Good Deeds and Dirty Rags

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Good Deeds and Dirty Rags
Studio album by
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
Released10 April 1989
RecordedMunich, West Germany/
Edinburgh, Scotland
StudioMusicland, Munich, Germany
GenreAlternative rock, college rock, punk rock[1]
Length1:06:56
LabelCapitol
ProducerMack
"Wake It Up" by Terry Adams
Goodbye Mr Mackenzie chronology
Good Deeds and Dirty Rags
(1989) 		Hammer and Tongs
(1991)
Singles from Good Deeds and Dirty Rags
  1. "Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie"
    Released: August 1988
  2. "Open Your Arms"
    Released: November 1988
  3. "The Rattler"
    Released: 27 February 1989
  4. "Goodwill City"
    Released: July 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic.com[2]

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags is the first album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. It was released in the UK in 1989. The original LP was released with an accompanying 12" single.

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags was remastered in 1999 for the US market by record company Razor Tie.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks by Kelly/Metcalfe, except where noted.

Original release[edit]

  1. "Open Your Arms"
  2. "Wake It Up" (Kelly, Metcalfe, Baldwin)
  3. "His Masters Voice"
  4. "Goodwill City"
  5. "Candlestick Park"
  6. "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie"
  7. "The Rattler"
  8. "Dust"
  9. "You Generous Thing You" (Kelly, Metcalfe, Scobie)
  10. "Good Deeds" (Kelly, Metcalfe, Baldwin, Scobie)

CD bonus tracks

  2. "Amsterdam"
  3. "Calton Hill"
  4. "Secrets"
  5. "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave)

LP bonus tracks (on bonus 12")

  2. "Strangle"
  3. "Extended Strangle"
  4. "Secrets" (live)2
  5. "Green Turned Red" (live)2

2Recorded live by Radio Clyde at the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow on 23 November 1988.

1999 remaster[edit]

  1. "Open Your Arms"
  2. "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie"
  3. "Goodwill City"
  4. "Candlestick Park"
  5. "Face to Face"
  6. "Wake It Up" (Kelly, Metcalfe, Baldwin)
  7. "The Rattler"
  8. "Dust"
  9. "You Generous Thing You" (Kelly, Metcalfe, Scobie)
  10. "Good Deeds" (Kelly, Metcalfe, Baldwin, Scobie)
  11. "Here Comes Deacon Brodie"
  12. "Amsterdam"
  13. "Calton Hill"
  14. "Secrets"
  15. "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave)

Reception[edit]

Steve Aldrich of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it an "excellent debut" that "draws from Bowie, Scott Walker-influences, yet maintains its own identity."[1]

Personnel[edit]

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie
  • Martin Metcalfe - lead vocals
  • John Duncan - guitar
  • Fin Wilson - bass guitar
  • Shirley Manson - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Rona Scobie - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Derek Kelly - drums

Credits[edit]

  • Mixed by - Pete Harris* (tracks: D1, D2)
  • Producer – Mack (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5), Terry Adams (tracks: A2, C1, C2)

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 26[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Good Deeds and Dirty Bags - Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ Allmusic.com review
  3. ^ "Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Good Deeds And Dirty Rags". Official Charts Company. 22 April 1989. Retrieved 18 February 2012.


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