Gosh It's... Bad Manners is the third album by Bad Manners

Bad Manners

Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...

 from the year 1981 and their most popular and successful album, peaking at number 18 on the UK album chart. The band had originally formed in 1976 while the members were together at Woodberry Down

Woodberry Down School

Woodberry Down Compehensive School was located off the Seven Sisters Road in the Manor House area of North London. The now defunct secondary school verges on three boroughs Hackney, Haringey and Islington. The school was opened in 1955, closing in 1981 when it was amalgamated with Clissold School...

 Comprehensive School, North London

North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...

. They commemorated the 1981 closure of the school on the back sleeve of the album.

Track listing

• All songs by Bad Manners unless noted.

1. "Walking In The Sunshine" - 3:29
2. "Dansetta" - 3:19
3. "Can Can
   Can-can
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   " - 2:49 (Jacques Offenbach
   Jacques Offenbach
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   )
4. "Weeping and Wailing" - 3:42
5. "Casablanca (Rags And Riches)" - 4:53
6. "Don't Be Angry
   Don't Be Angry
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   " (Live) (Nappy Brown
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   ) - 2:33
7. "Ben E. Wriggle" - 3:50
8. "Runaway" - 3:11
9. "Never Will Change" - 3:06
10. "Only Funkin'" - 3:37
11. "End Of The World" - 3:00
12. "Gherkin" - 4:40

• 2011 Bonus Tracks

1. "Armchair Disco" - 3:12
2. "Night Bus To Dalston (Vocal Version)" - 2:14
3. "Buona Vista" - 2:50
4. "The New One" - 1:05
5. "No Respect" - 1:58
6. "Walking In The Sunshine (Extended Version)" - 5:33

Personnel

• Buster Bloodvessel
  Buster Bloodvessel
  Douglas Trendle , better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer and the frontman of the ska revival band Bad Manners...
  
   - Vocals
• Louis 'Alphonso' Cook - Guitar
• David Farren - Bass & String Bass
• Martin Stewart - Keyboards & Bagpipes
• Brian Tuitt - Drums & Percussion
• Chris Kane - Saxophone & Tin Whistle
• Andrew Marson - Saxophone
• Paul "Gus" Hyman - Trumpet
• Winston Bazoomies - Harmonica
• Roger Lomas - Production
• Ted Sharp - Engineer
• Recorded & Mixed at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales