Desperate Character

Tracklist

• 1
  Clock Goes Round
• 2
  See That Girl
• 3
  There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Teenager in Love
• 5
  Mexican Sofa
• 6
  Until the Night
• 7
  Falling for Faces
• 8
  Just One Look
• 9
  The Real Ripper
• 10
  Hard to Believe
• 11
  He Thinks I Still Care
• 12
  There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (country version)
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Allan Ballard
  photography
• Barry Farmer
  guitar, mix, producer
• Ben Mandelson
  fiddle
• Billy Bremner
  background vocals, guitar
• Blanche McAdorey
  background vocals
• Chris Gower
  horn, trombone
• Dick Hanson
  horn, trumpet
• Gavin Povey
  piano
• Glyn Havard
  bass
• John Dent
  lacquer cut
• John Earle
  baritone saxophone, horn, tenor saxophone
• Kirsty MacColl
  vocal, mix
• Lee Partis
  drums (drum set)
• Lew Lewis
  harmonica
• Lu Edmonds
  guitar
• Malcolm Morley
  guitar
• Paul Riley
  bass
• Philip Rambow
  guitar
• Ray Beavis
  horn, tenor saxophone
• Rob O’Connor
  art direction, design
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Issues

• 

  D
  Desperate Character

  12" Vinyl
  June 1981
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  D
  Desperate Character

  CD
  8 October 2012