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The Week Never Starts Around Here	49:13
A1	Coming Down	3:34
A2	The Clearing	5:51
A3	Driving	2:10
A4	Gourmet	2:39
A5	I Work In A Saloon	2:34
A6	Wasting	3:40
A7	General Plea To A Girlfriend	1:43
B1	The First Big Weekend	4:52
B2	Kate Moss	4:49
B3	Little Girls	2:27
B4	Phone Me Tonight	4:27
B5	Blood	2:53
B6	Deeper	7:34
Philophobia	65:33
C1	Packs Of Three Cello – Alan BarrElectric Piano – Chris Geddes	3:23
C2	Soaps Bass – Gary Miller Drums – David GowOrgan [Hammond] – Chris GeddesPiano – Stuart MurdochViolin – Sarah Martin	4:15
C3	Here We Go	5:03
D1	New Birds	6:23
D2	One Day, After School Organ – David Gow	5:00
D3	Islands	3:41
E1	The Night Before The Funeral Trumpet – Alan Wylie	4:50
E2	Not Quite A Yes	3:41
E3	Piglet	6:47
E4	Afterwards Written-By [Lyrics], Vocals – Adele Bethel	4:22
F1	My Favourite Muse	5:02
F2	I Would've Liked Me A Lot Last Night Cello – Cora Bissett	7:25
F3	The First Time You're Unfaithful	5:38
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature	77:57
Singles & Rare
G1	Birds	3:34
G2	Gilded	2:50
G3	The Clearing (Single Version)	3:33
G4	Drug Song For Paula	5:14
G5	The Smell Of Outdoor Cooking	3:40
G6	Not Quite A Yes	3:02
G7	A Cunt's Trick	3:41
John Peel Session 1
H1	The Smell Of Outdoor Cooking	4:18
H2	Soaps	4:09
H3	I Saw You	3:38
H4	The First Big Peel Thing	3:21
John Peel Session 2
I1	Packs Of Three	3:43
I2	Piglet	6:44
I3	The Night Before The Funeral	5:04
I4	Blood	6:09
Unreleased & Live
J1	Daughters Of Darkness	4:45
J2	Girls Of Summer (Live)	10:22
Singles Etc. 1997-1998	52:50
CD1-1	Hey!Fever (Extended Mix) Musician [Additional] – Chris Geddes, Debbie Poole, Stuart Murdoch, The Andrew Polson Singers	6:40
CD1-2	Girls Of Summer	6:01
CD1-3	The Beautiful Barmaids Of Dundee	3:14
CD1-4	Trippy Musician [Additional] – Tremendon O'Hare*	12:47
CD1-5	I Still Miss You	3:33
CD1-6	(Afternoon) Soaps	3:58
CD1-7	Toy Fights Vocals – Adele Bethel	3:27
CD1-8	Forest Hills	8:27
CD1-9	Phone Me Tomorrow	4:43
Arab Strap Live (BBC Outdoor Broadcasts)	64:46
15/10/96 King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - Glasgow
CD2-1	Intro	2:02
CD2-2	General Plea To A Girlfriend	1:22
CD2-3	The Clearing	2:27
CD2-4	Kate Moss	2:32
CD2-5	Gilded	2:50
CD2-6	Driving	1:50
CD2-7	I Work In A Saloon	2:40
CD2-8	Phone Me Tonight	3:16
CD2-9	Blood	3:51
CD2-10	The First Big Weekend	4:01
11/7/98 T In The Park
CD2-11	Girls Of Summer	7:55
CD2-12	New Birds	6:28
CD2-13	Here We Go	5:32
CD2-14	Soaps	5:29
CD2-15	Afterwards	5:40
CD2-16	I Would've Liked Me A Lot Last Night	6:51
Demo Tape 1995	15:00
Tape A-1	I Work In A Saloon	2:19
Tape A-2	Gourmet	2:31
Tape A-3	The Clearing	3:06
Tape A-4	Drug Song For Paula	3:14
Tape A-5	Coming Down	3:50
Tape B-1	The Summer Has Ended	3:04
Tape B-2	Meat Loaf	1:51
Tape B-3	Instrumental	3:02
Tape B-4	Love Songs	4:03
Tape B-5	Soaps (Original Version)	4:00
Digital Data Disc	15:58
The Week Never Starts Around Here
CD-ROM-1	Coming Down	3:34
CD-ROM-2	The Clearing	5:52
CD-ROM-3	Driving	2:11
CD-ROM-4	Gourmet	2:40
CD-ROM-5	I Work In A Saloon	2:35
CD-ROM-6	Wasting	3:41
CD-ROM-7	General Plea To A Girlfriend	1:44
CD-ROM-8	The First Big Weekend	4:53
CD-ROM-9	Kate Moss	4:50
CD-ROM-10	Little Girls	2:29
CD-ROM-11	Phone Me Tonight	4:28
CD-ROM-12	Blood	2:54
CD-ROM-13	Deeper	7:35
Philophobia
CD-ROM-14	Packs Of Three	3:24
CD-ROM15	Soaps	4:16
CD-ROM-16	Here We Go	5:04
CD-ROM-17	New Birds	6:28
CD-ROM-18	One Day, After School	5:02
CD-ROM-19	Islands	3:42
CD-ROM-20	The Night Before The Funeral	4:51
CD-ROM-21	Not Quite A Yes	3:42
CD-ROM-22	Piglet	6:48
CD-ROM-23	Afterwards	4:23
CD-ROM-24	My Favourite Muse	5:03
CD-ROM-25	I Would've Liked Me A Lot Last Night	7:26
CD-ROM-26	The First Time You're Unfaithful	5:39
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
CD-ROM-27	Birds	3:34
CD-ROM-28	Gilded	2:50
CD-ROM-29	The Clearing (Single Version)	3:34
CD-ROM-30	Drug Song For Paula	5:15
CD-ROM-31	The Smell Of Outdoor Cooking	3:41
CD-ROM-32	Not Quite A Yes	3:03
CD-ROM-33	A Cunt's Trick	3:42
CD-ROM-34	The Smell Of Outdoor Cooking	4:18
CD-ROM-35	Soaps	4:10
CD-ROM-36	I Saw You	3:39
CD-ROM-37	The First Big Peel Thing	3:32
CD-ROM-38	Packs Of Three	3:43
CD-ROM-39	Piglet	6:45
CD-ROM-40	The Night Before The Funeral	5:05
CD-ROM-41	Blood	6:10
CD-ROM-42	Daughters Of Darkness	4:46
CD-ROM-43	Girls Of Summer (Live)	10:22
Demo Tape 1995
CD-ROM-44	I Work In A Saloon	2:19
CD-ROM-45	Gourmet	2:31
CD-ROM-46	The Clearing	3:07
CD-ROM-47	Drug Song For Paula	3:14
CD-ROM-48	Coming Down	3:51
Surprises!
CD-ROM-49	The Summer Has Ended	3:04
CD-ROM-50	Meat Loaf	1:51
CD-ROM-51	Instrumental	3:02
CD-ROM-52	Love Songs	4:03
CD-ROM-53	Soaps (Original Version)	4:00
Videos
CD-ROM-Video 1	(Afternoon) Soaps	4:02
CD-ROM-Video 2	Here We Go	5:28

