The Doings

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  So It Goes
  2:33
  4.6 ★
• 2
  Heart of the City
  2:01
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Born a Woman
  2:30
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Shake That Rat
  2:11
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Marie Provost
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Endless Sleep
  4:05
• 7
  I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ’n’ Roll) (live)
  3:00
• 8
  Halfway to Paradise
  2:27
  3.5 ★
• 9
  I Don’t Want the Night to End
  1:58
  4.0 ★
• 10
  I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass
  3:14
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Little Hitler
  3:00
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Cruel to Be Kind
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Tonight
  3:57
  3.5 ★
• 14
  No Reason
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 15
  36 Inches High
  2:57
  3.4 ★
• 16
  American Squirm
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Cracking Up
  2:59
  3.5 ★
• 18
  Basing Street
  2:35
• 19
  Cruel to Be Kind (single version)
  3:30
  4.4 ★
• 20
  Born Fighter
  3:10
  2.0 ★
• 21
  Switchboard Susan
  3:48
  2.0 ★
• 22
  Without Love
  2:29
  4.0 ★
• 23
  Burning
  2:05
• 24
  Heart
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 25
  My Heart Hurts
  2:41
• 26
  Raining Raining
  2:47
• CD 2
• 1
  Ragin’ Eyes
  2:39
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Time Wounds All Heels
  2:46
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Half a Boy and Half a Man
  2:56
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Awesome
  2:51
• 5
  Maureen
  3:06
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Darlin’ Angel Eyes
  2:46
• 7
  She Don’t Love Nobody
  3:23
  3.0 ★
• 8
  7 Nights to Rock
  2:47
  3.0 ★
• 9
  The Rose of England
  3:26
  3.0 ★
• 10
  I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ’n’ Roll)
  4:26
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Indoor Fireworks
  3:32
• 12
  Bo Bo Skediddle
  3:03
• 13
  (You’re My) Wildest Dream
  3:20
• 14
  Crying in My Sleep
  4:00
• 15
  Lover’s Jamboree
  3:44
  2.0 ★
• 16
  Big Big Love
  2:51
• 17
  What’s Shakin’ on the Hill
  4:01
  4.0 ★
• 18
  All Men Are Liars
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Gai-Gin Man
  2:45
  3.0 ★
• 20
  You Stabbed Me in the Front
  2:58
  3.0 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Soulful Wind
  3:03
  4.0 ★
• 2
  The Beast in Me
  2:31
  3.5 ★
• 3
  True Love Travels on a Gravel Road
  3:38
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Shelly My Love
  3:15
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Where’s My Everything
  2:42
  3.0 ★
• 6
  12-Step Program (to Quit You Babe)
  3:15
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Lover Don’t Go
  4:09
  3.0 ★
• 8
  I Live on a Battlefield
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 9
  14 Days
  3:01
  2.0 ★
• 10
  In the Middle of It All
  3:02
• 11
  (What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
  3:49
• 12
  Faithless Lover
  2:44
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Lonesome Reverie
  2:55
  3.0 ★
• 14
  You Inspire Me
  3:12
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Time I Took a Holiday
  3:29
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Man That I’ve Become
  2:54
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Freezing
  3:58
  3.0 ★
• 18
  High on a Hilltop
  3:05
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Lead Me Not
  3:00
  3.0 ★
• 20
  I Must Be Getting Over You
  2:21
  3.0 ★
• CD 4
• 1
  Pet You and Hold You (live)
  3:22
• 2
  Crackin’ Up (live)
  2:57
• 3
  (What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? (live)
  3:29
• 4
  Baby It’s You

  feat. Elvis Costello
  3:13
• 5
  Don’t Think About Her (demo)
  3:00
• 6
  Rocky Road (demo)
  3:55
• 7
  Losin’ Boy
  2:32
• 8
  Love Is After Me
  2:48
• 9
  Lonely Just Like Me
  2:57
• 10
  36 Inches High (live)
  3:41
• 11
  Raining Raining (live)
  3:31
• 12
  Without Love (live)
  2:36
• 13
  Lover Don’t Go (live)
  4:53
• 14
  Dream Girl (live)
  2:38
• 15
  I’m Coming Home (live)
  2:34
• 16
  I’ll Give You All Night to Stop
  2:19
• 17
  Soulful Wind (live)
  2:43
• 18
  She Don’t Love Nobody (live)
  3:01
• 19
  Cruel to Be Kind (live)
  3:06
• 20
  Half a Boy and Half a Man (live)
  3:18

