Don't Stand Me Down

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

Recording

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

Original 1985 version

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

The Director's Cut

1. 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
   • "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.
   • "Reminisce (Part Two)" includes "I'll Say Forever My Love" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon, Stephen Bowden).

Personnel

1. • Kevin Rowland — Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes
   • Billy Adams — Guitar, Vocals, Producer
   • Helen O'Hara — Violin, Vocals, Producer
   • "Big" Jim Paterson — Trombone
   • Nick Gatfield — Saxophone, Vocals
   • Vincent Crane — Piano
   • Tim Dancy — Drums
   • Julian Littman — Mandolin
   • Tom Evans — Steel Guitar
   • Robert Noble — Organ, Synthesizer
   • John "Rhino" Edwards — Bass

1. • Crusher Green — Drums on Listen to This
   • Mick Boulton — Piano on The Waltz
   • Randy Taylor — Bass on Knowledge of Beauty
   • Woody Woodmansey — Drums on The Waltz

1. • Alan Winstanley — Producer
   • Pete Schwier — Engineer, Mixing
   • John Porter — Mixing on Kevin Rowland's 13th Time

1. • Peter Barrett — Cover Design
   • Kim Knott — Photography
   • Claire Mueller — Photography
   • Jack Hazan — Director
   • Arun Chakraverty — Engineer (reissue)
   • Nigel Reeve — Project Coordinator (reissue)