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If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back

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If This Is Rock And Roll, I Want My Old Job Back
Studio album by
Released1991 (Ireland)
Recorded1989–1991
GenreRock
Length47:27
LabelPinnacle
ProducerPhil Tennant/Mike Scott
The Saw Doctors chronology
If This Is Rock And Roll, I Want My Old Job Back
(1991)
All The Way From Tuam
(1992)

If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back is a 1991 album by Irish rock group The Saw Doctors. It was their debut album, and propelled them to national stardom. It included two of their most famous hits, "I Useta Lover" and "N17", the former was a nine-week number 1 in the Irish charts. The photograph on the album's front cover showed the fathers of the band members dressed in leather jackets, with the band themselves in exactly the same pose on the back cover.[1]

The album was a number one hit in the Irish Album Charts upon release, and also peaked at number 3 in the chart 30 years later in 2021.[2][3] If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back also spent 2 weeks on the UK Album Charts in 1991, peaking at number 69.[4]

Track listing

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All songs written by The Saw Doctors

  1. I Useta Lover – 2:45
  2. Only One Girl – 2:58
  3. Why Do I Always Want You – 3:28
  4. It Won't Be Tonight – 2:58
  5. Irish Post – 2:12
  6. Sing A Powerful Song – 3:37
  7. Freedom Fighters – 2:34 (Not on the vinyl release)
  8. That's What She Said Last Night – 3:24
  9. Red Cortina – 3:14
  10. Presentation Boarder – 2:55
  11. Don't Let Me Down – 3:17 (Not on the vinyl release)
  12. 25 Pounds – 2:40
  13. What A Day – 3:01
  14. N17 – 4:36
  15. I Hope You Meet Again – 3:56

References

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  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Richard (15 March 2023). "Ireland in 50 Albums, No 9: 'If This Is Rock and Roll...', by The Saw Doctors". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ Siggins, Lorna (2 August 2021). "The Saw Doctors album rocks the charts once again, 30 years after it reached No 1". The Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. ^ "IF THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL I WANT MY OLD – SAW DOCTORS - Irish Album Charts". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ "IF THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL, I WANT MY OLD JOB BACK – SAW DOCTORS - Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 November 2024.