I Didn't See It Coming

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I Didn't See It Coming
I Didn't See It Coming cover
Studio album by 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
The Professionals chronology
Join The Professionals
(1981, unreleased)		 I Didn't See It Coming
(1981)		 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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original vinyl album

[edit] Side 1

  1. The Magnificent
  2. Payola
  3. Northern Slide
  4. Friday Night Square
  5. Kick Down The Doors

[edit] Side 2

  1. The Boys In Blue
  2. All The Way
  3. Crescendo
  4. Madhouse
  5. Too Far To Fall

[edit] 2001 CD edition

On June 14, 1981, 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.

  1. The Magnificent
  2. Payola
  3. Northern Slide
  4. Friday Night Square
  5. Kick Down The Doors (Cook, Jones, Meyes, McVeigh)
  6. The Boys In Blue
  7. All The Way
  8. Crescendo
  9. Madhouse (Cook, Jones, Meyes, McVeigh)
  10. Too Far To Fall
  11. Just Another Dream
  12. Kamikaze
  13. 1-2-3
  14. Mods, Skins, Punks
  15. Join The Professionals
  16. Has Anybody Got An Alibi
  17. White Light/White Heat (Reed)
  18. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Lieber/Stoller)

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

[edit] Personnel

  • Steve Jones − lead vocals, lead guitar
  • Ray McVeigh − rhythm guitar
  • Paul Myers − bass
  • Paul Cook − drums