Sulk

For other uses, see Sulk (disambiguation).

Sulk
Studio album by The Associates
Released	14 May 1982
Genre	New Wave Post-punk
Label	Beggars Banquet Records (UK) Sire Records (U.S.) V2 Records (2000 reissue)
Producer	Mike Hedges
The Associates chronology
Fourth Drawer Down (1981) Sulk (1982) Perhaps (1985)

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Sulk is the third album by Scottish New Wave band Associates. It was released in May 1982, and reissued as a CD in 2000 with extra tracks. It stayed in the British album chart for 20 weeks, reaching number 10.

Track listing

Original UK release

All songs written and composed by Alan Rankine and Billy MacKenzie, except where indicated. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Arrogance Gave Him Up"		3:00
2.	"No"		5:50
3.	"Bap De La Bap"		4:18
4.	"Gloomy Sunday"	Rezső Seress, Sam M. Lewis	4:11
5.	"Nude Spoons"		4:21
6.	"Skipping"	Rankine, MacKenzie, Michael Dempsey	4:03
7.	"It's Better This Way"		3:30
8.	"Party Fears Two"		5:12
9.	"Club Country" (replaced with a 4:40 edit on the 2000 V2 CD re-issue)		5:32
10.	"nothinginsomethingparticular" (a short, instrumental version of "18 Carat Love Affair")		2:19

2000 V2 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Love Hangover"	Pam Sawyer, Marilyn McLeod	6:09
12.	"18 Carat Love Affair"		3:40
13.	"Ulcragyceptimol"		4:29
14.	"And Then I Read a Book"		4:25
15.	"Grecian 2000"		3:21
16.	"Australia"		3:30
17.	"The Room We Sat in Before" (a guitar/vocal version of "It's Better This Way")		3:28

• "Grecian 2000" and "Australia" are listed in the wrong order on the 2000 reissue.

US release

The album was issued in the USA on October 4, 1982 in a hugely different format. The album was sequenced differently, with many of the tracks on the UK release replaced by different tracks. The US Sulk version had removed Bapdelabap, Nude Spoons, the intro and outro instrumentals (Arrogance Gave Him Up & nothinginsomethingparticular), replaced the original 5.32 Club Country with a 4.03 edit, added the non album single 18 Carat Love Affair/ Love Hangover, stuck on two tracks from the Fourth Drawer Down album and then completely changed the running order. In addition the first two tracks were remixed by Mark Arthurworrey. This version was also released on CD by WEA in Europe in 1988.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's Better This Way"	3:30
2.	"Party Fears Two"	5:11
3.	"Club Country"	4:03
4.	"Love Hangover"	4:21
5.	"18 Carat Love Affair"	3:48
6.	"Arrogance Gave Him Up"	3:00
7.	"No"	5:49
8.	"Skipping"	4:04
9.	"White Car in Germany"	4:52
10.	"Gloomy Sunday"	4:11
11.	"The Associate"	3:40

Singles

1. "Party Fears Two" (Feb 1982)

   UK chart position: 9

2. "Club Country" (May 1982)

   UK chart position: 13

3. "18 Carat Love Affair"/"Love Hangover" (double A-side) (August 1982)

   UK chart position: 21

Only the first two singles appeared on the original vinyl album.

Recording

The Associates:

• Billy Mackenzie - Vocals
• Michael Dempsey - Bass
• Alan Rankine - Guitar, Keyboards, Other Instruments
• John Murphy - Drums

Other Personnel:

• Martha Ladly - Backing Vocals, Keyboards on 9, 11 and 12
• Steve Goulding - Drums on "Love Hangover" (Uncredited)
• Mike Hedges - Producer

Recorded at Playground Studios

There are numerous stories about the recording sessions for this album. For instance, Mackenzie allegedly proposed that he and Alan Rankine arrive with fish tied to their lapels, for "creative enhancement"; hired drums were filled with water, destroying them; and the studio was once decorated with helium-filled balloons.