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1	A Matter Of Gender	4:30
2	Message Oblique Speech	4:25
3	The Affectionate Punch	5:03
4	Kites Written-By – Hackady*, Pockriss*	3:57
5	The Crying Game Written-By – Stephens*	4:16
6	Even Dogs In The Wild	4:05
7	Gloomy Sunday Written-By – Javor*, Seress*, Lewis*	3:58
8	Heart Of Glass Producer – Barry Anthony AndrewsWritten-By – Stein*, Harry*	4:44
9	Obsession Magnificent	4:14
10	Take Me To The Girl	4:11
11	Give	5:00
12	Helicopter Helicopter	4:09
13	Breakfast	4:23
14	Perhaps	6:34

Companies, etc.

• Licensed Through – BBC Worldwide Ltd.
• Distributed By – Pinnacle
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Strange Fruit
• Copyright (c) – Strange Fruit

Credits

• Bass – Roberto Soave (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7)
• Drums – Jim Russell (tracks: 6, 7), Mority von Oswald* (tracks: 8 to 11), Steve Golding (tracks: 1 to 4)
• Engineer – Barry Andrews (tracks: 8 to 11), Graham Puddifoot (tracks: 1 to 4), Peter Watts (tracks: 8 to 11)
• Guitar – Ian McIntosh (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to 11), Martin Lowe (tracks: 1 to 4)
• Keyboards – Howard Hughes* (tracks: 1 to 11)
• Liner Notes – Paul Lester
• Photography By [Cover] – Sheila Rock
• Producer – Dale Griffin (tracks: 1 to 4), Harry Parker (tracks: 8 to 11)
• Vocals – Billy MacKenzie
• Written-By – Rankine* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5), MacKenzie* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9 to 14), Hutchison* (tracks: 11), Reid* (tracks: 12)

Notes

Tracks 1-4: Richard Skinner session, 15th July 1984
Tracks 5-7: Saturday Live session, 26th January 1985
Tracks 8-11: Janice Long session, 8th September, 1985
Tracks 12-14: recorded for Phil Kennedy, BBC Manchester

Jewel Case with 4 page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 605563611825
• Matrix / Runout: SFRSCD118 STRANGE FRUIT 42815
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD12
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 5018

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