If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song
# If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song

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If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song is the third album by The Icicle Works. The album was released in 1987.

In 2011, Cherry Red Records issued a 3-CD expanded edition of If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song. Disc 1 featured the original album in its entirety, disc 2 featured a wealth of related demos, b-sides, and remixes, and disc 3 featured a complete live concert entitled Live at the Town And Country Club, 1986.

## Track listing

### Original release

LP version All songs written by Ian McNabb.

* "Hope Springs Eternal" – 4:06
* "Travelling Chest" – 4:40
* "Sweet Thursday" – 4:17
* "Up Here in the North of England" – 5:12
* "Who Do You Want for Your Love?" – 3:54
* "When You Were Mine" – 4:37
* "Evangeline" – 4:05
* "Truck Driver's Lament" – 5:18
* "Understanding Jane" – 3:21
* "Walking With a Mountain" – 4:44

CD version The original CD version contained four bonus tracks: "Everybody Loves to Play the Fool", "I Never Saw My Hometown 'Til I Went Around the World", "Into the Mystic" and "Don't Let It Rain on My Parade".

All songs written by Ian McNabb, except "Into the Mystic" written by Van Morrison.

* "Hope Springs Eternal" – 4:06
* "Travelling Chest" – 4:40
* "Sweet Thursday" – 4:17
* "Up Here in the North of England" – 5:12
* "Who Do You Want for Your Love?" – 3:54
* "Everybody Loves to Play the Fool" – 4:08
* "When You Were Mine" – 4:37
* "Don't Let It Rain on My Parade" – 4:35
* "Evangeline" – 4:05
* "Truck Driver's Lament" – 5:18
* "Understanding Jane" – 3:21
* "I Never Saw My Hometown 'Til I Went Around the World" – 2:48
* "Walking With a Mountain" – 4:44
* "Into the Mystic" – 3:40

### 2011 expanded edition

Disc 1 follows the same track listing as the 10-track LP version of this album.

## Personnel

* Robert Ian "Boots" McNabb – guitar, vocals, keyboards, harmonica
* Chris Layhe – bass, vocals, keyboards
* Chris Sharrock – drums, percussion

with:

* Dave Green – keyboards
* Mike Timmoney – keyboards
* Ritchie Close – keyboards
* Ian Broudie – keyboards; guitar solo on "When You Were Mine"
* Alison Limerick – backing vocal on "Evangeline"
