| Ambition: Volume 1 | ||||
| CD1-1 | Tights, The – |
Bad Hearts
Written By – Marsden/Jacobs |
3:39 | |
| CD1-2 | Runaways, The – |
Right Now
Written-By – West* |
3:37 | |
| CD1-3 | Dead Kennedys – |
Holiday In Cambodia
Written By – Pepperell/Flouride/Slesinger/Biafra Written-By – Slesinger*, Biafra*, Flouride*, Pepperell* |
4:36 | |
| CD1-4 | Dead Kennedys – |
Too Drunk To Fuck
Written-By – Biafra* |
2:42 | |
| CD1-5 | Marc Bolan – |
You Scare Me To Death
Written-By – M. Bolan* |
2:43 | |
| CD1-6 | Hybrid Kids – |
D'ya Think I'm Sexy
Written By – Stewart/Appice Written-By – Appice*, Stewart* |
1:56 | |
| CD1-7 | Medium Medium – |
Hungry So Angry
Written By – Lewis/Ryder/Spink/Turton/Stone Written-By – Turton*, Ryder*, Spink*, Lewis*, Stone* |
4:00 | |
| CD1-8 | Morgan-Fisher* – |
Geneva
Written-By – Otway* |
3:41 | |
| CD1-9 | Maurice Deebank – |
Four Corners Of The Earth
Written-By – Deebank* |
1:34 | |
| CD1-10 | Jane (4) – |
It's A Fine Day
Written-By – Barton* |
2:48 | |
| CD1-11 | Eyeless In Gaza – |
Sunbursts In
Written By – Becker/Bates Written-By – Bates*, Becker* |
3:54 | |
| CD1-12 | Red Box – |
Chenko
Written-By – Toulson-Clarke* |
3:34 | |
| CD1-13 | Holger Hiller – |
Jonny Du Lump
Written-By – Hiller* |
4:37 | |
| CD1-14 | Laibach – |
Die Liebe
Written-By – Laibach |
5:11 | |
| CD1-15 | H.M.S. Bounty – |
Girl
Written-By – M. Frankhauser* |
2:32 | |
| CD1-16 | In Embrace – |
This Brilliant Evening
Written-By – Knight* |
2:52 | |
| CD1-17 | Felt – |
Primitive Painters
Written By – Lawrence/Deebank Written-By – Lawrence (5), Deebank* |
6:06 | |
| CD1-18 | Grab Grab The Haddock – |
Last Fond Goodbye
Written-By – Noel* |
2:57 | |
| CD1-19 | Mood Six – |
What Have You Ever Done
Written-By – Thirlwell* |
2:24 | |
| CD1-20 | Martyn Bates – |
The Look Of Love
Written-By – Bacharach/David* |
3:53 | |
| CD1-21 | Wiseacres, The – |
David
Written-By – White* |
3:38 | |
| Ambition: Volume 2 | ||||
| CD2-1 | Monochrome Set, The – |
Jet Set Junta
Written By – Bid/Square/Warren Written-By – Warren*, Bid (3), Square* |
2:04 | |
| CD2-2 | Everything But The Girl – |
Night And Day
Written-By – Porter* |
2:54 | |
| CD2-3 | Eyeless In Gaza – |
From A To B
Written By – Bates/Becker Written-By – Bates*, Becker* |
2:20 | |
| CD2-4 | Felt – |
Something Sends Me To Sleep
Written By – Lawrence/Deebank Written-By – Lawrence (5), Deebank* |
2:56 | |
| CD2-5 | Tracey Thorn – |
Plain Sailing
Written-By – Thorn* |
2:04 | |
| CD2-6 | Fantastic Something – |
If She Doesn't Smile (It'll Rain)
Written-By – Veis*, Veis* |
3:14 | |
| CD2-7 | Thomas Leer – |
Letter From America
Written-By – Leer* |
4:05 | |
| CD2-8 | Passage, The – |
XOYO
Written-By – Witts* |
3:56 | |
| CD2-9 | Ben Watt With Robert Wyatt – |
Walter And John
Written-By – Watt* |
4:07 | |
| CD2-10 | Kevin Coyne – |
Your Holiness
Written By – Coyne/Kirtley Written-By – Coyne*, Kirtley* |
3:12 | |
| CD2-11 | Marine Girls – |
On My Mind
Written-By – Thorn* |
3:10 | |
| CD2-12 | Monochrome Set, The – |
The Mating Game
Written By – Bid/Square/Waren Written-By – Warren*, Bid (3), Square* |
3:24 | |
| CD2-13 | Kevin Hewick – |
Spain
Written-By – Hewick* |
3:05 | |
| CD2-14 | Marc Bolan – |
Talking Glamour
Written-By – M. Bolan* |
3:21 | |
| CD2-15 | Morgan-Fisher* – |
Foreign Correspondent
Written-By – Morgan Fisher |
3:11 | |
| CD2-16 | Felt – |
Penelope Tree
Written-By – Lawrence (3) |
3:01 | |
| CD2-17 | Passage, The – |
Taboos
Written-By – Witts* |
5:53 | |
| CD2-18 | Tracey Thorn – |
Simply Couldn't Care
Written-By – Thorn* |
2:49 | |
| CD2-19 | Eyeless In Gaza – |
You Frighten
Written By – Bates/Becker Written-By – Bates*, Becker* |
6:22 | |
| CD2-20 | Nightingales, The – |
Paraffin Brain
Written-By – Lloyd* |
3:05 | |
| CD2-21 | Ben Watt – |
Departure
Written-By – Watt* |
1:37 | |
| CD2-22 | Quentin Crisp – |
How To Die With Style
Written-By – Crisp* |
1:44 | |
Combined and partly altered re-issue of 1991 compilations Ambition Volume 1 and Ambition Volume 2
Alterations for this release
Volume 1
replaced: Track#1 "Bored" by Destroy All Monsters with "Bad Hearts" by The Tights
missing: Track#5 "What Stanley Saw" by Matt Johnson
missing: Track#7 "The History Of Rock'n Roll" by Andy Partridge
missing: Track#8 "Rangers In The Nights" by Robert Wyatt
replaced: Track#10 "Celebration" by Morgan Fisher with "Geneva" by Morgan Fisher
added: Track#18 "Last Fond Goodbye" by Grab Grab The Haddock
added: Track#19 "What Have You Ever Done" by Mood Six
added: Track#21 "David" by The Wiseacres
missing: Track#22 "Psych-Out" by The Seers
missing: Track#23 "World" by Blow-Up
missing: Track#24 "What's In Your Mind?" by Mexico 70
Volume 2
missing: Track# 23 "English Rose" by Everything But The Girl
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition - The History Of Cherry Red Records Volumes 1 & 2 (2xCD, Comp) | Cherry Red | CD BRED 140 | UK | 1997 |