The Practice of Everyday Life

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Photograph (A Beginning)
  0:18
• 2
  Northern Dreamer
  2:42
• 3
  See It Through
  3:15
• 4
  Love’s a Way
  3:34
• 5
  Teenage Archangel

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:31
• 6
  Jets at Dawn

  Be Bop Deluxe
  6:52
• 7
  Axe Victim

  Be Bop Deluxe
  5:04
• 8
  Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:26
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Darkness (L’Immoraliste)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:22
• 10
  Night Creatures

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:35
• 11
  Music in Dreamland

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:46
• 12
  Maid in Heaven

  Be Bop Deluxe
  2:28
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Jean Cocteau

  Be Bop Deluxe
  2:51
• 14
  Sister Seagull

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:38
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Between the Worlds

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:18
• 16
  Swan Song

  Be Bop Deluxe
  6:02
• 17
  Crystal Gazing

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:26
• 18
  Heavenly Homes

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:36
• 19
  Ships in the Night

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:08
• 20
  Crying to the Sky (alternate Guitar Solo)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:50
• 21
  Sleep That Burns

  Be Bop Deluxe
  5:17
  5.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Modern Music

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:42
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Dancing in the Moonlight (All Alone)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  2:09
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Honeymoon on Mars

  Be Bop Deluxe
  1:22
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Lost in the Neon World

  Be Bop Deluxe
  0:48
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids

  Be Bop Deluxe
  2:12
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Modern Music (reprise)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  1:39
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Kiss of Light

  Be Bop Deluxe
  3:11
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Forbidden Lovers

  Be Bop Deluxe
  5:03
• 9
  Down on Terminal Street

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:00
• 10
  Life in the Air Age (live)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:23
• 11
  Piece of Mine (live)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  5:13
• 12
  Blimps

  Be Bop Deluxe
  2:47
• 13
  Futurist Manifesto

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:32
• 14
  Lovers Are Mortal

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:55
• 15
  Surreal Estate

  Be Bop Deluxe
  5:02
• 16
  Visions of Endless Hope

  Be Bop Deluxe
  2:25
• 17
  Panic in the World (Juan Les Pins mix)

  Be Bop Deluxe
  4:59
  5.0 ★
• 18
  Don’t Touch Me (I’m Electric)

  Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
  1:51
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Revolt Into Style

  Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
  3:25
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Furniture Music

  Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
  3:33
• 21
  Stay Young (live)

  Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
  3:00
• 22
  Out of Touch (live)

  Bill Nelson’s Red Noise
  3:43
• 23
  Do You Dream in Colour?
  3:48
  3.5 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Banal
  3:55
• 2
  Life Runs Out Like Sand
  5:24
• 3
  Living in My Limousine
  4:12
• 4
  Mr. Magnetism Himself
  3:12
• 5
  Sleep
  3:22
• 6
  Opium
  1:48
• 7
  Near East
  2:19
• 8
  The Funeral
  3:07
• 9
  The Somnambulist and the Children
  0:44
• 10
  The Dream Dance of Jane and the Somnambulist
  1:48
• 11
  Beauty and the Beast
  2:04
• 12
  The Enchanted Glove
  1:21
• 13
  Eros Arriving
  3:36
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Hope for the Heartbeat
  3:55
  5.0 ★
• 15
  A Private View
  5:30
• 16
  The October Man
  6:43
• 17
  The Passion
  3:10
• 18
  Echo in Her Eyes (The Lamps of Oblivion)
  2:04
• 19
  Glow World
  4:07
• 20
  The Real Adventure
  4:12
• 21
  Acceleration (short version)
  3:51
• 22
  Happily Addicted to You
  1:02
• 23
  The Last Summer for Dancing
  2:09
• 24
  Les Amoureux
  2:50
• 25
  Another Kiss for Your Slender Neck
  2:08
• CD 4
• 1
  The Eternal Female
  2:58
• 2
  Sleeplessness
  6:11
• 3
  The Golden Bough
  3:36
• 4
  Tomorrowland (The Threshold of 1947)
  3:15
• 5
  Sacrament
  2:45
• 6
  Over Ocean
  1:29
• 7
  Perfidio Incanto
  1:20
• 8
  City One
  1:16
• 9
  Blue Sky
  1:30
• 10
  To the Sea in Ships
  2:32
• 11
  Suvasini
  1:43
• 12
  Contemplation
  8:57
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Wildest Dreams
  4:37
• 14
  The Hidden Flame
  4:27
• 15
  Illusions of You
  3:39
• 16
  Search and Listen
  2:11
• 17
  Right Then Left
  3:35
• 18
  Iconography

  Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Arcana
  2:17
• 19
  Clock Conscious

  Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Arcana
  4:25
• 20
  At the Gates of the Singing Garden
  1:25
• 21
  Water of Life (Transfiguration)
  4:59
• 22
  Spinning Creatures
  1:23
• 23
  The Angel at the Western Window
  2:57
• 24
  Day of Eternity
  1:13
• 25
  Night Tides
  2:02
• 26
  Finis Gloria Mundi
  3:00
• CD 5
• 1
  Calling Heaven, Calling Heaven
  3:46
• 2
  Deva Dance

  Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Arcana
  1:36
• 3
  Um, Ah Good Evening

  Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Arcana
  2:56
• 4
  Short Wave

  Bill Nelson’s Orchestra Arcana
  3:28
• 5
  Aqua Magica
  1:53
• 6
  Heros de Lumiere
  5:53
• 7
  Kiss Goodbye
  2:37
• 8
  Dreams of Yesterday
  3:46
• 9
  Playing Jesus to Her Judas
  2:34
• 10
  Still Waiting
  2:34
• 11
  Feels Like Up to Me
  1:27
• 12
  Only Love Can Tell
  3:48
• 13
  Broken
  1:56
• 14
  Heartbreak Thru the Telephone
  2:48
• 15
  Love’s Immortal Shining Angel
  3:49
• 16
  Man on Fire
  2:17
• 17
  Aeroplane Wings
  3:28
• 18
  Stay With Me
  2:45
• 19
  A Luminous Kind of Guy
  2:16
• 20
  Is This Alchemy
  2:36
• 21
  Wait for Tomorrow
  1:47
• 22
  God Man Slain
  4:09
• 23
  Boat to Forever
  3:31
• 24
  The Invisible Man and the Unforgettable Girl
  3:47
• 25
  Dream Ships Set Sail
  3:47
• 26
  Crimsworth Part One (excerpt)
  3:07
• CD 6
• 1
  Big Noise in Twangtown
  2:23
• 2
  Pink Buddha Blues
  4:07
• 3
  Her Presence in Flowers
  4:10
• 4
  Big River
  4:10
• 5
  The Big Illumination
  4:00
• 6
  Buddha Head
  3:23
• 7
  Begin to Burn
  3:33
• 8
  Heaven’s Happy Hemisphere
  3:51
• 9
  It’s All True
  2:17
• 10
  Year 44 (The Birthday Song)
  3:36
• 11
  Dreamnoise and Angel
  2:56
• 12
  No Fool for You
  3:43
• 13
  On a Train I Never Boarded
  2:58
• 14
  Hold on to Your Heart
  2:16
• 15
  Deeply Dazzled
  5:51
• 16
  Memory Babe
  3:51
• 17
  Zoom Sequence
  4:05
• 18
  Quarter Moons and Stars
  3:41
• 19
  Candyland
  3:56
• 20
  Sun at Six Windows
  2:12
• 21
  Queer Weather
  5:06
• 22
  The Girl I Never Forgot
  1:53
• CD 7
• 1
  Pointing at the Moon
  4:24
• 2
  Dreamland Avenue
  4:22
• 3
  Humming in the Void / Girl With the Thousand Watt Smile
  5:23
• 4
  Big Yellow Moon
  4:09
• 5
  Planet of Guitars
  3:32
• 6
  Wonderful Weather in Woodgates Lane
  3:20
• 7
  The Ceremonial Arrival of the Great Golden Cloud
  8:12
• 8
  Moments Catch Fire on the Crests of Waves
  6:14
• 9
  Cascade (Improvisation for Three Harp Guitars)
  2:47
• 10
  Superserene
  4:29
• 11
  Young Dreams Whirled Away
  4:33
• 12
  Fearless Beauty (Kisses and Cream)
  4:09
• 13
  The Golden Days of Radio (Compact mix)
  3:47
• 14
  The Trace We Left When All Was Gone
  7:43
• 15
  Once I Had a Time Machine
  5:03
• 16
  Music Spins My Globe
  2:51
• 17
  Moon Gold Palladium
  4:48
• CD 8: Bill Nelson at the BBC, 1981 – 1983
• 1
  Rooms With Brittle Views
  3:30
• 2
  Stay Young
  3:02
• 3
  Sleep Cycle
  4:05
• 4
  Jazz
  5:35
• 5
  Dancing on a Knife’s Edge
  3:21
• 6
  Time Tracking
  3:31
• 7
  Contemplation
  6:50
• 8
  Indiscretion
  4:34

