The MCA Years

Tracklist

• CD 1: Human Racing
• 1
  Dancing Girls
  3:48
• 2
  Wouldn’t It Be Good
  4:37
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Drum Talk
  3:10
• 4
  Bogart
  4:37
• 5
  Gone to Pieces
  3:13
• 6
  Shame on You
  3:37
• 7
  Cloak and Dagger
  4:55
• 8
  Faces
  4:05
• 9
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  3:23
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Human Racing
  4:34
  2.0 ★
• CD 2: The Riddle
• 1
  Don Quixote
  4:55
• 2
  Know How
  4:52
• 3
  You Might
  3:16
• 4
  Wild Horses
  3:58
• 5
  Easy
  4:12
• 6
  The Riddle
  3:54
  3.2 ★
• 7
  City of Angels
  3:56
• 8
  Roses
  3:58
• 9
  Wide Boy
  3:28
• 10
  Save the Whale
  6:05
• CD 3: Radio Musicola
• 1
  Radio Musicola
  5:53
• 2
  Nobody Knows
  4:21
• 3
  L.A.B.A.T.Y.D.
  4:14
• 4
  What the Papers Say
  3:32
• 5
  Life Goes On
  5:02
• 6
  Running Scared
  5:03
• 7
  James Cagney
  5:20
• 8
  Don’t Let Me Out of My Cage
  4:34
• 9
  When a Heart Beats
  4:30
• 10
  Violet to Blue
  6:17
• CD 4: The Works
• 1
  One Step Ahead
  3:53
• 2
  Elisabeth’s Eyes
  4:40
• 3
  Take My Place
  4:03
• 4
  Wounded Knee
  3:52
• 5
  Cowboys and Indians
  3:52
• 6
  One World
  4:38
• 7
  Don’t Ask Me
  4:05
• 8
  Burning at Both Ends
  4:04
• 9
  Lady on the Phone
  4:13
• 10
  Walkabout
  4:58
• CD 5: B‐Sides
• 1
  Dark Glasses
  4:17
• 2
  She Cries
  3:48
• 3
  Monkey Business
  3:30
• 4
  So Quiet
  3:10
• 5
  Don’t Lie
  3:54
• 6
  One of Our Fruit Machines Is Missing
  3:38
• 7
  When I Grow Up
  3:45
• 8
  My Friend John
  4:02
• CD 6: Extended Mixes and Remixes
• 1
  Wouldn’t It Be Good (Special extended mix)
  6:53
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Dancng Girls (Special extended version)
  8:03
• 3
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (extended remix)
  6:33
• 4
  Human Racing (remix)
  5:28
• 5
  Drum Talk (Special extended version)
  5:00
• 6
  Faces (remix)
  4:42
• 7
  Bogart (extended 12″ remix)
  4:29
• 8
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (extended dance mix)
  6:02
• 9
  The Riddle (extended 12″ remix)
  5:10
• CD 7: Extended Mixes
• 1
  Wide Boy (Special extended mix)
  5:11
• 2
  Don Quixote (Extra Special long mix)
  8:44
• 3
  Wild Horses (extended mix)
  6:52
• 4
  When a Heart Beats (extended mix)
  6:15
• 5
  Radio Musicola (extended version)
  7:18
• 6
  Nobody Knows (extended mix)
  7:34
• 7
  James Cagney (extended mix)
  5:23
• 8
  One Step Ahead (Industrial mix)
  8:20
• 9
  Elisabeth’s Eyes (extended version)
  6:05
• CD 8: Remixes
• 1
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (7″ remix)
  3:49
• 2
  Wide Boy (7″ remix)
  3:22
• 3
  James Cagney (Edited version)
  3:59
• 4
  Dancing Girls (remixed version)
  3:38
• 5
  Dancing Girls (Special Hi‐Energy remix)
  7:31
• 6
  Drum Talk (Special Hi‐Engery remix)
  7:29
• 7
  Wouldn’t It Be Good (remix)
  7:40
• 8
  Elisabeth’s Eyes (club dub)
  4:44
• 9
  Shame on You (Additional Brass mix)
  3:40
• 10
  Nobody Knows (Phil Harding Promo remix)
  5:37
• 11
  Dancing Girls (DJ edit)
  3:24
• 12
  Don Quixote (single edit)
  4:12
• 13
  Radio Musicola (single edit)
  4:16
• 14
  Radio Musicola (Acetate Floor remix)
  6:51
• CD 9: Live at Hammersmith Odeon December 1984 – 1
• 1
  Roses
  4:46
• 2
  Know How
  4:55
• 3
  Dancing Girls
  3:42
• 4
  Bogart
  5:13
• 5
  City of Angels
  3:58
• 6
  Cloak and Dagger
  5:12
• 7
  Wild Horses
  3:59
• 8
  Gone to Pieces
  3:54
• 9
  Save the Whale
  6:04
• 10
  The Riddle
  4:17
• CD 10: Live at Hammersmith Odeon December 1984 – 2
• 1
  Shame on You
  4:04
• 2
  Wide Boy
  3:32
• 3
  Human Racing
  4:00
• 4
  Drum Talk
  4:26
• 5
  Wouldn’t It Be Good
  5:16
• 6
  Faces
  3:58
• 7
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down
  5:34
• 8
  Don Quixote
  4:49
• 9
  You Might
  3:30
• 10
  Progress (Recorded April 1984)
  3:03
• DVD 11: Promotional Videos / Live at Hammersmith Odeon December 1984
• 1
  Wouldn’t It Be Good
• 2
  Dancing Girls
• 3
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
• 4
  Human Racing
• 5
  The Riddle
• 6
  Wide Boy
• 7
  Don Quixote
• 8
  When a Heart Beats
• 9
  Radio Musicola
• 10
  Nobody Knows
• 11
  Elisabeth’s Eyes
• 12
  Roses
• 13
  Know How
• 14
  Dancing Girls
• 15
  Bogart
• 16
  City of Angels
• 17
  Cloak & Dagger
• 18
  Wild Horses
• 19
  Gone to Pieces
• 20
  Save the Whale
• 21
  The Riddle
• 22
  Shame on You
• 23
  Wide Boy
• 24
  Human Racing
• 25
  Drum Talk
• 26
  Wouldn’t It Be Good
• 27
  Faces
• 28
  I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down

