Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

Tracklist

• CD 1: “Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam” (remastered Released 1981)
• 1
  Banal
  3:53
• 2
  Living in My Limousine
  4:09
• 3
  Vertical Games
  3:15
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Disposable
  5:54
  5.0 ★
• 5
  False Alarms
  2:50
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Decline and Fall
  4:43
  5.0 ★
• 7
  White Sound
  4:10
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Life Runs Out Like Sand
  5:22
• 9
  A Kind of Loving
  4:16
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Do You Dream in Colour?
  3:45
  3.5 ★
• 11
  U.H.F.
  4:41
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Youth of Nation on Fire
  4:05
• 13
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
  3:39
• CD 2: Singles & Radio Sessions 1980 – 1981
• 1
  Ideal Homes (original single mix)
  4:18
• 2
  Instantly Yours (original single mix)
  2:08
• 3
  Atom Man Loves Radium Girl
  3:12
• 4
  Dada Guitare
  2:49
• 5
  Banal (extended mix)
  3:54
• 6
  Turn to Fiction
  2:44
• 7
  Hers Is a Lush Situation
  4:22
• 8
  Mr. Magnetism Himself
  3:11
• 9
  Youth of Nation on Fire (single edit)
  3:07
• 10
  Be My Dynamo
  2:13
• 11
  Rooms With Brittle Views
  3:55
• 12
  All My Wives Were Iron
  1:32
• 13
  Living in My Limousine (remix)
  4:21
• 14
  Birds of Tin
  2:21
• 15
  Love in the Abstract
  3:35
• 16
  Konny Buys a Kodak
  2:49
• 17
  After Life
  4:09
• 18
  Boom Year Ahead
  3:58
• 19
  Art of Vision
  3:35
• 20
  Rooms With Brittle Views
  3:30
• 21
  Stay Young
  3:03
• 22
  Sleep Cycle
  4:06
• 23
  Jazz
  5:36
• CD 3: “Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam” Sessions (The Stephen W. Taylor Remixes)
• 1
  Banal
  4:14
• 2
  Living in My Limousine
  4:15
• 3
  Vertical Games
  3:12
• 4
  Disposable
  6:00
• 5
  False Alarms
  2:50
• 6
  Decline and Fall
  4:43
• 7
  White Sound
  4:11
• 8
  Life Runs Out Like Sand
  5:19
• 9
  A Kind of Loving
  4:26
• 10
  Do You Dream in Colour
  3:47
• 11
  U.H.F.
  4:35
• 12
  Youth of Nation on Fire
  4:02
• 13
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
  3:55
• 14
  The World and His Wife
  5:18
• 15
  Dancing Music
  1:54
• Blu-ray 4: “Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam” (Sessions the Stephen W. Tayler 5.1 Surround Sound & stereo Remixes)
• 1
  Banal
• 2
  Living in My Limousine
• 3
  Vertical Games
• 4
  Disposable
• 5
  False Alarms
• 6
  Decline and Fall
• 7
  White Sound
• 8
  Life Runs Out Like Sand
• 9
  A Kind of Loving
• 10
  Do You Dream in Colour?
• 11
  U.H.F.
• 12
  Youth of Nation on Fire
• 13
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam
• 14
  The World and His Wife
• 15
  Dancing Music
• 16
  Do You Dream in Colour? (Promotional video)

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Release credits

• Alan Quinn
  bass guitar [20-23]
• Andy Clark
  keyboard [1-2]
• Bill Nelson
  guitar [1-2, 20-23], instrument [16-19], performer [2.11, 1.10], producer [1.1-13, 2.8, 2.10-19], synthesizer [1-2], vocal [1-2, 20-21, 23]
• Bogdan Wiczling
  drums (drum set) [20-23]
• Dale Griffin
  producer [20-23]
• Don Snow
  keyboard [20-23]
• Ian Nelson
  keyboard [20-23], saxophone [1-2, 16, 20-23], strings [1-2]
• John Leckie
  co [10]
• Mike Engles
  engineer [20-23]
• Richard Ford
  fretless bass [1-2]
• Steve Peer
  drums (drum set) [1-2]

Issues

• Q
  (Combined release view)
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  Q
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

  12" Vinyl
  8 May 1981
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  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

  2x 12" Vinyl
  1981
• Q
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

  CD
  1989
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  Q
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

  CD
  21 November 2005
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  Q
  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

  Digital Media
  21 November 2005
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  Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

  Blu-ray, 3x CD (deluxe edition)
  16 May 2025