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Walking Back to Happiness
Live album (mini-album) by John Cooper Clarke
Released	1979
Recorded	Live, 1979
Genre	Spoken word
Label	Epic
Producer	Martin Hannett
John Cooper Clarke chronology
Disguise in Love (1978) Walking Back to Happiness (1979) Snap, Crackle & Bop (1979)

Walking Back to Happiness is the third album by John Cooper Clarke, originally released on 10" clear vinyl in 1979, and long out of print. All tracks were recorded live, with the exception of the final track, "Gimmix", was re-recorded in studio and became a UK top 40 hit that year. The penultimate track refers to The Marble Index a 1969 album by Nico.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Cooper Clarke

1. "Gaberdine Angus" - 1:15
2. "Majorca" - 2:28
3. "Bronze Adonis" - 2:22
4. "Spilt Beans" - 2:22
5. "Twat" - 2:24
6. "The Pest" - 2:16
7. "Nothing" - 0:42
8. "Limbo" - 4:21
9. "Who Stole the Marble Index?" - 1:22
10. "Gimmix Play Loud" - 3:26

Personnel

• John Cooper Clarke – vocals

with:

• The Invisible Girls - music on "Gimmix Play Loud"

Notes

1. "Walking Back to Happiness ". All Music, Retrieved 30 April 2016
2. "Walking Back To Happiness (1979)". JJC official site; 13 December 2009

External links

• John Cooper Clarke Home Page

• John Cooper Clarke albums
• 1979 live albums
• Albums produced by Martin Hannett
• Epic Records live albums