Fourth Drawer Down

Fourth Drawer Down
Compilation album by The Associates
Released	October 1981
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Situation Two
Producer	Mike Hedges Flood
The Associates chronology
The Affectionate Punch (1980) Fourth Drawer Down (1981) Sulk (1982)

Fourth Drawer Down is a compilation album by Scottish post-punk/new wave act The Associates, released in October 1981 by record label Situation Two. It compiles the A- and B-sides from the six singles the band released that year on the label.

Release

Fourth Drawer Down was released in October 1981.

The album was re-issued in 2000 by V2 Records, containing five bonus tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	favourable[2]

Fourth Drawer Down has been well-received by critics, with reviewers commenting on the album's increased experimentalism.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine, except "The Associate", written by Mackenzie, Rankine and Michael Dempsey. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"White Car in Germany"	5.28
2.	"A Girl Named Property"	4.56
3.	"Kitchen Person"	4.53
4.	"Q Quarters"	4.55
5.	"Tell Me Easter's on Friday"	4.29
6.	"The Associate"	5.00
7.	"Message Oblique Speech"	5.35
8.	"An Even Whiter Car"	4.45

2000 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Fearless (It Takes a Full Moon)"	3.37
10.	"Point Si"	5.15
11.	"Straw Towels"	5.16
12.	"Kissed"	6.11
13.	"Blue Soap"	3.52

Personnel

The Associates

• Billy Mackenzie – vocals
• Alan Rankine – guitars, keyboards, other instruments
• Michael Dempsey – bass guitar
• John Murphy – drums

Other personnel

• Mike Hedges – production, engineering
• Flood – production
• Antoine Giacomoni – sleeve photography

References

1. Kellman, Andy. "Fourth Drawer Down – The Associates | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 December 2014. delete character in |title= at position 41 (help)
2. Cook, Richard. "Unlimited Company". NME. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

External links

• Fourth Drawer Down at Discogs (list of releases)