Remains is The Only Ones

The Only Ones

The Only Ones are an English rock band. They were initially active in the late 1970s and were associated with punk rock, yet straddled the musical territory in between punk, power pop and hard rock, with noticeable influences from psychedelia...

 rarities album released in 1984. This collection also featured the additional talents of Glenn Tilbrook

Glenn Tilbrook

Glenn Martin Tilbrook is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid 1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics...

 on "Watch You Drown", "My Rejection" and "Counterfeit Woman", and of Gordon Edwards. The album is largely made of demos recorded in 1975/6 and pre-dates the recording of their first single, 'Lovers of Today'.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Perrett, except "My way of Giving" composed by Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott

Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...

 and Ron Lane

Ronnie Lane

Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...

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1. "Prisoners"
2. "Watch You Drown"
3. "Flowers Die"
4. "Devon Song"
5. "My Rejection"
6. "Babys Got A Gun"
7. "Hope Valley Blues"
8. "Counterfeit Woman"
9. "My way of Giving"
10. "River of No Return"

Initial copies of Remains included a free 45 rpm promotional EP with the following tracks:

1. "I Only Wanna Be Your Friend"
2. "Broken Arrows"
3. "Oh No"
4. "Don't Hold Your Breath"

Personnel

• Peter Perrett
  Peter Perrett
  Peter Perrett is an English singer-songwriter. He fronts the recently re-formed 1970s English band, The Only Ones. Perrett lives in Forest Hill, South East London. The Only Ones often described as New Wave were noted for their musicianship during the Punk period...
  
   - vocals, guitar, drums on "Babys Got A Gun"
• Alan Mair
  Alan Mair
  Alan Mair is a musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist from The Only Ones. He co-produced the first two albums The Only Ones and Even Serpents Shine and wrote and sang "My Way Out Of Here" from the 3rd and final Only Ones album Baby's Got a Gun.Prior to The Only Ones, in the...
  
   - bass
• Mike Kellie
  Mike Kellie
  Mike Kellie is an English drummer. Most notably, he has played in Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones. Kellie has also played with Peter Frampton and in various bands with Chris Wood....
  
  - drums
• Gordon Edwards - keyboards