| 1-1 | Countdown | 4:39 | ||
| 1-2 | Death Goes To The Disco | 5:44 | ||
| 1-3 | My Legendary Girlfriend | 6:52 | ||
| 1-4 | Don't You Want Me Anymore | 3:52 | ||
| 1-5 | She's Dead | 5:09 | ||
| 1-6 | Down By The River | 3:39 | ||
| 1-7 | I Want You | 4:43 | ||
| 1-8 | Being Followed Home | 6:04 | ||
| 1-9 | Master Of The Universe | 3:22 | ||
| 1-10 | Don't You Know | 4:09 | ||
| 1-11 | They Suffocate At Night | 6:17 | ||
| 2-1 | Dogs Are Everywhere | 4:53 | ||
| 2-2 | The Mark Of The Devil | 4:36 | ||
| 2-3 | 97 Lovers | 4:28 | ||
| 2-4 | Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) | 3:29 | ||
| 2-5 | Blue Glow | 3:06 | ||
| 2-6 |
My Lighthouse
Written-By – J. Cocker*, S. Hinkler* |
3:30 | ||
| 2-7 |
Wishful Thinking
Written-By – Jarvis Cocker |
4:15 | ||
| 2-8 | Blue Girls | 5:55 | ||
| 2-9 | Countdown (Extended Version) | 8:03 |
All tracks written by Pulp except track 2-6 & 2-7
(more or less, consisting of different people at different times)
Tracks 1-1, 1-2 and 2-9 taken from the FIRE single Countdown
Tracks 1-3 - 1-6 taken from the FIRE album Separations
Tracks 1-7 - 1-11 taken from the FIRE album Freaks
Tracks 2-1 - 2-5 taken from the FIRE album Masters Of The Universe
Tracks 2-6 - 2-8 taken from the FIRE album It
Jarvis Cocker commenting on this release:
"I would urge anybody not to buy it. Please, I find it embarassing to be honest. And also the way it's packaged to look a bit modern,a bit like our sleeves now. It's a crap version... I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. And Fire records never did us any favours when we were on the label. Being signed to that label was the single biggest thing that prevented us succeeding. It almost made us split up." (source: Bar Italia, M. Sturdy)
The disc is actually dark blue instead of black.
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countdown 1992 - 1983 (2xCD, Comp, RE) | Fire Records | FIRECD68 | UK | 1998 | ||
| Countdown 1992 - 1983 (2xCD, Comp) | MCA Records | MCD 80126 | US | 1996 | ||
| Countdown 1992 - 1983 (2xLP) | Nectar Masters | NTMLP521 | UK | 1996 |