Good Deeds and Dirty Rags is the first album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie were a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland...

. It was released in the UK in 1989 and is therefore from the same era as a number of other Scottish

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 bands including Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue

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, Hue and Cry

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 and Danny Wilson. The original LP (vinyl

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) was released with an accompanying 12" single

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.

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

Original release

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/Badlwin/Scobie)

CD bonus tracks

11. "Amsterdam"
12. "Calton Hill"
13. "Secrets"
14. "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave
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    )

LP bonus tracks (on bonus 12")

11. "Strangle"
12. "Extended Strangle"
13. "Secrets" (live)²
14. "Green Turned Red" (live)²

²Recorded live by Radio Clyde

Radio Clyde

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 at the Pavilion Theatre

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, Glasgow

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 on 23 November 1988.

1999 Remaster

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/Badlwin/Scobie)
11. "Here Comes Deacon Brodie"
12. "Amsterdam"
13. "Calton Hill"
14. "Secrets"
15. "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave
    Nick Cave
    Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
    
    )

All tracks by Kelly/Metcalfe, except where noted.

Credits

• Mixed By - Pete Harris* (tracks: D1, D2)
• Producer - Mack (2) (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5) , Terry Adams (tracks: A2, C1, C2)

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
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