I Didn't See It Coming

I Didn't See It Coming
Studio album by The Professionals
Released November 1981 (original LP)
June 14, 2001 (CD edition)
Recorded 1981;Surrey Sound
Genre Punk rock, glam punk, power pop
Length 38:32 (original LP)
63:29 (CD edition)
Label Virgin
Producer Nigel Gray, Steve Jones, Paul Cook
The Professionals chronology
The Professionals
(1980, unreleased until 1991)
I Didn't See It Coming
(1981)
The Best of The Professionals
(2005)
Singles from I Didn't See It Coming
  1. "The Magnificent"
    Released: October 1981

I Didn't See It Coming was the only album by punk rock band the Professionals to be released in the band's lifetime.[1] It was first released by Virgin Records on November 1981.[2] On June 14, 2001, Virgin/EMI released a CD edition of the album, appending six tracks previously released as singles and two songs recorded for the mooted The Professionals album.[3][4]

Track listing

Original LP (1981)

All songs written and composed by Paul Cook and Steve Jones except where noted. 

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Magnificent"    3:50
2. "Payola"    3:37
3. "Northern Slide"    3:26
4. "Friday Night Square"  Cook, Jones, Ray McVeigh, Paul Myers 4:36
5. "Kick Down the Doors" (McVeigh and Myers are uncredited for this song.)Cook, Jones, McVeigh, Myers 4:32
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Little Boys"    4:13
2. "All the Way"    3:19
3. "Crescendo"    4:06
4. "Madhouse"    3:15
5. "Too Far to Fall"    3:52

2001 CD Edition

All songs written and composed by Paul Cook and Steve Jones except where noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Magnificent"    3:50
2. "Payola"    3:37
3. "Northern Slide"    3:26
4. "Friday Night Square" (McVeigh and Myers are uncredited for this song.[5][6])Cook, Jones, McVeigh, Myers 4:36
5. "Kick Down the Doors"  Cook, Jones, McVeigh, Myers 4:32
6. "Little Boys in Blue" (Originally titled as "Little Boys")  4:13
7. "All the Way"    3:19
8. "Crescendo"    4:06
9. "Madhouse" (McVeigh and Myers are credited for this song, but this is incorrect.)  3:15
10. "Too Far to Fall"    3:52
11. "Just Another Dream"    3:04
12. "Kamikaze"  Cook, Jones, Andy Allan 3:23
13. "1-2-3"    2:57
14. "Mods, Skins, Punks"    3:12
15. "Join the Professionals"    3:17
16. "Has Anybody Got an Alibi"    3:20
17. "White Light/White Heat"  Lou Reed 3:45
18. "Baby, I Don't Care"  Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 3:17

Personnel

References

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