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Release credits

• Aldo Bocca
  engineer [23-24, 26]
• Andrew Bodnar
  bass guitar [10, 14-15]
• Barry Farmer
  mix [1, 3-4, 8-9], recording [1, 3-5, 8-10]
• Bill Kirchen
  electric guitar [4.15-16, 2.17-19, 3.1, 3.3-9], trombone [1]
• Billy Bremner
  background vocals [16], guitar [16-17, 19-22]
• Billy Rankin
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Bob Andrews
  organ [12, 14-15], piano [10, 14-15]
• Bobby Irwin
  drums (drum set) [4.15-16, 1.4, 3.1, 3.3-9, 3.12-20]
• Brinsley Schwarz
  guitar [12]
• Bruce Thomas
  electric bass guitar [16]
• Carlene Carter
  background vocals [2]
• Dave Charles
  engineer [17-19]
• Dave Edmunds
  acoustic guitar [13], background vocals [5, 8, 11, 13], electric guitar [17-19], guitar [11, 17, 19-22], producer [17-19]
• Elvis Costello
  background vocals [16]
• Gary Grainger
  electric guitar [8]
• Geraint Watkins
  accordion [12-20], electric guitar [12-20], keyboard [2.15, 4.15-16], organ [1, 3-9, 12-20], piano [12-20]
• Huey Lewis
  harmonica [20]
• Ian Gomm
  guitar [12]
• Jake Riviera
  producer [1]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [17-19]
• John David
  bass [15]
• John McFee
  guitar [13], solo [13]
• Larry Wallis
  guitar [8-9]
• Martin Belmont
  background vocals [16], electric guitar [14, 16], guitar [14-15]
• Mickey Gee
  guitar [15]
• Neil Brockbank
  mix [12-20], producer [4.16, 3.1-9, 3.12-20]
• Nick Lowe
  acoustic guitar [1.18, 2.14, 2.16], background vocals [10-11], bass [3.4-6, 3.8-9, 2.18-19], bass guitar [1, 3-5, 8-9, 11-13], electric bass guitar [3.12-20, 1.16-17, 1.19-22], electric guitar [3.12-20, 2.16, 4.16-18], guitar [1.3-5, 1.10-11, 1.14-15, 4.15, 3.1-9], lead vocals [15], piano [5], producer [2.1-2, 3.1-9, 3.12-20, 4.16, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.8-17, 1.19-24, 1.26], recording [23-24, 26], solo [11], vocal [1.16-22, 3.1-9, 3.12-20, 2.1-4, 2.14-19, 4.16-18]
• Nick Pentelow
  tenor saxophone [12-20]
• Paul Carrack
  background vocals [16], piano [14, 16]
• Paul Cobbold
  engineer [1-2]
• Paul Riley
  background vocals [16], bass [4.15, 2.14, 2.16, 3.1, 3.3, 3.7], electric bass guitar [16], engineer [1-2]
• Pete Thomas
  drums (drum set) [8-9, 11, 13, 16]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [17]
• Roger Bechirian
  background vocals [10], mix [5, 10], organ [5], producer [1-2], recording [11, 13-15], tambourine [10]
• Simon Climie
  background vocals [2]
• Steve Donnelly
  electric guitar [12-20]
• Steve Goulding
  drums (drum set) [1, 3-5, 10, 14-15]
• Steve Nieve
  piano [8]
• Terry Williams
  drums (drum set) [1.17, 1.19-22, 2.14-15]
• Vic Maile
  mix [12], recording [12]
• Show all credits (40)

Issues

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  The Doings

  4x CD
  May 1999