" that "draws from Bowie, Scott Walker-influences, yet maintains its own identity."
Personnel
Credits
Songs
1Open Your Arms4:25
2Goodbye Mr MacKenzie3:29
3Goodwill City4:49