KIRSTY MacCOLL

Albums recorded by Kirsty MacColl, with release dates and UK CD availability.

 

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1a

Desperate Character

07/81

 

1b

Kirsty MacColl

03/85

 

2

Kite

04/89

New

3

Electric Landlady

06/91

New

4

Titanic Days

10/93

New

5

What Do Pretty Girls Do?

02/98

New

6

Tropical Brainstorm

03/00

New


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1a) DESPERATE CHARACTER

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Clock Goes Round
See That Girl
There's A Guy Works Down
The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Teenager In Love
Mexican Sofa
Until The Night
Falling For Faces
Just One Look
The Real Ripper
Hard To Believe
He Thinks I Still Care
There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop
Swears He's Elvis [country version]


Bazza
Ray Beavis
Billy Bremner
"Irish" John Earle
Lu Edmunds
Chris Gower
Dick Hansen
Glyn Havard
Lew Lewis
Kirsty MacColl
Ben Mandelson
Blanche McAdorey
Malcolm Morley
Lee Partiss
Gavin Povey
Phil Rambow
Paul Riley

Producer:

Guitar
Tenor Saxophone
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Guitar
Trombone
Trumpet
Bass
Vamping
Vocals
Fiddle
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Drums
Piano
Guitar
Bass

Bazza

1b) KIRSTY MacCOLL

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Clock Goes Round
See That Girl
There's A Guy Works Down
The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Teenager In Love
Annie
Until The Night
Falling For Faces
Roman Gardens
The Real Ripper
Hard To Believe
He Thinks I Still Care
Berlin
Man with No Name [special edition only]
Sleepless Nights [special edition only]

Rereleased version of Desperate Character with three tracks replaced by tracks from the aborted second album


Bazza
Ray Beavis
Billy Bremner
"Irish" John Earle
Lu Edmunds
Chris Gower
Dick Hansen
Glyn Havard
Lew Lewis
Kirsty MacColl
Ben Mandelson
Blanche McAdorey
Malcolm Morley
Lee Partiss
Gavin Povey
Phil Rambow
Paul Riley

Producer:

Guitar
Tenor Saxophone
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Guitar
Trombone
Trumpet
Bass
Vamping
Vocals
Fiddle
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Drums
Piano
Guitar
Bass

Bazza

2) KITE

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Innocence
Free World
Mother's Ruin
Days
No Victims
Fifteen Minutes
Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
Tread Lightly
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
Dancing In Limbo
The End Of A Perfect Day
You And Me Baby


Guy Baker
Mark Berrow
Stuart Brooks
Paul Crowder
Ben Cruft
James Eller
Mel Gaynor
Wilfred Gibson
Roy Gillard
David Gilmour
Pete Glenister
Malcolm Griffiths
Steve Lillywhite
Kirsty MacColl



Johnny Marr
Robbie McIntosh
Yves N'Djock
Pino Palladino
David Palmer
Guy Pratt
Colin Stuart
Jamie Talbot
Philip Todd
Steve Turner
Dave Woodcock
Gavyn Wright

Producer:

Trumpet (Tracks 6,7)
Violin (Tracks 1,12)
Trumpet (Track 7)
Tambourine (Tracks 2,9)
Violin (Tracks 1,12)
Bass (Tracks 2,3,6,7)
Drums (Tracks 1,4,5,8,9,11)
Violin (Tracks 1,7,12)
Violin (Tracks 1,7,12)
Guitar (Tracks 5,12)
Guitar (Tracks 1-9,11)
Trombone (Tracks 6,7)
Bass (Track 6)
Vocals, Guitar (Track 10),
Percussion (Tracks 6,10),
Autoharp (Track 6), Bass (Track 10),
Lap Steel Guitar (Tracks 6,7)
Guitar (Tracks 3-5,8,9,11,12)
Guitar (Tracks 2,3,6)
Guitar (Track 1)
Bass (Tracks 1,5,8,11)
Drums (Tracks 2,3,6,7)
Bass (Tracks 4,9)
Guitar (Tracks 1,5,6,11)
Tenor Saxophone (Track 6)
Clarinet (Track 6)
Guitar (Track 7)
Violin (Tracks 1,12)
Violin (Tracks 1,7,12)

