Expecting to Fly

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1: Expecting to Fly
• 1
  Talking to Clarry
  6:53
• 2
  Bluetonic
  4:08
• 3
  Cut Some Rug
  4:32
• 4
  Things Change
  5:38
• 5
  The Fountainhead
  4:33
• 6
  Carnt Be Trusted
  3:50
• 7
  Slight Return
  3:21
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Putting Out Fires
  6:22
• 9
  Vampire
  4:29
• 10
  A Parting Gesture
  4:40
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Time & Again
  5:09
• 12" Vinyl 2: Expecting to Fly: A- And B-Sides
• 1
  Are You Blue or Are You Blind
  2:56
• 2
  String Along
  3:55
• 3
  Driftwood
  3:36
• 4
  Colorado Beetle
  3:59
• 5
  Glad to See Y'Back Again
  3:25
• 6
  Don't Stand Me Down
  4:50
• 7
  Nae Hair on't
  2:46
• 8
  Castle Rock
  3:09
• 9
  The Devil Behind My Smile
  3:02
• 10
  Marblehead Johnson
  3:22
• 11
  The Simple Things
  4:20
• 12
  Nifkin's Bridge
  5:14
• 12" Vinyl 3: The Early Garage Years
• 1
  Are You Blue or Are You Blind? (demo)
  2:44
• 2
  Talking to Clarry (demo)
  6:16
• 3
  Carn't Be Trusted (demo)
  3:26
• 4
  Slight Return (limited edition UK/Japan 7" single)
  3:14
• 5
  No. 11 (Bluetonic)
  3:57
• 6
  The Fountainhead (demo)
  3:47
• 7
  Time & Again (demo)
  4:56
• 8
  Cut Some Rug (homemade 4-track recording)
  4:18
• 9
  Talking to Clarry (homemade 8-track recording)
  6:49
• 10
  Are You Blue or Are You Blind? (homemade 8-track recording)
  2:53
• 12" Vinyl 4: Bonus Demos
• 1
  Time & Again (4-track demo)
  5:21
• 2
  Cut Some Rug (4-track demo)
  4:24
• 3
  Putting Out Fires (4-track demo)
  6:22

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Release credits

• Adam Devlin
  12 string guitar [7, 10], steel-string acoustic guitar [7, 10]
• Eds Chesters
  drums (drum set) [7, 10], percussion [7, 10]
• Helen Woodward
  engineer [7, 10]
• Hugh Jones
  mix [7, 10], producer [7, 10]
• Mark Morriss
  lead vocals [7, 10]
• Scott Morriss
  electric bass guitar [7, 10], vocal [7, 10]

Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  E
  Expecting to Fly

  CD
  12 February 1996
• E
  Expecting to Fly

  12" Vinyl
  12 February 1996
• E
  Expecting to Fly

  Digital Media
  9 March 2009
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  E
  Expecting to Fly

  2x CD (remastered, deluxe edition)
  2009
• E
  Expecting to Fly

  2x CD (20th anniversary edition)
  9 September 2016
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  E
  Expecting to Fly

  4x 12" Vinyl (25th anniversary deluxe edition)
  6 August 2021
• E
  Expecting to Fly

  Digital Media
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  E
  Expecting to Fly

  2x Digital Media