I Didn't See It Coming

Infobox Album
Name = I Didn't See It Coming
Type = studio
Artist = The Professionals


Released = November 1981 (original LP)
June 14, 2001 (CD edition)
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 38:32 (original LP)
63:29 (CD edition)
Label = Virgin
Producer = Nigel Gray, Steve Jones, Paul Cook
Reviews =
Last album = "Join The Professionals"
(1981, unreleased)
This album = "I Didn't See It Coming"
(1981)
Next album = "The Professionals"
(1990)

"I Didn't See It Coming" was the only album by punk rock band The Professionals to be released in the band's lifetime. It was first released by Virgin Records in 1981.

Track listing

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

Original vinyl album

ide 1

#"The Magnificent"
#"Payola"
#"Northern Slide"
#"Friday Night Square"
#"Kick Down The Doors"

ide 2

#"Little Boys In Blue"
#"All The Way"
#"Crescendo"
#"Madhouse"
#"Too Far To Fall"

2001 CD edition

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 "Join The Professionals" album.

#"The Magnificent"
#"Payola"
#"Northern Slide"
#"Friday Night Square
#Kick Down The Doors" (Cook, Jones, Meyes, McVeigh)
#"Little Boys In Blue"
#"All The Way"
#"Crescendo"
#"Madhouse" (Cook, Jones, Meyes, McVeigh)
#"Too Far To Fall"
#"Just Another Dream"
#"Kamikaze"
#"1-2-3"
#"Mods, Skins, Punks"
#"Join The Professionals"
#"Has Anybody Got An Alibi"
#"White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed)
#"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller)

Personnel

*Steve Jones − lead vocals, lead guitar
*Ray McVeigh − rhythm guitar
*Paul Myers − bass
*Paul Cook − drums
*Andy Allen - bass on tracks 11,12,13,14,17 and 18