Life's Hard And Then You Die

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)	4:13
1-2	Happy Talk	5:30
1-3	Rope	3:36
1-4	The Better Idea	5:41
1-5	Space	4:00
1-6	The Sweet Life	4:38
1-7	Festival Time Written-By – Trad.*	3:53
1-8	Ed's Funky Diner	3:06
1-9	Hang On Sleepy Town	4:21
1-10	Lullaby	6:27
Bonus Tracks
1-11	Washing The Air	3:25
1-12	We'll Turn Things Upside Down (The Enthusiast's Song)	4:32
1-13	Only The Lonely	3:48
1-14	A Crooked Tune	3:42
1-15	Trains, Boats, Planes	3:51
1-16	Hereby Hangs A Tale	4:09
1-17	Kissing With Lord Herbert	3:01
1-18	Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) (Single Version)	3:53
1-19	Space (Single Version)	4:04
2-1	Space (Peel Session)	3:49
2-2	Hang On Sleepy Town (Peel Session)	4:11
2-3	Festival Time (Peel Session)	3:31
2-4	Rope (Peel Session)	3:32
2-5	Ed's Funky Diner (The Keinholz Caper)	5:55
2-6	Washing The Air (Rub A Dub Mix)	5:31
2-7	Driving Away From Home (Wicked Weather For Walking)	7:13
2-8	Ed's Funky Diner (Friday Night, Saturday Morning)	8:07
2-9	We'll Turn Things Upside Down (When The Revolution Comes)	4:07
2-10	Driving Away From Home (I Mean After All It's Only 'Dead Man's Curve')	6:31
2-11	Space, He Called From The Kitchen...	7:12
2-12	Rope (Extended Mix)	6:09
2-13	Space (Instrumental)	4:04
2-14	Jazz Bo's Holiday Transatlantique	4:49
2-15	Driving Away From Home (Original 4-Track Demo)	3:13

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Universal International Music B.V.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Caroline International
• Copyright (c) – Caroline International
• Licensed From – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Mastered At – Fluid Mastering
• Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BBC
• Published By – EMI Virgin Music Ltd.
• Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – It's Immaterial, Red Ranch
• Artwork [Reissue] – Cürt Evans
• Engineer – Felix Kendall, Martin Colley (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
• Liner Notes [Album Commentary] – David Bascombe, Jarvis Whitehead, John Campbell , Ross Stapleton
• Mastered By – Nick Watson
• Performer – Brenda Kenny, Gillian Miller, Henry Preistman*, Merran Laginestra, Roddy Lorimer, Steve Wickham, Tarrant Bailey Jr., The Christians
• Photography By [Band] – Alastair Thain
• Photography By [Cover Photograph Of Charlie Rivel Supplied By] – Keystone Photo*, The Photosource Ltd
• Photography By [Special Photographic Treatment By (Clown)] – Tansy Spinks
• Producer – Dale Griffin (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4), David Bascombe
• Producer [Reissue], Interviewer, Liner Notes – Paul Sinclair
• Written-By – Jarvis Whitehead, John Campbell

Notes

Comes in gatefold cardboard sleeve with 15 page booklet and CD sleeves.

A limited run of Driving Away From Home T-shirts with a hand stamped tag (first 100 signed by band) was available when buying CD from Superdeluxedition.com

John Peel Session recorded on 12 April 1985 at Maida Vale Studios and first broadcast on 6 May 1985.

Made in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 00753 67975
• Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SIREN LP4	It's Immaterial	Life's Hard And Then You Die ‎(LP, Album, Ltd)	Siren	SIREN LP4	UK	1986
CDSRN 4, 0777 7 87310 2 3	It's Immaterial	Life's Hard And Then You Die ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	CDSRN 4, 0777 7 87310 2 3	Netherlands	1986
VL2396	It's Immaterial	Life's Hard And Then You Die ‎(LP)	Siren	VL2396	Canada	1986
SP6-5159	It's Immaterial	Life's Hard And Then You Die ‎(LP)	A&M Records	SP6-5159	US	1986
350 041	It's Immaterial	Life's Hard And Then You Die ‎(LP, Album)	Siren , Virgin	350 041	France	1986

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