music.wikisort.org - Composition

Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis is a two disc compilation album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released by Sanctuary Records/Castle Communications in the UK in 2003.

Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis
Greatest hits album by The Korgis
Released	5 August 2003
Recorded	1977-1993
Genre	Pop
Length	Disc 1: 59:32 Disc 2: 62:50 Total: 122:22
Label	Castle Music/Sanctuary (UK) Castle Music/Ryko (U.S.)
Producer	The Korgis James Warren David Lord Trevor Horn
The Korgis chronology
Klassics – The Best of The Korgis (2001) Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis (2003) Kollection (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Don't Look Back compiles all three of the group's albums The Korgis, Dumb Waiters, and Sticky George in chronological order, including a few alternate versions, single edits as well as the rare 1982 non-album single "Don't Look Back", produced by Trevor Horn. The compilation has extensive liner notes based on an interview with James Warren and was produced in collaboration with the band.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Young 'n' Russian" (Davis, Ridlington, Warren) – 3:12
2. "If I Had You" (Davis, Rachmaninoff) - 3:55
   • Album version
3. "I Just Can't Help It" (Davis) - 3:43
4. "Chinese Girl" (Davis) - 2:19
5. "Art School Annexe" (Davis) - 3:37
6. "Boots and Shoes" (Davis, Warren) - 4:32
7. "Dirty Postcards" (Warren) - 4:45
8. "O Maxine" (Warren) - 2:39
9. "Mount Everest Sings the Blues" (Warren) - 2:32
10. "Cold Tea" (Warren) - 3:50
    • Edited version.
    • Tracks 1-10 from 1979 album The Korgis
11. "Silent Running" (Warren) - 3:05
12. "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29
13. "Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21
14. "Drawn and Quartered" (Warren) - 3:20
15. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:15
    • Original version.
16. "Intimate" (Davis) - 3:08
17. "It's No Good Unless You Love Me" (Warren) - 3:24
    • Tracks 11-17 from 1980 album Dumb Waiters

Disc two

1. "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Warren) - 3:45
   • Single edit.
2. "Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42
3. "Rover's Return" (Davis) - 3:34
4. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:22
   • Alternate version.
   • Tracks 1-4 from 1980 album Dumb Waiters
5. "That Was My Big Mistake" (Davis, Warren) - 4:17
   • Edited version.
6. "All the Love in the World" (Davis, Warren) - 3:40
   • Single edit.
7. "Sticky George" (Harrison, Warren) - 3:36
8. "Can't We Be Friends Now" (Warren) - 4:01
9. "Foolishness of Love" (Harrison) - 3:31
10. "Domestic Bliss" (Gordon, Harrison, Warren) - 3:15
11. "Nowhere to Run" (Davis, Warren) - 5:17
    • Alternate version.
12. "Contraband" (Warren) - 3:18
13. "Don't Say That It's Over" (Warren) - 2:50
14. "Living on the Rocks" (Warren) - 3:32
    • Tracks 5-14 from 1981 album Sticky George
15. "Don't Look Back" (Warren) - 4:12
16. "Xenophobia" (Warren) - 2:27
    • Tracks 15 & 16 from 1982 7" single "Don't Look Back"
17. "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - 3:51
    • DNA '93 Housey 7" remix

Personnel

• James Warren - vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
• Andy Davis - vocals, drums, keyboards, mandolin, electric guitar
• Phil Harrison - keyboards, percussion, synthesizer, electric piano, drums, spoons
• Stuart Gordon - violin, mandolin, percussion, acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion, background vocals
• Glenn Tommey - keyboards
• David Lord - keyboards
• Bill Birks - drums, percussion
• Al Powell - drums
• Manny Elias - drums
• Jerry Marotta - drums
• Kenny Lacey - percussion
• David Lord - percussion, keyboards
• Stephen Paine - programming
• Keith Warmington - harmonica
• Steve Buck - flute
• Dave Pegler - clarinet
• Chantelle Samuel - bassoon
• Stephanie Nunn - oboe
• Huw Pegler - horn
• Jo Mullet - backing vocals
• Jo Pomeroy - backing vocals
• Ali Cohn - backing vocals
• The Korgettes (Sheena Power & Jo Mullet) - backing vocals

Production

• The Korgis - producers
• David Lord - sound engineer, producer, wind and strings arranger
• Glenn Tommey - assistant engineer
• Trevor Horn - producer track 15, disc 2
• Paul Bevoir - compilation, design
• Jon Smith - compilation coordination
• Steve Hammonds - compilation coordination
• Masterpiece – audio remastering

Release history

• 2003 Music Sanctuary/Castle Music CMDDD 673

References

На других языках

---

- [en] Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis

---

[ru] Don’t Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis

Don’t Look Back — The Very Best of The Korgis — двухдисковая антология британской поп-группы The Korgis, выпущенная в Великобритании, в 2003 году, лейблами Sanctuary Records/Castle Communications. Don’t Look Back включает в себя треки трёх первых альбомов группы; The Korgis, Dumb Waiters и Sticky George, приведённые в хронологической последовательности. Диск содержит как альтернативные и сингловые версии известных треков группы, так и редкие записи, спродюсированные Тревором Хорном и вошедшие в неальбомный сингл 1982 года «Don’t Look Back». Данная компиляция была выпущена лейблами при сотрудничестве с группой.

---

---