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The Best of Steve Diggle and Flag of Convenience – The Secret Public Years 1981–1989

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Released
  
2000

Release date
  
2000

Label
  
Anagram Records

Recorded
  
1981-1989

Producer
  
Steve Diggle

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Artists
  
Steve Diggle, Flag of Convenience

Genres
  
Rock music, Punk rock, New wave

The Best of Steve Diggle and Flag of Convenience – The Secret Public Years 1981–1989 is a CD compilation of Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle first solo days and his subsequent band, Flag Of Convenience which compiles his post-Buzzcocks songs from 1981 to 1989, during the years Buzzcocks remained disbanded. It was released in 1994 in the UK on Anagram Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks credited to Flag of Convenience; except where indicated

  1. "Shut Out the Light" - Steve Diggle
  2. "50 Years of Comparative Wealth" - Steve Diggle
  3. "Here Comes the Fire Brigade" - Steve Diggle
  4. "Life on the Telephone"
  5. "Picking Up on Audio Sound"
  6. "Other Mans Sin"
  7. "Men from the City"
  8. "Who Is Innocent"
  9. "Drift Away"
  10. "Change"
  11. "Longest Life"
  12. "The Arrow Has Come"
  13. "Keep on Pushing"
  14. "Pictures in My Mind"
  15. "Last Train to Safety"
  16. "Exiles"
  17. "Can't Stop the World"
  18. "Shot Down with a Gun"
  19. "Tragedy in Market Street"
  20. "Tomorrow's Sunset" - Buzzcocks F.O.C.
  21. "Life with the Lions" - Buzzcocks F.O.C.

Personnel

  • Steve Diggle: lead vocals, guitar
  • John Maher: drums
  • Steve Garvey: bass (1, 2, 3)
  • Gary Hamer: Bass
  • John Caine: drums
  • Dean Sumner: keyboards

    • Songs

    1Shut Out the Light2:54
    250 Years of Comparative Wealth3:45
    3Here Comes the Fire Brigade3:56

    References

    The Best of Steve Diggle and Flag of Convenience – The Secret Public Years 1981–1989 Wikipedia
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