Celebrate the Bullet

Celebrate the Bullet
Studio album by The Selecter
Released	February, 1981
Genre	Ska
Label	Chrysalis Records Captain Oi Records (MODSKA CD 018)
Producer	Roger Lomas, The Selecter
The Selecter chronology
Too Much Pressure (1980) Celebrate the Bullet (1981) The Happy Album (1994)

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Celebrate the Bullet is the second album by British ska band The Selecter. It was released in 1981 on Chrysalis Records after the band had left the 2 Tone label.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads bassist Norman Watt-Roy played bass on the title track and "Washed Up And Left For Dead". Band members Charley Anderson and Desmond Brown left the band after the release of 1980 single "The Whisper" to form the band The People. They were replaced by keyboard player, James Mackie,^[1] and bass player, Adam Williams.

Celebrate the Bullet was reissued on CD in 2001 by Captain Mod Records, featuring "The Whisper" and its b-side, a version of The Ethiopians "Train To Skaville", liner notes by George Marshall and pictures of rare overseas singles' sleeves.

LP track listing

All tracks composed by Neol Davies; except where indicated

Side one

1. "(Who Likes) Facing Situations" [3.32]
2. "Deep Water" (Pauline Black) [4.09]
3. "Red Reflections" (Pauline Black) [3.38]
4. "Tell Me What's Wrong" (Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson) [3.30]
5. "Bombscare" (Compton Amanor) [3.05]
6. "Washed Up and Left For Dead" [3.57]

Side two

1. "Celebrate the Bullet" [4.34]
2. "Selling Out Your Future" (Compton Amanor) [3.59]
3. "Cool Blue Lady" [3.30]
4. "Their Dream Goes On" [3.42]
5. "Bristol and Miami" (Pauline Black) [4.58]

Bonus tracks on CD release

1. "The Whisper" [3.01]
2. "Train to Skaville" (Dillon)
3. "Last Tango in Dub" (Selecter) - dub version of "Washed Up And Left For Dead"
4. "Train to Skaville" (12" Version) (Dillon)

References

1. Interviews with James Mackie, February 2006; November 2008