Radio 1 Sessions (Generation X album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Radio One Sessions
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Generation X


Released = 2002
Recorded = 1977-79
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 41:01
Label = Strange Fruit
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Perfect Hits 1975-81"
(1985)
This album = "Radio 1 Sessions"
(2002)
Next album = "Anthology"
(2003)

Radio 1 Sessions is a compilation of studio recordings made for BBC Radio One by punk rock band Generation X between 1977 and 1979. Three separate John Peel sessions are featured, along with a cover of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates' "Shakin' All Over", recorded for David Jensen's early evening show.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Idol and Tony James; except where noted

# "Day by Day"
# "Listen"
# "Youth Youth Youth"
# "Your Generation"
# "From the Heart"
# "Rock On"
# "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon)
# "No No No"
# "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)
# "Paradise West"
# "Love Like Fire"
# "Night of the Cadillacs"
# "English Dream"

*Tracks 1 − 4 recorded 12/4/77 for John Peel
*Tracks 5 − 8 recorded 12/7/77 for John Peel
*Track 9 recorded 12/6/78 for David Jensen
*Tracks 10 − 13 recorded 15/1/79 for John Peel

Credits

* Billy Idol − vocals
* Tony James − bass
* Bob "Derwood" Andrews − guitar
* Mark Laff − drums