Don't Stand Me Down is the third and 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. It was recently featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated .
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Don't Stand Me Down is the third and 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. It was recently featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated .
The album was digitally remastered and issued on CD by Creation Records in 1997. Two of the song titles were changed from the original release: Knowledge of Beauty became My National Pride, and Listen to This became I Love You (Listen to This). My National Pride was the original title of the former song, but Rowland "didn't have the courage to title it that when it came around to the artwork." He contributed two pages of sleeve notes, entitled "Foreword to the Second Edition."
During the mastering process for the Creation release, a stereo enhancer was used, which, Rowland felt, ...
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