Fishing for Luckies is an album by The Wildhearts

The Wildhearts

The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...

 that originated as a fan club-only release of newly recorded material, but has since been expanded and re-released with extra tracks.

Original release

The Wildhearts released the original Fishing for Luckies in December 1994, in a limited edition available only via their fan club. The songs were newly recorded and featured the lineup of Ginger

Ginger (singer)

Ginger is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts.-Early career:...

 on vocals and guitar; C.J on guitar and vocals; Danny McCormack

Danny McCormack

Danny McCormack is a British singer and bassist.-Biography:He became the bass player in The Wildhearts in 1991 and soon relocated to London with the band, enjoying success during their commercial peak, before splitting up in 1998...

 on bass; and Ritch Battersby on drums. Gordon Mabbett contributed accordion on "Geordie in Wonderland" and Marc Fox played additional percussion on "Do the Channel Bop."

Reception

Track listing

1. "Inglorious"
2. "If Life Is Like a Lovebank I Want an Overdraft"
3. "Schizophonic"
4. "Do the Channel Bop"
5. "Geordie in Wonderland"
6. "Sky Babies"

Fishing for More Luckies

After the top 10 success in the UK of the album P.H.U.Q.

P.H.U.Q.

P.H.U.Q. is an album by British Rock band The Wildhearts. It was released in May 1995 on East West Records and reached #6 in the UK Albums Chart. Ginger has said the title of the album is pronounced "fuck" in the 'Ask Ginger' section of the band's official website...

in 1995, East West Records planned to release an official version of the album, to be titled Fishing for More Luckies, with three extra demo tracks. This release was completely unsanctioned by the band and was canceled. However, cut-outs

Cut-out (recording industry)

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 of the release were available freely in 1995. The only change to the tracks from the original fan club release was a count-in to introduce "Do The Channel Bop." Of the added tracks, a completed version of "Underkill" was later included on the "Sick of Drugs" single. A string quartet made up of Charles Mutter (violin), Thomas Norris (violin), Bruce White (viola), and Phillip Sheppard (cello) appeared on "Saddened."

Track listing

1. "Inglorious"
2. "If Life Is Like a Lovebank I Want an Overdraft"
3. "Schitzophonic"
4. "Do the Channel Bop"
5. "Geordie in Wonderland"
6. "Sky Babies"
7. "Underkill"
8. "Saddened"
9. "I Wanna Go Where the People Go (Early Version)"

1996 version

In 1996, the band issued their "authorized" expanded version of the album. Here, the tracks "If Life Is Like A Lovebank I Want An Overdraft" and "Geordie In Wonderland" were removed, as they had been featured in a double A-side single, and newly recorded material was added. "Schizophonic" was shortened and segue

Segue

A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...

instrumentals added between some songs. The new material featured a new lineup in which C.J. was replaced by new guitarist/singer Jef Streatfield.

Three versions of the album were released:

UK CD version track listing

1. "Inglorious"
2. "Sick of Drugs"
3. "Red Light - Green Light"
4. "Schizophonic"
5. "Soul Searching on the Planet Earth (Different Kind Of Love)"
6. "Do the Channel Bop"
7. "Mood Swings and Roundabouts"
8. "In Like Flynn"
9. "Sky Babies"
10. "Nite Songs"

UK Vinyl version track listing

1. "Inglorious"
2. "Sick of Drugs"
3. "Red Light - Green Light"
4. "Schitzophonic"
5. "Mood Swings and Roundabouts"
6. "Do the Channel Bop"
7. "Beautiful Me, Beautiful You"
8. "Weekend '96"
9. "29 x The Pain"
10. "Johnny Wash 'N' Go"
11. "Untitled Instrumental"
12. "Soul Searching on the Planet Earth (Different Kind Of Love)"
13. "In Like Flynn"
14. "Sky Babies"
15. "Nite Songs"

Both UK versions ended with a loop of the band laughing. While the loop on the CD version ran to some 20 minutes, the vinyl version was recorded on the run-off in the center of the record so it would loop forever.

Japanese CD version track listing

1. "Inglorious"
2. "Sick of Drugs"
3. "Red Light - Green Light"
4. "Schitzophonic"
5. "Soul Searching on the Planet Earth (Different Kind Of Love)"
6. "Do the Channel Bop"
7. "Mood Swings and Roundabouts"
8. "In Like Flynn"
9. "Sky Babies"
10. "Nite Songs"
11. "Weekend '96"
12. "29x the Pain '96"
13. "Beautiful Me... Beautiful You"
14. "Caffeine Bomb"

A further release of the album was made in 2010 on Lemon Recordings. This double CD compiled tracks from the previous versions along with the relevant b-sides

2010 Double CD version track listing

Disc 1

1. "Inglorious"
2. "If Life is Like a Lovebank I Want an Overdraft"
3. "Schitzophonic"
4. "Do the Channel Bop"
5. "Geordie In Wonderland"
6. "Sky Babies"
7. "Sick of Drugs"
8. "Red Light - Green Light"
9. "Soul Searching on Planet Earth (Different Kind of Love)"
10. "Mood Swings and Roundabouts"
11. "In Like Flynn"
12. "Nite Songs"

Disc 2

1. "Caffeine Bomb"
2. "Girlfriend Clothes"
3. "Shut Your Fucking Mouth and Use Your Fucking Brain"
4. "Suckerpunch"
5. "Beautiful Thing You"
6. "Two-Way Idiot Mirror"
7. "29 x the Pain"
8. "Hate the World Day"
9. "Fire Up"