Searching for the Young Soul Rebels is the first album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners

Dexys Midnight Runners are a British pop group with soul influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. They are best known for their songs "Come On Eileen" and "Geno", both of which went No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart....

, released in July 1980 (see 1980 in music

1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

).

The album was ranked 98th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 2000 Q magazine placed it at number 85 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

The first track, "Burn It Down", is a re-titled re-recording of the band's first single, "Dance Stance

Dance Stance

"Dance Stance" is the first single by Dexys Midnight Runners. It reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1980.The song references a range of Irish playwrights and writers including Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, Sean O’Casey, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Edna O’Brien and Laurence...

". "Seven Days Too Long" is a cover of the Northern Soul

Northern soul

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged from the British mod scene, initially in northern England in the late 1960s. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound...

 favourite originally recorded by Chuck Wood.

A deluxe 30th Anniversary 2xCD Special Edition was released in 2010.

Side one

1. "Burn It Down" (Kevin Rowland
   Kevin Rowland
   Kevin Rowland is an English singer-songwriter and former frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners, which had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being "Geno" and "Come On Eileen".-Career:...
   
   ) – 4:21
2. "Tell Me When My Light Turns Green" (Rowland) – 3:46
3. "The Teams That Meet in Caffs" (Archer) – 4:08
4. "I'm Just Looking" (Rowland, Jeff Blythe, Peter Saunders) – 4:41
5. "Geno
   Geno (song)
   "Geno" is a song by Dexys Midnight Runners which reached #1 on the UK singles chart for two weeks in May 1980. Written by Kevin 'Al' Archer and Kevin Rowland, it was band's second single and their first number one...
   
   " (Rowland, Archer) – 3:31

Side two

1. "Seven Days Too Long" (J.R. Bailey, Vernon Harrell
   Vernon Harrell
   -Biography:Harrell was from New York and released several singles in the 1960s and 1970s. He also goes by the name Keidar Syenon Harrell. He co-wrote songs with J. R. Bailey...
   
   ) – 2:43
2. "I Couldn't Help It If I Tried" (Rowland, Jim Paterson) – 4:14
3. "Thankfully Not Living in Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply" (Rowland, Saunders) – 2:59
4. "Keep It" (Archer, Blythe) – 3:59
5. "Love Part One" (Rowland) – 1:12
6. "There, There, My Dear" (Rowland, Archer) – 6:03

Deluxe Cd 2:

1. Dance Stance (Alternative Single Mix) 3:44
2. I'm Just Looking (B-Side Version) 4:23
3. Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache 3:24
4. The Horse 2:22
5. Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One) 3:45
6. One Way Love 3:09
7. Plan B 2:37
8. Soul Finger 2:12
9. Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply (Demo) 2:53
10. Hold On! I'm Comin' (Demo) 4:18
11. Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (Demo) 3:36
12. The Horse (Demo) 2:40
13. I Couldn't Help If I Tried (Demo) 4:18
14. Geno (Peel session) 3:29
15. Tell Me When My Light Turns Green (Peel session) 3:15
16. The Horse (Peel session) 2:13
17. Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (Peel session) 3:29
18. Geno (Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Session) 3:26
19. Respect (Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Session) 3:35
20. Dance Stance (Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Session) 3:19
21. The Teams That Meet In Caffs (Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Session) 3:56

Personnel

• Kevin "Al" Archer - Guitar, vocals, liner notes
• Kevin Rowland
  Kevin Rowland
  Kevin Rowland is an English singer-songwriter and former frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners, which had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being "Geno" and "Come On Eileen".-Career:...
  
   - Bass, guitar, piano, vocals
• Geoffrey Blythe- horn. saxophone
• Andy Leek
  Andy Leek
  Andy Leek is an English musician, noted for his work with Dexys Midnight Runners.-Biography:Andy began his musical career while still at school fronting progressive punk band The Wailing Cocks...
  
   - Organ
• "Big" Jim Paterson - Trombone
• Peter Saunders
  Pete Saunders
  Peter "Pete" Saunders is an English keyboard player, born in Hammersmith, London. At 14 his family moved to Birmingham. At the age of 16, he joined Pub Theatre and wrote songs and performed with them...
  
   - Organ
• Steve Spooner - Horn, alto saxophone
• Mick Talbot
  Mick Talbot
  Michael 'Mick' Talbot is a British keyboardist. He played with the late 1970s mod revivalists The Merton Parkas; Dexys Midnight Runners; The Bureau, and later with Paul Weller in The Style Council....
  
   - Keyboards
• Pete Williams - Bass
• Andy Growcott - Drums

Production credits

• Pete Wingfield
  Pete Wingfield
  Pete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:...
  
  - Producer
• Barry Hammond - Engineer
• Peter Barrett - Artwork
• Tony Cousins - Remastering (2000 re-release)
• Nigel Reeve - Enhanced CD Design (2000 re-release)