More by Nik Kershaw

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Wouldn’t It Be Good

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The Best of Nik Kershaw

The Best of Nik Kershaw 1993

The Collection

The Collection 1991

The Riddle

The Riddle 1984

Human Racing

Human Racing 1984

Release credits

• Bob Kraushaar
  mix [7]
• Brian Malouf
  co [3-10], mix [4, 10], recording [3-10]
• Dave Meegan
  assistant [1-2, 5-6]
• Ed Thacker
  additional [3-10]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Jerry Hey
  horn [2]
• Julian Mendelsohn
  engineer [1-7, 10], mix [1.1-10, 4.1-3, 4.5-9, 7.2], producer [1-2], recording [1-10]
• Lynda Hayes
  spoken vocals [4]
• Mark King
  bass guitar [5], guest [5]
• Mark Phillips
  engineer [2, 5]
• Mickey Modern
  mix [1]
• Nik Kershaw
  arranger [1-10], horn [2], lead vocals [1.1-10, 2.6], mix [9.2, 9.5, 7.2], producer [4.1-2, 3.1, 5.4-5]
• Paul Westwood
  additional [9], bass [9]
• Paul Wright
  additional [3-10], recording [1-2]
• Peter Collins
  producer [1.1-10, 2.1-7, 2.10, 6.2, 7.2, 8.11, 5.1]
• Peter Wolf
  producer [3-10]
• Phil Harding
  mix [1]
• Roger Howorth
  assistant [1-10]
• Sheri Kershaw
  background vocals [8], lead vocals [5]
• Simon Boswell
  remixer [6.3, 8.7]
• Simon Darlow
  remixer [3]
• Stuart Bruce
  engineer [2-8, 10]
• Tim Moore
  piano [4]
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Issues

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  The MCA Years

  10x CD, DVD
  21 February 2025