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Melancholia

by Modesty Blaise

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    The award-winning album including Bonus Disc - The Melancholia Sessions originally available on CD only in Japan and as the fourth side of the double vinyl album. Including Melancholia-era photos, some previously unpublished, and original booklet plus Japanese booklet too.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Original pressing of the cult classic double album on yellow and orange clear vinyl.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The original cult classic album on Apricot Records
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 15 Modesty Blaise releases available on Bandcamp and save 40%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of I'll Be Home For Xmas, The Modesty Blaise, Blue and Beautiful, Girls Just Wanna Dance (single), Natalie Vendredi, I Love You, Carol Mountain EP, Melancholia, and 7 more. , and , .

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Chorale 01:07
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I called you up in the middle of the night Got you out of bed, guess I gave you a fright Still, when you're famous you can do what you like Put on my robe, got into the car Respectable neighbours think I've gone too far If you can't be weird, why become a star? Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Drive me to Ann Arbor, put me on a plane Got to be in Chicago, see the boys again While I'm away assemble all my friends Have them at the airport in the Visitor's Lounge We'll get snap-happy when I touch down Tell Durrie Parks she'll have to sit on the ground Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday I saw your husband and he wears a gun You should have married me now I'm the wealthy one Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday
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Old Woman 05:14
Somewhere there's an Old Woman with a knife And designs on my life, 'cause I wouldn't make her my wife Somewhere there's an old man with a gun Says that he's the only one To put an end to my decadence, my self-absorption Somewhere there's an old lush with my name Marked indelibly on her brain and she says that I'm to blame Somewhere there's a jailbird on parole Says the fault lies with rock & roll And he'll exact revenge for everyone, stop those voices in his head Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
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I can't remember My Life Before You Came Something tells me it wasn't quite the same What good is your life when you are living on your own? What good to the world when you have no-one of your own? And still I need a clinician to explain Why I can't remember My Life Before You Came I had almost everything then the world called my bluff And, speaking in retrospect, the world is not enough The same, it's not the same No I can't remember My Life Before You Came I can't remember my life, can't remember My Life Before You Came I can't remember my life, can't remember My Life Before You Came Before you came, before you came, it's not the same What good is your life when you are living on your own? What good to the world when you have no-one waiting for you to come home?
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Swivel Chair 00:57
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Yellow, red and sometime green Black as black as night has seen But on my day, yeah on my day I can be all the four humours just rolled into one And it's fun, and I like it that way I like it that way Take the table to the food Life is rarely quite this good But on my day, yeah on my day I can have all the four humours just acting as one And then nothing can get in my way Get in my way It's like I live in an endless fog I'm having trouble with that old black dog
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Let me tell you 'bout the girl that I am living with It's fair to say I'm up all night She plays country records 24 hours of every day Electric bill's just out of sight Pretty Smart On My Part wouldn't you say? Pretty Smart On My Part anyway Pretty Smart On My Part, I'd be lost if she were gone We met in California State when we were still at school She's in the classroom next to mine I switched all my courses just to be in the very same room I guess you'd say it turned out fine Pretty Smart On My Part wouldn't you say? Pretty Smart On My Part anyway Pretty Smart On My Part, I'd be lost if she were gone There are those who mistake prose for poetry, prose for poetry She would never do that, no, she's the same as me, she's the same as me That's why I love her so Pretty Smart On My Part wouldn't you say? Pretty Smart On My Part anyway Pretty Smart On My Part Pretty Smart On My Part wouldn't you say? Pretty Smart On My Part anyway Pretty Smart On My Part Pretty Smart On My Part wouldn't you say? Pretty Smart On My Part anyway Pretty Smart On My Part, I'd be lost if she were gone
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Even In My Darkest Hour I knew That you'd be there for me When the nurse turned off the power and threw The switch to set me free When it all comes down to where you are and who you know Then, my friend it's sad to say goodbye but it's time to go Even in my quietest moment of doubt I knew That you'd be there When they said I was never coming out That I had no time to spare When you've given all you have and still it's not enough Then, my friend, it's sad to say but it's time to call death's bluff Too continent to be Too ignorant to see That I've been living a lie I've been living a lie Yeah I've been living a lie, and so have you (And that's all I have to say on the matter)