Steve Lillywhite

3) ELECTRIC LANDLADY

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Walking Down Madison
All I Ever Wanted
Children Of The Revolution
Halloween
My Affair
Lying Down
He Never Mentioned Love
We'll Never Pass This Way Again
The Hardest Word
Maybe It's Imaginary
My Way Home
The One And Only


Ian Aitken
Robbie Ameen
Milton Cardona

Lloyd Carter
Jimmy Chambers
George Chandler
Philip Chevron
Aniff Cousins
Sal Cuevas
James Fearnley
Angel Fernandez
Felix Ferrar
Jem Finer
Mel Gaynor
Pete Glenister
Trevor Gray


Oscar Hernandez
Darryl Hunt
Ite Jerez
Lewis Kahn

Judd Lander
Adrian Lillywhite

Jody Linscott
Bob Loveday
Hamish MacColl
Kirsty MacColl


Jose Mangual Jr


Johnny Marr

Mark E Nevin
Enrique Orengo
Pino Palladino
David Palmer
Guy Pratt
Marc Quiñones


Elliott Randall
Andrew Ranken
Steve Sacks
Ed Shearmur
Joe Shepley
Spider Stacy
Colin Stuart

Dave Valentin

Terry Woods

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 2,7,11)
Drums (Tracks 2,3,5,7,8)
Conga (Tracks 2,3-5,7,8),
Bata (Tracks 9,11)
Violin (Track 5)
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Guitar (Track 12)
Rap (Track 1)
Bass (Tracks 2,3,5,7,8)
Accordion (Track 12)
Trumpet (Track 5)
Violin (Track 5)
Banjo (Track 12)
Drums (Tracks 4,6,9-11)
Guitar (Tracks 2,4-11)
Organ (Track 1),
Synthesiser (Track 1),
Programming (Track 1)
Piano (Tracks 2,5,7,8)
Bass (Track 12)
Trumpet (Tracks 4,5,11)
Trombone (Tracks 4,5,11),
Violin (Tracks 4,5)
Harmonica (Track 2)
Percussion (Track 12),
Tambourine (Tracks 6,7)
Percussion (Track 1)
Violin (Tracks 7,10)
Keyboards (Track 9)
Vocals, Guitar (Track 8),
Autoharp (Track 10),
Keyboards (Track 3)
Bongos (Tracks 2,5,7,8),
Bata (Tracks 9,11),
Bell Guiro (Track 4)
Guitar (Tracks 1,3),
Keyboards (Tracks 1,3)
Guitar (Tracks 4,6,9,10,12)
Cello (Track 5)
Bass (Tracks 4,6,9,10,11)
Drums (Track 1,3)
Bass (Track 1)
Timbales (Tracks 2,5,7,8),
Bata (Tracks 9,11),
Bell & Shaker (Track 3)
Guitar (Tracks 1,2,6-8,11)
Drums (Track 12)
Alto Saxophone (Tracks 4,11)
Piano (Track 6), Clavinet (Track 6)
Trumpet (Track 5)
Whistle (Track 12)
Guitar (Tracks 10,11),
Mandolin (Track 9)
Flute, Ocarina, Pan Pipes & Whistle (all Track 9)
Cittern (Track 12)

Steve Lillywhite

4) TITANIC DAYS

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You Know It's You
Soho Sqaure
Angel
Last Day Of Summer
Bad
Can't Stop Killing You
Titanic Days
Don't Go Home
Big Boy On A Saturday Night
Just Woke Up
Tomorrow Never Comes

