The Housemartins - Now That's What I Call Quite Good

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	I Smell Winter	3:23
2	Bow Down Backing Vocals – St. Winifred's School Choir	3:01
3	Think For A Minute	3:29
4	There Is Always Something There To Remind Me Engineer – Dave DadeProducer – Dale Griffin	3:30
5	The Mighty Ship	1:50
6	Sheep	2:15
7	I'll Be Your Shelter Composed By – Lloyd CharmersPiano – Jeffrey Wood	4:46
8	Five Get Over Excited Tuba – Sandy Blair	2:41
9	Everyday's The Same Engineer – Roy Neave	2:56
10	Build Keyboards – Pete Wingfield	4:46
11	Step Outside	4:13
12	Flag Day Engineer – Ben Cape*Producer – Jeffrey Wood	3:32
13	Happy Hour	2:22
14	You've Got A Friend Composed By – Carole KingEngineer – Roy Neave	3:30
15	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Composed By – Russell*, Scott*Engineer – Andy Turner	2:47
16	Freedom Engineer – Martyn ParkerProducer – Barry Anthony Andrews	3:27
17	The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death	3:30
18	Caravan Of Love Composed By – Jasper*, Isley*, Isley*	3:39
19	The Light Is Always Green	3:58
20	We're Not Deep	2:14
21	Me And The Farmer	2:54
22	Lean On Me	4:27
23	Drop Down Dead Producer – Dale Griffin	3:01
24	Hopelessly Devoted To Them	2:11

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Discs Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BBC
• Marketed By – Barclay
• Marketed By – Metronome Musik GmbH
• Recorded At – Westside Studios
• Recorded At – Yellow 2 Studios
• Recorded At – Strongroom
• Produced At – Maida Vale Studios
• Produced At – Fairview Recording Studio
• Recorded At – Townhouse 3
• Recorded At – Capital Radio
• Made By – Universal M & L, UK
• Designed At – Bryce Creative Services Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork – Paul Patterson
• Engineer – Phil Bodger (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 17 to 24)
• Performer – David Hemingway, Hugh Whitaker, Norman Cook, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key
• Performer, Layout – Paul Heaton
• Photography By [Back] – Kay Godwin
• Photography By [Front] – Pierre Jahan
• Photography By [Hugh] – Paul Rider
• Photography By [Paul, Dave & Norman] – Lawrence Watson
• Photography By [Ted & Stan] – Nikki Rodgerson
• Piano – Pete Wingfield (tracks: 2, 19, 22)
• Producer – John Williams (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18 to 22, 24), The Housemartins (tracks: 2, 8 to 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24)
• Trumpet – Guy Barker (tracks: 2, 3, 19)
• Written-By – Heaton* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 12, 13, 16, 17, 19 to 24), Wingfield* (tracks: 22), Cullimore* (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 12, 13, 17, 19 to 21, 23, 24), Key* (tracks: 12, 16)

Notes

Track 1: B-side of the "Think For A Minute (New Version)" 12". Recorded at West Side (London) between the 12th and 19th August '86.
Tracks 2, 17, 19: from the "The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death" album. Recorded at Yellow 2 (Stockport) in June '87.
Track 3: from the "Think For A Minute (New Version)" single.
Track 4: from the "There Is Always Something There To Remind Me" single and was recorded for a John Peel Session 4/11/87 at B.B.C. Maida Vale.
Tracks 5, 13: B- & A-side of the "Happy Hour" single. Recorded during the London 0 Hull 4 session 9th April - 8th May '86 at Strongroom (London).
Track 6: A-side of the "Sheep" single. Recorded at Strongroom between the 7th and 11th of January '86.
Track 7: a unique version recorded 10th January '86.
Track 8: A-side of the "Five Get Over Excited" single, recorded at Yellow 2 between the 13th and 24th April '87.
Track 9: Produced at Fairview (Hull). It wasn't until the 19th of October '87 that the band actually became desperate enough to record it.
Track 10: A-side of the "Build" single. Production and studio were as track 2.
Track 11: B-side of the "Me And The Farmer" 12". Recorded and produced as track 2.
Track 12: A-side of the "Flag Day" single. Recorded at Townhouse 3 (London) between the 25th June and 2nd July '85.
Track 14: rough demo version of the Carole King classic. Recorded at Fairview on the 27th of March '87.
Track 15: live take at Capital Radio from a Gary Crowley session 13/3/86.
Track 16: from a Janice Long Session, recorded on 6th of November '85 at B.B.C. Maida Vale.
Track 18: A-side of the "Caravan Of Love" single. Originally recorded during the mixing of track 3 at Westside Studios.
Tracks 20, 22: from the "London 0 Hull 4" album and recorded exactly as track 5 & 13.
Track 21: A-side of the "Me And The Farmer" single.
Track 23: from a John Peel Session 21/7/85. Produced and studio managed at B.B.C. Maida Vale.
Track 24: B-side of the "Five Get Over Excited" 12". Produced the same as track 8.

℗1985/1986/1987 Go!Discs Ltd.
℗ BBC 1987, 1985.

Marketed in France by Barclay and in Germany by Metronome Musik GmbH.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42282 83442 3
• Matrix / Runout: 8283442 02 %
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L132
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 04A8
• Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA
• Label Code: LC 7192
• Other (Distribution Code): BA 899
• Other: MADE IN UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
AGOLP 11	The Housemartins	Now That's What I Call Quite Good ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Go! Discs	AGOLP 11	UK	1988
75233/34	The Housemartins	Now That's What I Call Quite Good ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Chrysalis	75233/34	Greece	1988
828 344-2	The Housemartins	Now That's What I Call Quite Good ‎(CD, Comp)	Metronome Musik GmbH	828 344-2	Germany	1988
828 344-2	The Housemartins	Now That's What I Call Quite Good ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Go! Discs	828 344-2	Europe	Unknown
834 861-1, 834861-1	The Housemartins	Now That's What I Call Quite Good ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Chrysalis, Polygram	834 861-1, 834861-1	Greece	1988