The Professionals (album)

The Professionals
Studio album by The Professionals
Recorded 1980
Genre Rock
Producer Steve Jones and Paul Cook
The Professionals chronology
The Professionals
(1980)		 I Didn't See It Coming
(1981)

The Professionals was going to be the debut album of hard rock band The Professionals. It was going to be released in 1980 or 1981 by Virgin Records. However, due to various reasons, the album was scrapped, and the band instead released I Didn't See It Coming a year later, which featured some of the same songs re-recorded.

In 1990, the album was finally released by Limited Edition Records, albeit with a slightly different track listing. One song was left off ("Just Another Dream"), an alternate version was added and other tracks were titled incorrectly. Only 1,000 vinyl records and 1,000 CDs were released of this album.

In 1997, Virgin Records released their own version of the album with the same name, but featuring another different track listing. It left off one song ("Rockin' Mick") and included two songs recorded later ("Join the Professionals" and "Has Anybody Got an Alibi").

Contents

Track listings

Unreleased version (1980)

Side One

  1. "Little Boys in Blue"
  2. "Just Another Dream"
  3. "Mods, Skins, Punks"
  4. "Kick Down the Doors"
  5. "Kamikaze"

Side Two

  1. "All the Way with You"
  2. "Crescendo"
  3. "1-2-3"
  4. "Madhouse"
  5. "Rockin' Mick"

Limited Records (1990)

  1. "All the Way"
  2. "Mods, Skins, Punks"
    • Incorrectly labeled as "Are You?"
  3. "Kick Down The Doors"
  4. "Crescendo"
  5. "Little Boys In Blue"
  6. "Madhouse"
    • Incorrectly labeled as "Does Anybody Care"
  7. "Kamikaze"
    • Incorrectly labeled as "Kamikhaze"
  8. "1-2-3"
  9. "Rockin´ Mick"
    • Incorrectly labeled as "Rockin' Man"
  10. "All The Way" (different version)

Virgin Records (1997)

All song by Paul Cook and Steve Jones except where noted

  1. "Little Boys in Blue" – 4:16
  2. "Mad House" – 3:09
  3. "Just Another Dream" – 3:02
  4. "Kamikaze" (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Andy Allen) – 3:21
  5. "1-2-3" – 2:56
  6. "Crescendo" – 3:48
  7. "Mods, Skins, Punks" – 3:14
  8. "Join the Professionals" – 3:19
  9. "Has Anyone Got an Alibi" – 3:19
  10. "All the Way with You" – 3:22
  11. "Kick Down the Doors" – 4:13

Personnel

References