Original LP


CD Reissue

Roger Beaujolais
Kim Burton
Roy Dodds

Simon Edwards
Pete Glenister
Chester Kamen
Andy Kowalski
Kirsty MacColl

Mark E Nevin

Steve Nieve
Ken Rice
Dave Ruffy
Kate St John
Gary Tibbs

Producer:

Vibraphone (Track 5)
Keyboards (Tracks 4)
Drums (Tracks 4,5,11),
Conga (Track 6)
Bass (Track 4)
Guitar (Tracks 1-3,6,7,9,10)
Guitar (Tracks 6,10)
Programming (Track 10)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 3,5),
Keyboards (Track 6)
Guitar, Bass (Track 11),
Harmonium (Track 11)
Keyboards (Tracks 1,2,7,9)
Violin (Track 3)
Drums
Cor Anglais (Track 5), Oboe (Track 2)
Bass (Tracks 1-3,5-7,9,10)

Steve Lillywhite (Track 3),
Kirsty MacColl (Tracks 6,10,11),
Johnny Marr (Track 6),
Dave Ruffy (Track 10),
Vic Van Vugt (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7-10)

5) WHAT DO PRETTY GIRLS DO?

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Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
Don't Run Away From Me Now
Still Life
There's A Guy Works Down
The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Walk Right Back
Darling Let's Have Another Baby
New England
My Affair
Bad
Can't Stop Killing You
Caroline
Free World
He's On The Beach
New England

Recorded for BBC Radio 1 shows:
Tracks 1-4: Nicky Campbell, 8 November 1989
Tracks 5-8: Nicky Campbell, 26 June 1991
Tracks 9-11: Simon Mayo, 7 March 1994
Tracks 12-15: Kevin Greening, 20 February 1995


Martin Belmont
Billy Bragg

Lu Edmunds
Simon Edwards
Pete Glenister
Kirsty MacColl
Mark E Nevin
Gavin Povey
Guy Pratt
Phil Rambow
Paul Riley
Dave Ruffy
Segs

Pete Thomas
Bobby Valentino

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 1-4)
Guitar (Tracks 5-8),
Vocals (Tracks 5-8)
Bouzouki (Tracks 5-8)
Bass
Guitar (Tracks 12-15)
Vocals
Guitar (Tracks 9-11)
Piano (Tracks 1-4)
Bass (Tracks 5-8)
Guitar (Tracks 5-8)
Bass
Bongos (Tracks 9-11)
Bass (Tracks 1-4),
Percussion (Tracks 1-4)
Drums (Tracks 1-4)
Violin (Tracks 1-4)

6) TROPICAL BRAINSTORM

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Mambo De La Luna
In These Shoes
Treachery
Here Comes That Man Again
Autumngirlsoup
Celestine
England 2 Colombia 0
Não Esperando
Alegria
Us Amazonians
Wrong Again
Designer Life
Head

UK Issue


US Issue

Luiz De Almeida

Joseph De Jesús
Bosco de Oliveira
Ernesto Estruch

Gabriel Fonseca

Pete Glenister
Felix Gonzalez

Lee Groves
Mark Hinton Stewart
James Knight
Kirsty MacColl


Chucho Merchán

Omar Puente

Dave Ruffy
Ben Storey

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 8,12),
Surdo (Track 8)
Trombone (Track 6)
Percussion (Tracks 2,4,8)
Violin (Track 4), Piano (Track 3),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,2)
Violin (Track 4),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,2)
Guitar, Programming
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,2),
Cuban Rap (Track 1)
Programming
Keyboards (Track 12)
Saxophone (Track 13)
Vocals, Autoharp (Tracks 2,13),
Lap Steel Guitar (Tracks 6,8),
Guica (Track 8)
Bass (Track 4),
Double Bass (Track 12)
Violin (Track 4),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,2)
Drums, Programming
Trumpet (Track 2)

Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister,
Dave Ruffy