I Didn't See It Coming

I Didn't See It Coming

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Product Description
Japanese reissue, the worldwide CD debut of the sole album by group formed by Steve Jones & Paul Cook after the Sex Pistols broke up. Contains both the original cover art & all 10 of the cuts from when the record was first released in 1981. 1999 release.

I Didn't See It Coming,Professionals,Rock/Pop

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THE NEW SEX PISTOLS...

More of a new wave album than the first disc.

Rock Solid Raunch

Street Smart Catchy Punk Rock

EX-PISTOLS GET IN THE RING LAND KNOCK-OUT IN ONE GREAT CD

I Didn't See It Coming
The Professionals
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005J9M5
Release Date: 2001-06-18

Tracks:

Magnificent
Payola
Northern Slide
Friday Night Square
Kick Down the Door
Little Boys in Blue
All the Way
Crescendo
Madhouse
Too Far to Fall
Just Another Dream [First Single][*]
Kamikaze [Song From Proposed First Album][*]
1-2-3 [Second Single][*]
Mods. Skins, Punks [Song From Proposed First Album][*]
Join the Professionals [Third Single][*]
Has Anybody Got an Alibi [B Side of Third Single][*]
White Light/White Heat [Second Single B Side][*]
Baby I Don't Care [Second Single B Side][*]

Album Description

UK reissue of 1981 album for guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook's post Sex Pistols act. The only prior CD release was a very limited Japanese pressing. 18 tracks including seven bonus tracks, 'Just Another Dream', 'Kamikaze', 'Mods, Skins, Punks', 'Join The Professionals', 'Has Anybody Got An Alibi', 'White Light/White Heat' & 'Baby I Don't Care'.

Album Details

The post Sex Pistols band featuring drummer Paul Cook and guitarist Steve Jones. Includes eight bonus tracks!

Customer Reviews:

THE NEW SEX PISTOLS..........2006-09-28

I am a HUGE Sex Pistols fan from way, way back. I first heard them in 1985, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I quickly bought everything I could get my hands on, and it seemed that the Pistols never did a bad song. I even loved all of the "non-Rotten" stuff; Silly thing, Lonely Boy, and the Sid Vicious stuff.. Then as the 80's wore on more obscure stuff started surfacing, like the Jones/Cook classic "Here We Go Again" that appeared out of nowhere on "Pirates of Destiny". I was always particularly fond of that song.. pure PISTOLS even though Rotten was long gone.
A few years later, a friend of mine told me about "The Professionals", which was basically Steve Jones and Paul Cook continuing on without Sid or Johnny. I asked him what it sounded like. He said "Do you like the song HERE WE GO AGAIN"? - And I said "Oh wow, Yeah!", and I'll never forget he looked me right in the eyes and said "Well, the entire album sounds EXACTLY LIKE THAT...". He made me a copy of his LP, and I couldn't believe it. This was REALLY the Sex Pistols!!! I'm going to make a bold comment, but it's one I stand by: This album is the EQUAL TO "NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS". It's that good. Any Sex Pistols fan who heard all the stuff and wished there was more will be flipping thier wig - This album is a classic that sounds exactly like late-Pistols material. There are so many classics on this album, such as NORTHERN SLIDE and KICK DOWN THE DOORS. And then there are the songs THE MAGNIFICENT, ALL THE WAY WITH YOU, and TOO FAR TOO FALL, all of which are mind-bending tributes to thier fallen bandmate SID VICIOUS. This entire album seems like a bizzare tribute to Sid Vicious. I remember a good friend of mine once commented to me that this album sounded like "The Sex Pistols singing from hell". This is a very good description. The music is pure 1000% Sex Pistols, and Steve Jones's vocals are deep, echo-ey, and downright OTHERWORLDLY. This album is mind-bending. It is much better than the other available "self titled" CD, though you should buy that one too. The eight bonus tracks are nice to have, too, but the TRUE majesty of this album lies in the first 10 tracks, which is what this review is all about. Get this CD. It's the stuff Pistol's fan's DREAMS are made of.

More of a new wave album than the first disc........2005-05-29

I Didn't See it Coming (1981) was a re-recording of the first album that was shelved due to legal issues. Steve Jones and Paul Cook found some new bandmates and relaunched the Professionals. Instead of sounding like The Sex Pistols they looked and acted more like Duran Duran.
Some of the tracks were from the first (and better) album. But this disc has some great songs (The Magnificent and Payola) the re-recorded tracks are okay. What makes this disc a keeper is the extra tracks, You get the singles and some outakes from the first album!

Too bad the band fell apart due to ego and drug problems (mainly drug abuse). They could have been a force to reckon with in the eighties. Steve Jones would later kick his horse habit and embrace 'heavy metal" bands such as Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses. For shame!

Highly recommended.

Rock Solid Raunch.......2005-05-19

The three stars I've given this album belie it's greatness. Fact is, I gave Jones' later effort "Neurotic Outsiders" three stars as well, for the simple fact that neither of these albums are masterpieces.

What they ARE, however, is blistering, straight-forward power chords at their finest. Overall, "I Didn't See It Coming" is patchy, but the good stuff is excellent indeed, particularly "Payola", "Northern Slide", "Join The Professionals", and my personal favourite, "Mods, Skins, Punks". "Kamikaze" is fine as well, sounding right up there with ex-Pistol material "Silly Thing" and "No One Is Innocent".

The only downside? Like Johnny Thunders' debut LP, the production is spotty at times. "Just Another Dream" is an example of how to bury a perfectly good song in the mix.

Buy it anyway.

