The Virgin Years

Compilation by Skids

Released 2015

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Tracklist

CD 1: Scared to Dance
1
Into the Valley
3:17
4.0 ★
2
Scared to Dance
3:18
3
Of One Skin
2:26
4
Dossier (of Fallibility)
3:32
5
Melancholy Soldiers
3:03
6
Hope and Glory
3:18
7
The Saints Are Coming
2:37
5.0 ★
8
Six Times
2:09
9
Calling the Tune
4:01
10
Integral Plot
2:38
11
Charles
2:47
12
Scale
4:44
13
Sweet Suburbia
2:31
14
Open Sound
1:55
15
Night and Day
2:39
16
Contusion
2:43
17
T.V. Stars (live at the Marquee)
2:14
18
Charles
2:34
19
Reasons
2:09
20
Test Tube Babies
2:04
CD 2: Days in Europa
1
Animation
4:49
2
Charade
3:54
3
Dulce et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)
4:07
4
Pros and Cons
3:19
5
Home of the Saved
5:07
6
Working for the Yankee Dollar
4:55
7
The Olympian
3:30
8
Thanatos
4:07
9
A Day in Europa
3:03
10
Peaceful Times
5:04
11
Out of Town
4:16
12
Another Emotion
3:01
13
Aftermath Dub
2:59
14
Grey Parade
4:37
15
Vanguard’s Crusade
4:39
16
All the Young Dudes
3:24
CD 3: The Absolute Game / Strength Through Joy
1
Circus Games
3:51
2
Out of Town
4:07
3
Goodbye Civilian
4:16
4
The Children Saw the Shame
3:40
5
A Woman in Winter
5:55
6
Hurry On Boys
3:42
7
Happy to Be With You
3:35
8
The Devils Decade
5:33
9
One Decree
3:24
10
Arena
5:22
11
Circus Games (7″ version)
4:06
12
Goodbye Civilian (7″ version)
3:29
13
Monkey McGuire Meets Specky Potter Behind Lochore Institute
2:51
14
An Incident in Algiers
3:33
15
Grievance
3:21
16
Strength Thru Joy
1:49
17
Filming Africa
3:36
18
A Man for All Sessions
1:49
19
Snakes and Ladders
3:58
20
Surgical Triumph
2:03
21
The Bell Jar
2:36
CD 4: Joy
1
Blood and Soil
4:00
2
A Challenge (The Wanderer)
6:11
3
Men of Mercy
1:12
4
A Memory
5:16
5
Iona
6:53
6
In Fear of Fire
0:43
7
Brothers
3:13
8
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
5:32
9
The Men of the Fall
6:14
10
The Sound of Retreat
3:08
11
Fields
4:31
12
Iona (7″ version 1)
3:22
13
Blood and Soil (7″ version)
3:13
14
Iona (7″ version 2)
5:07
15
Fields (7″ version)
3:32
16
Brave Man (7″ version)
3:36
17
Brave Man (12″ version)
6:43
CD 5: Days in Europa (remix, black cover) / BBC In Concert (March 1979)
1
Animation
4:31
2
Charade
4:02
3
Dulce et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)
4:41
4
The Olympian
3:28
5
Home of the Saved
4:43
6
Working for the Yankee Dollar
3:39
7
Thanatos
4:00
8
Masquerade
2:45
9
A Day in Europa
2:58
10
Peaceful Times
5:06
11
Of One Skin
2:48
12
Melancholy Soldiers
3:18
13
Scared to Dance
3:34
14
Integral Plot
2:41
15
Scale
5:11
16
Into the Valley
2:53
17
The Saints Are Coming
3:13
18
Night and Day
2:17
19
Walk on the Wild Side
4:48
CD 6: The Peel Sessions
1
Of One Skin
2:34
4.0 ★
2
Open Sound
1:51
3
Contusion
2:48
4
Night and Day
2:08
5
T.V. Stars
1:22
5.0 ★
6
Dossier (of Fallibility)
3:27
7
Hope and Glory
4:33
8
Six Times
2:05
9
The Saints Are Coming
3:14
10
Summer
2:27
11
Hang On to the Shadows
3:14
12
Zit
5:21
13
Walk on the Wild Side
4:17
14
War Poets
3:09
15
Withdrawal Symptoms
4:47
16
Hymns From a Haunted Ballroom
3:54
17
Masquerade
2:33
18
Filming Africa
3:43
19
An Incident in Algiers
2:42
20
Circus Games
4:07
21
Snakes and Ladders (instrumental)
3:11

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Release credits

Bill Nelson
producer [1-10, 13, 15]
David Batchelor
producer [1-12]
Doug Bogie
engineer [18]
John Leckie
engineer [13], producer [13]
Richard Jobson
vocal [18]
Skids
producer [18]
Stuart Adamson
guitar [18]
Thomas Kellichan
drums (drum set) [18]
Tony Wilson
producer [6-8]
William Simpson
bass guitar [18]

Issues

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The Virgin Years
6x CD
2015