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Red Block Mastering
• Remastered At – Red Block Mastering

Credits

• Artwork – Marianne Greated
• Mastered By, Remastered By – Kenny Mcleod

Notes

Limited edition of 1000 detailing the band's first two albums for Chemikal Underground. The box set contains a numbered (stamped) certificate of authenticity signed by Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat, a fold-out double-sided poster of newspaper cuttings and promo shots, along with the detailed media.

The Week Never Starts Around Here:
Written and performed by Arab Strap. Interrupted by John Mauchline. Recorded by Paul Savage at MCM. All songs published by Kobalt Music Publishing. Cover Pastel by Gavin Moffat. P&C 1996 Chemikal Underground LTD.

Philophobia:
Arab Strap: Malcolm Middleton (most things musical) & Aidan Moffat (most things not). Recorded & engineered by Geoff Allan at Ca Va (A1, A2, A3, B3, C1, C3, D3), Paul Savage at Chem19 (B1, B2, C2, C4, D1, D2). Cover paintings by Marianne Greated. All songs published by Kobalt Music Publishing. Chem21, LC 00247, P&C Chemikal Underground Records.

Scenes Of A Sexual Nature:
Mastered/remastered at Red Block, Glasgow. Front cover: Philophobia Sketch by Marianne Greated, 1998. Back cover: unused artwork for (Afternoon) Soaps, 1998. Chem134, LC 00247, P&C Chemikal Underground Records.

Tape B1 to B5 not credited on tape, only on CDR.

CD1-1 to CD1-3 from The Girls Of Summer EP (Also included One Day, After School from Philophobia), CHEM017, 1997
CD1-4 Here We Go AA-side,CHEM020, 1998
CD1-5 from The Acid House (Music From The Motion Picture), 1998
CD1-6 to CD1-9 from (Afternoon) Soaps EP, CHEM027, 1998
All songs written by Arab Strap, published by Kobalt Music Publishing.

CD2-1 to CD2-10 recorded for In Concert on BBC Radio 1. First Transmission Date: 15th October 1996.
CD2-11 to CD2-16 recorded for In Concert on BBC Radio 1. First Transmission Date: July 1998

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5024545587210
• ASIN: B003E6YBA2
• Label Code: 00247

Error parents

The "Single Version" of "The Clearing" is missing the spoken part at the end (the last 35 seconds). Ths complete single version can be found on the "10 Years Of Tears" Album.The "Extended Version" of "Hey! Fever" is missing the last 30 seconds. Ths complete extended version can be found on the Japanese "Singles" Album.