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It's The Little Things You Do that mean so much to me It's the way the sunlight skips across the sea Whisper my name My picture in a frame above your bed where no-one else can see It's your rank indifference and impropriety It's the little things that mean so much to me How could I lie? I'm all cut up inside where lovers come and lovers ought to be It's the way you think we live in a democracy That makes me kind of yearn for such naivety Where did it go? It's the way your picture overloads my memory It's the little things that mean so much to me What can I do? I'm so obsessed by you there's wonderment in everything I see
10.
I'm Going Out Out where the people are Out in the clubs and bars Of my ruin I'm Going Out Out where the air is stale Out in that living hell That's what I'm doing 'Cause I know that if I stay any longer Then I know that I must always stay And I'm feeling that the fear's growing stronger It's growing stronger day by day by day I'm Going Out Out almost every night Out where they drink and fight Just for pleasure I'm Going Out Out and there's no mistake Out past my garden gate As that's my new measure 'Cause I know that if I stay any longer Then I know that I must always stay And I'm feeling that the fear's growing stronger It's growing stronger day by day by day by day by day by day I'm not staying in So face it darling you're not gonna win Just think about the times you heard me say I'm getting stronger day by day by day I'm Going Out Well, maybe tomorrow night That is, if I feel alright Yes, I'll be going
11.
Safe in your arms Knowing that the world can do no harm The thrill of the night And seeing that the world can be alright The world is out of sight til morning This is When We Come Of Age I think it's When We Come Of Age As I become you I'm forgetting everything I knew I'm tied to your bed My previous life is racing from my head Looks like I may be dead before morning This is When We Come Of Age I think it's When We Come Of Age And people not yet born Will pour ridicule and scorn On the very idea that just we know the score And that no-one's experienced the things we've experience before But we know more
12.
People often laugh together But usually they cry alone Nobody should tell you 'bout the clothes you wear Shouldn't nobody tell you how to live your own life When we are apart we are together But when we are together we're apart Tired of a lie of servitude? Shouldn't nobody tell you what to write on your own grave It Sounds Like Love Sounds Like Love Usually we'll sit on the sofa But every now and then we'll take the floor Nobody can blame you for the friends you have Shouldn't nobody tell you how to live your own life It Sounds Like Love Sounds Like Love
13.
Goodnight Los Angeles, I'll be going I hate to leave before my job is done But I've got to kiss and run And, since you ask, your age is showing I'll leave you gazing through the haze Until you see the setting son 'Cause We Are Love Yeah We Are Love Hey San Francisco you've been calling I'd like to slide into your golden time With pink and lemon lime And ever since I quit my stalling I know I'm destined to become your favourite son If you don't mind 'Cause We Are Love Yeah We Are Love
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We're going down to The Love-In We're going down, are you coming down down down down down? We're going down to The Love-In We're going down, are you coming down down down down down? Are you coming down down down down down?
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I called you up in the middle of the night Got you out of bed, guess I gave you a fright Still, when you're famous you can do what you like Put on my robe, got into the car Respectable neighbours think I've gone too far If you can't be weird, why become a star? Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Drive me to Ann Arbor, put me on a plane Got to be in Chicago, see the boys again While I'm away assemble all my friends Have them at the airport in the Visitor's Lounge We'll get snap-happy when I touch down Tell Durrie Parks she'll have to sit on the ground Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday I saw your husband and he wears a gun You should have married me now I'm the wealthy one Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday Carol Mountain I'll get over you someday, someday
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Goodnight Los Angeles, I'll be going I hate to leave before my job is done But I've got to kiss and run And, since you ask, your age is showing I'll leave you gazing through the haze Until you see the setting son 'Cause We Are Love Yeah We Are Love Hey San Francisco you've been calling I'd like to slide into your golden time With pink and lemon lime And ever since I quit my stalling I know I'm destined to become your favourite son If you don't mind 'Cause We Are Love Yeah We Are Love
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released January 19, 2001

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