Don't Stand Me Down

Don't Stand Me Down is the third studio  album by  Dexys Midnight Runners, released in September 1985. ==Recording[edit] ==

In an interview with HitQuarters saxophonist Nick Gatfield described the recording as a "long drawn out painful process". It marked a telling and troubling shift from "Too-Rye-Ay", as unlike that record, which was made very inexpensively and "had an energy about it", "Don't Stand Me Down" cost a huge amount of money and, according to Gatfield, "felt uncomfortable and unnatural". ==Track listing[edit] == ===Original 1985 version[edit] ===

===The Director's Cut[edit] ===
 * 1) "The Occasional Flicker" (Kevin Rowland) – 5:49
 * 2) "This Is What She's Like" (Billy Adams, Helen O'Hara, Rowland) – 12:23
 * 3) "Knowledge of Beauty" (O'Hara, Rowland, Wynne) – 7:01
 * 4) "One of Those Things" (Rowland) – 6:01
 * 5) "Reminisce Part Two" (Rowland) – 3:31
 * 6) "Listen to This" (Adams, Rowland) – 3:19
 * 7) "The Waltz" (Rowland, Torch) – 8:21

==Personnel[edit] ==
 * 1) "Kevin Rowland's 13th Time" (Adams, O'Hara, Rowland) – 5:05
 * 2) "The Occasional Flicker" (Rowland) – 5:49
 * 3) "This Is What She's Like" (Adams, O'Hara, Rowland) – 12:23
 * 4) "My National Pride" (O'Hara, Rowland, Wynne) – 7:01
 * 5) "One of Those Things"(LeRoy Marinell, Rowland, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon) – 6:01
 * 6) "Reminisce (Part Two)" (Rowland) – 3:31
 * 7) "I Love You (Listen to This)" (Adams, Rowland) – 3:19
 * 8) "The Waltz" (Rowland, Torch) – 8:21
 * 9) *"One of Those Things" has a riff taken from Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London". For the 1997 re-release, Rowland admitted in the liner notes that he had used the riff and consequently Zevon and his cowriters, LeRoy Marinell and Waddy Wachtel were given writing credits on the song.
 * 10) *"Reminisce (Part Two)" includes "I'll Say Forever My Love" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon, Stephen Bowden).


 * 1) *Kevin Rowland — Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes
 * 2) *Billy Adams — Guitar, Vocals, Producer
 * 3) *Helen O'Hara — Violin, Vocals, Producer
 * 4) *"Big" Jim Paterson — Trombone
 * 5) *Nick Gatfield — Saxophone, Vocals
 * 6) *Vincent Crane — Piano
 * 7) *Tim Dancy — Drums
 * 8) *Julian Littman — Mandolin
 * 9) *Tom Evans — Steel Guitar
 * 10) *Robert Noble — Organ, Synthesizer
 * 11) *John "Rhino" Edwards — Bass


 * 1) *Crusher Green — Drums on Listen to This
 * 2) *Mick Boulton — Piano on The Waltz
 * 3) *Randy Taylor — Bass on Knowledge of Beauty
 * 4) *Woody Woodmansey — Drums on The Waltz


 * 1) *Alan Winstanley — Producer
 * 2) *Pete Schwier — Engineer, Mixing
 * 3) *John Porter — Mixing on Kevin Rowland's 13th Time


 * 1) *Peter Barrett — Cover Design
 * 2) *Kim Knott — Photography
 * 3) *Claire Mueller — Photography
 * 4) *Jack Hazan — Director
 * 5) *Arun Chakraverty — Engineer (reissue)
 * 6) *Nigel Reeve — Project Coordinator (reissue)