This was the band's first major label album, recorded by Mark Freegard at Wessex Studios in London in January 1985 and released by EMI that Spring.

Track Listing:
1 Frightened (Sullivan, Morrow)
2 Ambition (Sullivan)
3 Grandmother's Footsteps (Sullivan, Morrow)
4 Better Than Then (Sullivan)
5 My Country (Sullivan, Morrow)
6 No Greater Love (Sullivan, Morrow, Heaton)
7 No Rest (Sullivan, Morrow, Heaton)
8 Young, Gifted and Skint (Sullivan, Morrow)
9 Drag It Down (Sullivan, Heaton, Morrow)
10 Shot 18 (Sullivan, Heaton)
11 The Attack (Sullivan)

Musicians:
Justin Sullivan - Vocals, Guitar
Stuart Morrow - Bass, Vocals
Robert Heaton - Drums


There are a host of releases of this album from various countries. We've tried to gather all the information out there on the various releases, but some are just educated guesses, as denoted by a '?'.

LP 05/1985 UK EMI NMALP1 (EJ 2403351)
CT 05/1985 UK EMI NMAMC1? (EJ 2403354?)
LP 1985 US EMI (Capitol) ST-12432
LP 1985 JP Toshiba EMI EMS-81730
LP 1985 BR EMI 31C 064 240335
LP 1985 WG EMI 1577371
LP 1985 GR EMI 062 240335 1
LP 1985? NL EMI 24 0035-1
LP 1985? ES EMI 066 24 0335 1
LP 1985 NZ EMI EMC-225
LP 1985 CA EMI/Capitol ST-12432
CD 1989 UK Fame (EMI) CD-FA 3198 (CDM 7 92686 2) reissue
LP 1989? UK Fame (EMI) FA 3237 (41 3237 1) reissue
CT 1991 PL MG MG 1533 (counterfeit)
LP 1992 CZ Globus (EMI) GE 0223 (21 0112-1 34) green vinyl
CT 1992 CZ Globus (EMI) 210112-4311
CD 11/04/2000 US? EMI?
CD 13/02/2006 UK EMI 3535072 reissue
DD 09/2007? US SIS/IKN (Amazon) B000X81FMO MP3
DD 01/2008? UK EMI (7digital) 23911 MP3

In 2005 EMI released a two CD remastered edition of No Rest For The Wicked containing bonus tracks and B-sides: CD 30/05/2005 UK EMI 5633622

CD 1:
Frightened
Ambition
Grandmother's Footsteps
Better Than Them
My Country
No Greater Love
No Rest
Young, Gifted & Skint
Drag It Down
Shot 18
The Attack

CD 2:
Heroin (12" version)
Adrenalin
No Sense
Trust
Vengeance (live)
Smalltown England (live)
Liberal Education (live)
Waiting (live)
Betcha (live)

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