Kite (2005 CD)

Kite (2005 CD) front cover
Kite (2005 CD) front cover

In 2005 EMI embarked on a reissue campaign covering ‘Electric Landlady’, ‘Titanic Days’ and this abum. The expanded listing brings in B side and alternative versions of its album tracks:

  • ‘Complainte pour Ste Catherine’ and ‘La Forêt de Mimosas’ are listed as bonus tracks
  • ‘The End of a Perfect Day (original demo version)’ first appeared as a ‘Free World’ B side
  • ‘Free World’ is the radio promo version, where the lyrics “get it up and shag it” were changed to “get it up and wag it”
  • ‘You Just Haven’t Earned it Yet Baby’ is in its ‘She’s Having a Baby’ soundtrack version, which is basically longer. Note that the original version from the 1989 CD release is dropped.
  • ‘Happy’ and ‘El Paso’ are ‘Days’ B sides
  • ‘Innocence (Guilt Mix)’ and ‘No Victims (Guitar Heroes mix)’ are ‘Innocence’ B sides
  • ‘Am I Right?’ is a ‘Cowboy’ B side

For original album commentary please see the page for the LP version.

Kite (2005 CD) back cover
Kite (2005 CD) back cover
Kite (2005 CD) disc
Kite (2005 CD) disc