Desperate Character

Desperate Character
Studio album by Kirsty MacColl
Released	1981
Recorded	at Regent Park Studios
Genre	New Wave, Pub rock, Pop rock
Label	Polydor Records
Kirsty MacColl chronology
Desperate Character (1981) Kite (1989)

Desperate Character is the first solo album of British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1981. Re-released in March 1985 as Kirsty MacColl, with three tracks replaced with other songs. The album was never released as a CD and remains out of print

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirsty MacColl; except where indicated

Desperate Character (1981)

1. "Clock Goes Round" - 2:33
2. "See That Girl" - 2:59
3. "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" (MacColl, Philip Rambow) - 3:04
4. "Teenager in Love" - 2:33
5. "Mexican Sofa" (MacColl, Lu Edwards) - 3:11
6. "Until The Night" (MacColl, Phil Johnstone) - 3:07
7. "Falling For Faces" (MacColl, Lu Edwards) - 2:28
8. "Just One Look" (Doris Payne, Gregory Carroll) - 2:17
9. "The Real Ripper" (MacColl, Lu Edwards) - 3:20
10. "Hard To Believe" - 2:17
11. "He Thinks I Still Care" (Roysden D. Lipscombe, Stephen Duffy) - 2:54
12. "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" (country version) - 3:42

Kirsty MacColl (1985) (* Special Edition only)

1. "Clock Goes Round" - 2:33
2. "See That Girl" - 2:59
3. "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" - 3:04
4. "Teenager in Love" - 2:33
5. "Annie" - 4:33
6. "Until The Night" - 3:07
7. "Falling For Faces" - 2:28
8. "Roman Gardens" - 3:57
9. "The Real Ripper" - 3:20
10. "Hard To Believe" - 2:17
11. "He Thinks I Still Care" - 2:54
12. "Berlin" - 3:34
13. "Man With No Name" *
14. "Sleepless Nights" *

Personnel

• Kirsty MacColl - vocals
• Lu Edmonds, Billy Bremner, Malcolm Morley, Phil Rambow, Bazza - guitar
• Glyn Havard, Paul Riley - bass
• Lee Partiss - drums
• Gavin Povey - piano
• Ben Mandelson - fiddle
• "Irish" John Earle - tenor & baritone saxophone
• Chris Gower - trombone
• Dick Hansen - trumpet
• Lew Lewis - "vamping"
• Blanche McAdorey, Billy - background vocals

External links

• Desperate Character at Kirsty MacColl.com
• Kirsty MacColl at Kirsty MacColl.com