I Didn't See It Coming

I Didn't See It Coming
Studio album by The Professionals
Released November 1981 (original LP)
June 14, 2001 (CD edition)
Recorded 1981
Genre Punk rock, glam punk
Length 38:32 (original LP)
63:29 (CD edition)
Label Virgin
Producer Nigel Gray, Steve Jones, Paul Cook
The Professionals chronology
The Professionals (album)
(1980, unreleased)		 I Didn't See It Coming
(1981)		 The Best of The Professionals
(2005)

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. 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 The Professionals album.

Contents

Track listing

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

Original vinyl album

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

2001 CD edition

  1. "The Magnificent"
  2. "Payola"
  3. "Northern Slide"
  4. "Friday Night Square
  5. Kick Down The Doors" (Cook, Jones, Meyes, McVeigh)
  6. "Little 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" (Cook, Jones, Allen)
  13. "1-2-3"
  14. "Mods, Skins, Punks"
  15. "Join The Professionals"
  16. "Has Anybody Got An Alibi"
  17. "White Light/White Heat" (Lou Reed)
  18. "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller)

Personnel