- country, pop, pop rock, rock
- 12 tracks
- Polydor
Desperate Character is the first solo album by the British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1981. The album was re-released in March 1985 as Kirsty MacColl, with three tracks replaced with other songs. The album has been remastered and received a CD release for the first time on 8 October 2012 on the Union Square Music label and features the original twelve track listing.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- A1Clock Goes Round
- A2See That Girl
- A3There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis
- A4Teenager in Love
- A5Mexican Sofa
- A6Until the Night
- B1Falling for Faces
- B2Just One Look
- B3The Real Ripper
- B4Hard to Believe
- B5He Thinks I Still Care
- B6There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (country version)
About the album
- Artist
- Kirsty MacColl
- Label
- Polydor
- Released
- 1981-06
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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