Street Smart Catchy Punk Rock .......2004-12-09

Some people don't consider this to be an actual punk album. I beg to differ. This album contains all the grit, power and tunefulness that characterized the stronger crop of the classic British waves of yester-year. In fact, I would even go so far as to suggest that this might be what the Pistols may have sounded if they'd been an Oi! band. Steve Jones' guitar sound evokes the crunch of the 'Bollocks' album, and of course, Paul Cooks' steady backbeat provides enough gusto for those listeners dying for an excuse to pogo. The songs are catchy, have pop-quality, and certainly worth the outstanding list-price (not too bad, considering it's an import). Particular highlights are "the Magnificent" and "payola." If you dig real punk rock--and I mean the REAL stuff, not the shamefull crap they push down your throat on MTV--definitely get this. No complaints here whatsoever. It's just too bad they didn't include "conned again" as a bonus track.

EX-PISTOLS GET IN THE RING LAND KNOCK-OUT IN ONE GREAT CD.......2003-07-12

You're Steve Jones or Paul Cook and The Sex Pistols fizzle..what do you do for act 2?? This is a great lost album of 1981. I lost the vinyl in a fire years ago, GREAT TO FINALLY FIND IT ON CD!
This album quite simply [REALLY GOOD]. The songs are catchy as hell and get lodged in your mind for days at a time (in fact what prompted me to find this on cd was the song "Crescendo" which had been haunting me for about a week and as we know the only way to exorcise a song like that is to actually hear it).
If Rotten and Vicious were respectively the mind and soul of the Sex Pistols, then Paul cook and steve jones were easily the blood, guts, and fists. When you hear these tracks you'll know where that sonic gristle came from., and how indespensible it was at getting the Pistols across. This Album isn't Punk,nor is it metal....it's something I'll call Power-Rock. Two big guitars, pulsing bass, and pounding drums mixed with the tales of a savvy, yet weary Londoner. TOPS!

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Brilliant way to blow some currency!
Sould have been a contender...
The Side Men Rock
Sex Pistols redux

I Didn't See It Coming
The Professionals
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JAOV
Release Date: 1999-05-24

Tracks:

The Magnificent
Payola
Northern Slide
Friday Night Square
Kick Down the Doors
Little Boys
All The Way
Crescendo
Madhouse
Too Far to Fall

Album Description

Japanese reissue, the worldwide CD debut of the sole album by group formed by Steve Jones & Paul Cook after the Sex Pistols broke up. Contains both the original cover art & all 10 of the cuts from when the record was first released in 1981. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Limited Edition LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing Only

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant way to blow some currency!.......2004-12-09

Sould have been a contender..........2000-10-18

It was just before midnight on a warm night in 1981. I was getting ready to go on the air on WTJU-FM, the University of Virginia radio station. As I looked at the new records that had come in to the station, I saw this "smash hit" of a cover and took a look. On the back cover I saw Steve Jones and Paul Cook! On the turntable it went. All The Way, Little Boys, Friday Night Square, Crescendo, Too Far To Fall... "My God...this is a ROCK album!" I thought. Unlike the first PIL albums, where the idea and concept were more important than the "music", "I Didn't See It Coming" is a tight, crisp, tuneful record with hard-pop songs. It's more like an Iggy Pop record than one by PIL. I played the whole album on my show that night. Within a day or two I had my own copy. I also got the 7-inch "Join The Professionals". All of this was "IMPORT ONLY", and there was never a US lable willing to take a chance on the "other" ex-pistols. Too bad. When you hear this recording, you can't help but recall the crunching riffs of the Sex Pistols albums and it proves to me that Cook & Jones were the musical power behind the band. This album still stands up as a power-chord classic. Looking backwards, it's hard to believe that these guys never caught on. The album is well produced and all the songs are catchy. I was lucky enough to see The Professionals at the old 9:30 club in Washington, DC and their show was beyond good...it was pure energy and power. Sadly, there were only about a hundred people there that night to see them. Anyway, for those of you who loved the Sex Pistols, or for those of you who are just now discovering the roots of punk, this is a must buy....even at the high price of an asian import.

The Side Men Rock.......2000-05-14

This 1981 album showcases the talent of Steve Jones (guitar, vocals) and Paul Cook (drums), the other half of the Sex Pistols. While Johnny Rotten had provided the voice for the Sex Pistols (and Sid provided the attitude), Steve Jones steps forward on lead vocals with a refreshing collection of songs reminiscent of "Silly Things", "Here We Go" and "Lonely Boy" (three songs recorded with the Sex Pistols). This is not a "punk" album but rather a collection of serious rock'n'roll tunes. The only other material I know of that was recorded by The Professionals is a 45 released in 1980 which included two additional songs "Action Man" (an instrumental) and "Just Another Dream". Steve Jones' later solo material, which was much heavier, is not as good as this album. Paul Cook went on to form another short-lived group in the late 80's, The Chiefs of Relief, with the former guitarist of Bow Wow Wow. They released one album as well. It certainly would have been interesting to see how the Sex Pistols would have evolved if they had stayed together (with Glen Matlock on bass) and recorded more material. Judging from this album, they certainly had the talent.

Sex Pistols redux.......1999-12-14

With Johny Rotten in PIL, Malcome McClaren running Bow Wow Wow & Sid dead, Paul Cook & Steve Jones carried on without them! This, the Professionals' only official album, sounds less like punk than heavy metal/power pop (a la KISS!) but it IS a great album. Highlights: "little boys", "Northern slide" (the best song), "magnificiant" (a PIL parody!), "Cresendo" and "too far to fall" (an obvious attack on Malcome!). Pistols fans might also want to seek out the self-titled CD of singles & early recordings (including a great nastier earlier version of "little boys).

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