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Back on the Breadline |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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04:03 |
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Comments from the Natural Selection liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
This song spearheaded the North American campaign of 1987. We were signed to I.R.S. records, and ‘What’s A Few Men?’ would’ve been our second album with them. Unfortunately they couldn’t hear a single. Stoically, we wrote more. ‘Breadline’ was one amongst several which went on a compile with the best of the rest from the ‘What’s A Few Men?’ album. Oh, and they didn’t like the title of the album either. So we changed that too. We called this American record ‘Fate’.
Now all this feverish activity might sound like a torturous exercise in overkill. Some of the boys definitely thought so. Well, they were right, except that at the time we were gagging to crack it over there, and to be honest, we truly believed that all the polishing and manipulation would seriously make a difference. I could have sworn this song had ‘hit’ written all over it. How wrong can you be? Just before getting on the place, standing at the terminal gate, waiting to fly home after I’d been to what felt like every radio station in north America promoting the track, the managing director of the record company asked me, in all seriousness, “Hey young Fella, can you tell me, exactly what is ‘the breadline’?”
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| 02 |
Wishing Well |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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04:16 |
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| 03 |
You Can Have it All |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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04:07 |
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| 04 |
Do You See What I See? |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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03:41 |
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Comments from the “Natural Selection” liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
Pekeha micacle home, Mt. Hobson backyard vista, Aoteroroa tea-towel, Steinlager shower, All Black Disgrace, Coromandel safehouse, amphetamine headhunters, popstar postage stamp, Sweethwater outrage, God’s own weekender, Dunedin underground, Look Blue Go Purple, South Pacific Sunday hangi, the last moa.
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| 05 |
Around the Flame |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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03:51 |
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| 06 |
Faraway Man |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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03:09 |
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| 07 |
Under the Sun (Where I Come From) |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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04:07 |
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| 08 |
What Are You Waiting For? |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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02:25 |
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| 09 |
So Long Ago |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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03:16 |
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| 10 |
Real World |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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04:05 |
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| 11 |
Something To Believe In |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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03:51 |
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| 12 |
Breakneck Road |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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02:42 |
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| 13 |
What's a Few Men? |
John Archer; Doug Falconer; Jack Howard; Robert Miles; Mark Seymour; Jeremy Smith; Michael Waters |
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03:37 |
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