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Release credits

• Andrew Powell
  orchestrator [9]
• Andy Clark
  Minimoog [15, 17], Moog [15-17], grand piano [15, 18-19], keyboard [11, 21-22], piano [17], synthesizer [18-20]
• Bill Nelson
  12 string guitar [16], acoustic guitar [3.19, 2.15, 1.1-4, 4.15], arranger [1-4, 8-10], background vocals [1.1, 1.3-4, 2.14-17], bass [3.20, 4.15], bass guitar [1-4], bell [15], cabasa [15], drums (drum set) [15, 18, 20], electric guitar [4.15, 2.11, 2.15, 2.17, 3.20], electronic instruments [15], engineer [3.19-21, 5.22-25, 7.1, 4.15], finger cymbals [16], flute [1-4], guitar [1.1-4, 1.8-16, 2.18-22], keyboard [4.15, 1.11-16], lead vocals [2.11, 2.14-15, 2.17, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.8-16], mandolin [15-16], marimba [3.20, 4.15], membranophone [15], other instruments [15], other vocals [15], percussion [4.15, 2.17, 1.11-16], performer [2.23, 3.5-7, 3.11-12, 3.24, 1.3, 4.6, 4.20-22, 7.1-6, 7.9, 7.17, 8.1, 6.19-22, 5.9, 5.13-15], piano [15], producer [4.1-7, 4.11-12, 4.14-15, 6.15-17, 6.19-22, 1.15, 1.17-18, 1.21, 3.1-4, 3.11-12, 3.19-25, 2.1-9, 2.11, 2.15-20, 2.23, 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.8, 5.22-25, 7.1, 7.3-6, 7.12, 7.15], recorder [1-4], recording [7.12, 3.11-12, 5.22-25], slide guitar [1-4], synthesizer [3.19-20, 2.20], tambourine [15], vocal [6.15-17, 6.19-21, 7.7-8, 7.12, 2.18-22, 3.19-21, 4.12, 4.14-15, 5.22-25], whistle [15]
• Bogdan Wiczling
  membranophone [16]
• Charles Tumahai
  background vocals [11-16], bass [11-16], bass guitar [11, 15, 17], percussion [11-16]
• Dave Mattacks
  drums (drum set) [19], electronic drum set [19]
• Gareth Eilledge
  bass guitar [3]
• Haydn Bendall
  engineer [18-20], recording [15-17]
• Ian McLintock
  producer [8-10]
• Ian Nelson
  alto saxophone [18-19, 22], clarinet [15], keyboard [21], saxophone [2.21, 3.21, 4.15]
• Ian Parkin
  guitar [8-10]
• Jan Nelson
  background vocals [21], other vocals [15]
• John Leckie
  arranger [11], co [11, 23], engineer [4.15, 2.11, 2.15-20], producer [1.17-18, 1.21, 2.1-9, 2.11, 2.15-20]
• John Spence
  engineer [15-17]
• Leon Phillips
  engineer [15]
• Mick Karn
  bass guitar [19]
• Neil Levine
  mix [11]
• Nicholas Chatterton-Drew
  drums (drum set) [8-10], percussion [8-10]
• Paul Bailey
  other vocals [15]
• Preston Hayman
  percussion [19]
• Richard Brown
  membranophone [1-4]
• Richard Ford
  bass [18-20, 22], bass guitar [21]
• Rob Ayling
  executive [15-17]
• Robert Bryan
  bass guitar [8-10]
• Roy Thomas Baker
  producer [11-16]
• Simon Fox
  drums (drum set) [11, 17], membranophone [11-16], other instruments [11], other vocals [15], percussion [1.11-16, 2.15]
• Steve Peer
  drums (drum set) [21-22]
• 高橋幸宏
  guest [19-21], membranophone [19-21]
• Show all credits (28)

Issues

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  The Practice of Everyday Life

  8x CD
  2011
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  The Practice of Everyday Life

  3x Digital Media
  25 March 2013