To Be Frank
Lyrics here :
TO BE FRANK is Nik Kershaw's sixth solo album. It was released in 2001.
Only one single was taken from this album and featured exclusive tracks.
Hereafter, you'll find a list of all songs from the TO BE FRANK period, including their different known mixes, demos or official live versions.
Note that unofficial bootleg live versions or TV performances won't be mentioned in this list.
B06.01 Wounded
In 2003, Nik Kershaw gives details about this song
( https://web.archive.org/web/20030207104733/http://www.nikkershaw.net/theriddle.shtml#7 ):
Tell us about "Wounded".
"Wounded is the first single. As soon as I started writing it, the Latin vibe was apparent.
At first I tried to disguise it but, no matter what I did, the spirit of Edmundo Ross would appear.
So I thought "what the hell" and really camped it up. If it was going to be Latin, it might as well be really Latin.
It's supposed to be a celebration.
We're all wounded physically or mentally.
We're all damaged goods so why not celebrate the fact instead of being ashamed of it.
That's a real Latin philosophy: "Life is shit and it's probably not going to get any better …. Fuck it, let's have a party!"".
Written by Nik Kershaw.
Registered on November 06th 2002.
Registration Number: PA0001117323
Date of publication: April 9th 2001
Album version (4:20)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Single / Radio Edit (3:37)
Available on CD on the 2001 "Wounded" CD Single and Promo CD Singles.
Also released as track 5 on the C side (second vinyl record) of the 2023 "Collected" vinyl collection.
Also available on the 2005 "Then & Now" Collection.
The soundtrack of the 2001 video clip is the same Radio Edit version.
Acoustic version (3:57)
This version is track 11 on the 2010 "No Frills" CD album.
B06.02 Get Up
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:11)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Rumor has it that the song was released as track 2 on the 2000 "Die Laughing" promo CD single.
Is this CD an official release or fan-made?
To be confirmed... though some clues lead us to understand it was more likely fan-made.
B06.03 Die Laughing
Written by Nik Kershaw.
Registered on November 06th 2002.
Registration Number: PA0001117325
Date of publication: April 9th 2001
Album version (4:39)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Rumor has it that the song was released as track 1 on the 2000 "Die Laughing" promo CD single.
Is this CD an official release or fan-made ?
To be confirmed... though some clues lead us to understand it was more likely fan-made.
B06.04 Jane Doe
Co-written by Nik Kershaw and Chesney Hawkes
Album version (4:22)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
B06.05 How Sad
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:16)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
B06.06 Take Me To The Church
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:53)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Rumor has it that the song was released on the 1-track 2000 "Take Me To The Church" promo CD single.
Is this CD an official release or fan-made ?
To be confirmed... though some clues lead us to understand it was more likely fan-made.
Alternate version - Get Me To The Church (4:52)
An alternate version entitled "Get Me To The Church" was released as track 13 on the various artists promo CD "The Eagle Has Landed Into The Future with..." in 2000.
B06.07 Hello World
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:19)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
B06.08 Already There
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (5:13)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
B06.09 One Day
Written by Nik Kershaw.
Registered on November 06th 2002.
Registration Number: PA0001117331
Date of publication: April 9th 2001
Album version (5:07)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
Also released as track 6 on the C side (second vinyl record) of the 2023 "Collected" vinyl collection.
Rumored alternate version
According to some sources, "One Day" was initially supposed to be released on the 1999 "15 Minutes" album.
It is available as track 6 on the A-side of the Indonesian tape release.
It replaces the "What Do You Think Of It So Far?" that is track 6 on all other releases of the album.
Though the Indonesian tape inlay mentions "What Do You Think Of It So Far?", the tape plays "One Day" (the exact same version that was released on the 2001 "To be Frank" album).
That track, ripped from the Indonesia tape, was shared on the Internet shortly after the release of the 1999 "15 Minutes" album.
Some rumors later claimed that this was an alternate version of "One Day" (5:17).
But is it truly an alternate version?
When you listen to that "ripped track", you notice that the speed of the song is much slower.
Moreover, the track that was shared on the Internet suffered from poor quality transfer.
The slower speed and the poor quality let you believe that this is a different version.
BUT IT IS NOT.
When you correct the speed of the track and compare both this supposedly "alternate version" and the "album version", you notice that this is in fact the exact same version.
Except that one is of poor quality and slowed.
So, don't be mistaken, this rumored alternate version doesn't exist.
B06.10 All Is Fair
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:13)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
B06.11 Show Them What You're Made Of
Written by Nik Kershaw
Album version (4:17)
Available on the 2001 "To Be Frank" album (Tape, CD and online digital file).
Also available on the 2005" Your Brave Face" double CD album (which is in fact a collection of both "15 Minutes" and "To Be Frank" albums).
B06.12 They Said
Written by Nik Kershaw
Bonus track on the Wounded Single (4:31)
Available on the 2001 "Wounded" CD Single.
[Listen to it HERE]
B06.13 Food For Fantasy
Written by Nik Kershaw
Bonus track on the Wounded Single (4:27)
Available on the 2001 "Wounded" CD Single.
[Listen to it HERE]