Bogato reizdanje “If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song” The Icicle Worksa

Otkupivši licencna prava od njegova originalnog izdavača Beggars Banquet Records, etiketa Cherry Red Records sredinom travnja reizdat će još jedan album ponovo okupljene kultne britanske new wave/indie grupe The Icicle Works.

Riječ je o trećem “If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy, Sing His Song“, a koji će u svojoj proširenoj trostrukoj CD ediciji uz originalni album sadržavati i pregršt pridodanog bonus materijala nastalog oko vremena originalne mu objave 1987. godine.Album je dosegnuo 28. mjesto britanskoga charta te iznjedrio singlove “Understanding Jane” (UK#52, 1986.), “Who Do You Want For Your Love?” (UK#54, 1986.), “Up Here In The North Of England” (1986.), “Evangeline” (UK#53, 1987.) i “Travelling Chest” (1987.).

Album je producirao Ian Broudie, bivši član liverpoolskih bendova Big In Japan, Secrets, Original Mirrors te Care i budući osnivač grupe The Lightning Seeds.

CD1 (Original Album):
Hope Springs Eternal
Travelling Chest
Sweet Thursday
Up Here In The North Of England
Who Do You Want For Your Love?
When You Were Mine
Evangeline
Truck Driver’s Lament
Understanding Jane
Walking With A Mountain

CD2:
I Never Saw My Hometown ‘Til I Went Around The World (B-Side “Understanding Jane”)
Into The Mystic (B-Side “Understanding Jane”)
Sweet Thursday (Single Mix)
Travelling Chest (Single Mix)
Don’t Let It Rain On My Parade (Record Mirror Free Single)
When You Were Mine (Single Version)
Evangeline (Demo Version) (B-Side “Evangeline”)
Everybody Loves To Play The Fool (B-Side “Evangeline”)
Waiting In The Wings (B-Side “Evangeline”)
it Makes No Difference (B-Side “Up Here In The North Of England”)
Sea Song (B-Side “Up Here In The North Of England”)
Nature’s Way (B-Side “Up Here In The North Of England”)
Waylaid (B-Side “Up Here In The North Of England”)
The Needle And The Damage Done (Anti Heroin Project)
Sweet Thursday (Record Mirror Cass)
Don’t Let It Rain On My Parade (Acoustic)
Impossibly Three Lovers (Single Version)
John Geoffrey Muir, Shopkeeper (B-Side “Who Do You Want For Your Love?”)

CD3 (Live At The Town And Country Club, 27 July 1986):
Hollow Horse
Perambulator
Who Do You Want For Your Love?
Understanding Jane
Love Is A Wonderful Colour
Travelling Chest
Sweet Thursday
Into The Mystic
Hope Springs Eternal
When It All Comes Down
All The Daughters
Birds Fly
A Factory In The Desert
Cauldron Of Love
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Roadhouse Blues