Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis


Don't Look Back – The Very Best of The Korgis is a two disc compilation album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released by Sanctuary Records/Castle Communications in the UK in 2003.
Don't Look Back compiles all three of the group's albums The Korgis, Dumb Waiters, and Sticky George in chronological order, including a few alternate versions, single edits as well as the rare 1982 non-album single "Don't Look Back", produced by Trevor Horn.
The compilation has extensive liner notes based on an interview with James Warren and was produced in collaboration with the band.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Young 'n' Russian" – 3:12
  2. "If I Had You" - 3:55
  3. * Album version
  4. "I Just Can't Help It" - 3:43
  5. "Chinese Girl" - 2:19
  6. "Art School Annexe" - 3:37
  7. "Boots and Shoes" - 4:32
  8. "Dirty Postcards" - 4:45
  9. "O Maxine" - 2:39
  10. "Mount Everest Sings the Blues" - 2:32
  11. "Cold Tea" - 3:50
  12. * Edited version.
  13. * Tracks 1-10 from 1979 album The Korgis
  14. "Silent Running" - 3:05
  15. "Love Ain't Too Far Away" - 3:29
  16. "Perfect Hostess" - 3:21
  17. "Drawn and Quartered" - 3:20
  18. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" - 4:15
  19. * Original version.
  20. "Intimate" - 3:08
  21. "It's No Good Unless You Love Me" - 3:24
  22. * Tracks 11-17 from 1980 album Dumb Waiters

    Disc two

  23. "If It's Alright With You Baby" - 3:45
  24. * Single edit.
  25. "Dumb Waiters" - 2:42
  26. "Rover's Return" - 3:34
  27. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" - 4:22
  28. * Alternate version.
  29. * Tracks 1-4 from 1980 album Dumb Waiters
  30. "That Was My Big Mistake" - 4:17
  31. * Edited version.
  32. "All the Love in the World" - 3:40
  33. * Single edit.
  34. "Sticky George" - 3:36
  35. "Can't We Be Friends Now" - 4:01
  36. "Foolishness of Love" - 3:31
  37. "Domestic Bliss" - 3:15
  38. "Nowhere to Run" - 5:17
  39. * Alternate version.
  40. "Contraband" - 3:18
  41. "Don't Say That It's Over" - 2:50
  42. "Living on the Rocks" - 3:32
  43. * Tracks 5-14 from 1981 album Sticky George
  44. "Don't Look Back" - 4:12
  45. "Xenophobia" - 2:27
  46. * Tracks 15 & 16 from 1982 7" single "Don't Look Back"
  47. "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - 3:51
  48. * DNA '93 Housey 7" remix

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