Don't Stand Me Down is the third and currently final studio album by Dexys Midnight Runners, released in September, 1985 (see 1985 in music). A commercial failure upon release, partially due to frontman Kevin Rowland's refusal to release a single, the album is now considered something of a "lost treasure". Look up Album in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Too-Rye-Ay (1983) Dexys Midnight Runners – the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe [1] – were a British New Wave and Northern Soul band, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The term New Wave has been used to describe several movements in art. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Kevin Rowland (born August 17, 1953) is a singer, song-writer and former leader of Dexys Midnight Runners. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Rate Your Music is a metadata database where musical albums, EPs, singles and bootlegs are rated and reviewed by users. ... Too-Rye-Ay (1983) Dexys Midnight Runners – the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe [1] – were a British New Wave and Northern Soul band, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Album in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Too-Rye-Ay (1983) Dexys Midnight Runners – the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe [1] – were a British New Wave and Northern Soul band, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1984 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Various artists, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon...

Track listing

1. Kevin Rowlands 13th Time (Adams, O'Hara, Rowland) - 5:05
2. The Occasional Flicker (Rowland) - 5:49
3. This Is What She's Like (Adams, OHara, Rowland) - 12:23
4. Knowledge of Beauty (O'Hara, Rowland, Wynne) - 7:01
5. One of Those Things (Leroy, Marinelli, Rowland, Wachtel, Zevon) - 6:01
6. Reminisce, Pt. 2 (Rowland) - 3:31
7. Listen to This (Adams, Rowland) - 3:19
8. The Waltz (Rowland, Torch) - 8:21

Personnel

• Billy Adams - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• Peter Barrett - Cover Design
• Arun Chakraverty - Engineer (reissue)
• Vincent Crane - Piano
• John "Rhino" Edwards - Bass
• Tom Evans - Steel Guitar
• Nick Gatfield - Saxophone, Vocals
• Crusher Green - Drums
• Jack Hazan - Director
• Kim Knott - Photography
• Julian Littman - Mandolin
• Robert Noble - Organ, Synthesizer
• Helen O'Hara - Violin, Vocals, Producer
• "Big" Jim Paterson - Trombone
• John Porter - Mixing
• Nigel Reeve - Project Coordinator (reissue)
• Kevin Rowland - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes
• Pete Schwier - Engineer, Mixing
• Randy Taylor - Bass
• Alan Winstanley - Producer

Charts

Alternate Versions

2004 reissued version is digitally remastered with new artwork, and features two song title changes. "Knowledge of Beauty" was renamed "My National Pride" and "Listen to This" was renamed "I Love You (Listen to This)"