Released 1988 Artist New Model Army Label Abstract Sounds Producers Dale Griffin, Roger Pusey | Length 44:40 Release date 1988 Genres Rock music, Post-punk | |
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Radio Sessions '83-'84
(1988) Thunder and Consolation
(1989) Similar BBC Radio One Live in Concert, Great Expectations – The Sin, All of This – The "Live" Rarities, Lost Songs, Fuck Texas - Sing for Us | ||
Radio Sessions '83–'84 (1988) is a compilation album by British rock band, New Model Army.
Contents
The tracks on the album are from the band's sessions for BBC Radio. The tracks "Great Expectations", "I Wish", "Notice Me" and "Liberal Education" were first broadcast on the David Jenson show on 17 July 1983. The tracks "Smalltown England", "Spirit of the Falklands", "Christian Militia" and "Running in the Rain" were first broadcast on the John Peel show on 14 December 1983. "The Cause" was an unreleased demo. The tracks "Drag it Down", "Frightened" and "The Attack" were first broadcast on the Janice Long show on 30 December 1984.
The album was first released on LP and CD in June 1988. In 1997 the CD version was packaged together with the album Vengeance (1984) as a limited edition double CD with a picture disc and titled Small Town England. The album was reissued on its own on CD in 2002.
Track listing
All tracks written by Justin Sullivan and Stuart Morrow except where otherwise noted.
- "Great Expectations" – 3:04
- "I Wish" – 3:55
- "Notice Me" – 2:40
- "Liberal Education" – 4:51
- "Smalltown England" – 3:23
- "Spirit of the Falklands" – 3:54
- "Christian Militia" – 3:39
- "Running in the Rain" (Sullivan) – 4:19
- "The Cause" (Sullivan) – 4:08
- "Drag it Down" (Sullivan, Robert Heaton, Morrow) – 3:36
- "Frightened" – 3:47
- "The Attack" (Sullivan) – 3:24
Production
Musicians
Songs
1Great Expectations3:04
2I Wish3:55
3Notice Me2:40