Spring a Leak

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Spring A Leak
Compilation album by The Lucksmiths
Released 2007
Genre Indie pop
Label Lost & Lonesome
Professional reviews
The Lucksmiths chronology
Warmer Corners
(2003)
Spring A Leak
(2005)

Spring A Leak is the tenth album by The Lucksmiths, released in 2007 (catalogue number L&L042). It is a double CD of non-album tracks.

[edit] Track listing

DISC 1

  1. Falling Off of My Feet Again (compilation track, The Siddeleys cover)
  2. Point Being (b-side)
  3. The Invention of Ordinary Everyday Things (7" version)
  4. Synchronised Sinking (previously unreleased radio session)
  5. Postcard (previously unreleased, Simpletons cover)
  6. The Year of Driving Languorously (compilation track, radio session)
  7. Even Stevens (previously unreleased radio session)
  8. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (compilation track, Smiths cover)
  9. Macintyre (7" version)
  10. The Winter Proper (b-side)
  11. Anyone's Guess (compilation track)
  12. $30 (compilation track)
  13. Get Well Now (7" b-side)
  14. A Hiccup in Your Happiness (previously unreleased radio session)
  15. Deep Sea Diving Suit (b-side, Magnetic Fields cover)
  16. Punchlines (live on television)
  17. Snug (previously unreleased alternative version)
  18. I Prefer the Twentieth Century (Hydroplane remix, compilation track)
  19. To Absent Votes (b-side, compilation track)
  20. Make a Wish (previously unreleased Cat's Miaow cover)
  21. Smokers in Love (live, previously unreleased)
  22. Are You Having a Good Time?!?! (7" b-side)

DISC 2

  1. From Macaulay Station (b-side)
  2. I Started a Joke (b-side, Bee Gees cover)
  3. Once Again (compilation track)
  4. How to Tie a Tie (Pipas remix, compilation track)
  5. Rushes of Pure Spring (previously unreleased, Ladybug Transistor cover)
  6. Rue Something (b-side)
  7. Off With His Cardigan! (previously unreleased radio session)
  8. Camera-Shy (live, previously unreleased)
  9. Requiem For the Punters Club (b-side)
  10. Yunta Hair (compilation track)
  11. Dignified and Old (compilation track, Modern Lovers cover)
  12. Caravanna (7" version)
  13. The Thought That Counts (compilation track)
  14. Up (7" version)
  15. Boat (Bedridden cover, compilation track)
  16. Broken Bones (compilation track, radio session)
  17. Danielle Steel (live, compilation track)
  18. Dolly (previously unreleased, Sugargliders cover)
  19. Shine on Me (7" version)
  20. Transpontine (Andrew Kaffer remix)
  21. The Tichborne Claimant (live, compilation track)
  22. I've Got It and It's Not Worth Having (compilation track, Boyracer cover)
  23. Your Favourite Shirt (previously unreleased demo)