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{{Infobox album
| name       = That's All Very Well But...
| type       = Compilation
| artist     = [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]]
| cover      =That's All Very Well But...jpg|border=yes
| alt        =
| released   = 1996
| recorded   = 1986–1988
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Indie pop]]
| length     = 58:48
| label      = [[Cherry Red Records|Cherry Red]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[A La Guillotine]]!
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r370267|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
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'''''That's All Very Well But...''''' is a best-of compilation of the band [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]].

Initially planned for release in 1991 but shelved after the Midnight Music label went bankrupt, it finally surfaced in 1996 on Cherry Red, which took over the rights to a number of artists from the defunct Midnight Music (among them [[The Wolfhounds]], [[The Snake Corps]], The Essence and [[Sad Lovers & Giants]]).

''That's All Very Well But...'' is a collection of [[McCarthy (band)|McCarthy]] singles, rarities and [[Peel Session]]s. The release presents many of the band's best moments combining political passion with sparkling [[indie pop]] music.

The Peel Session tracks, taken from three different appearances, generally come across in a slightly crisper fashion than the other studio cuts. It includes an alternate version of "[[Should The Bible Be Banned]]", which is a touch quieter with more prominent acoustic guitar.

== Track listing ==
#"[[Red Sleeping Beauty]]" – 3:43
#"[[Should the Bible Be Banned]]" – 3:08
#"An MP Speaks" – 2:02
#"The Fall" – 1:48
#"The Funeral" – 2:15
#"We Are All Bourgeois Now" – 4:46
#"Antinature" – 1:46
#"Kill Kill Kill Kill" – 1:31
#"[[Frans Hals (song)|Frans Hals]]" – 3:15
#"The Myth of the North – South Divide" – 3:00
#"Something Wrong Somewhere" – 2:00
#"This Nelson Rockefeller" – 4:01
#"Charles Windsor" – 2:02
#"From The Damned" – 3:26
#"A Child Soon in Chains" – 1:47
#"The Enemy Is at Home (For the Fat Lady)" – 2:09
#"The Well of Loneliness" – 2:33
#"You're Alive" – 2:13
#"Keep an Open Mind or Else" – 3:11
#"I'm Not a Patriot But" – 3:17
#"The Comrade Era" – 1:22
#"Should the Bible Be Banned (alternate version)" – 3:22

*Peel Session No. 1 (recorded 7 October 1986, transmitted 12 November 1986) tracks 3, 7, 9, 15
*Peel Session No. 2 (recorded 20 October 1987, transmitted 28 October 1987) tracks 5, 13
*Peel Session No. 3 (recorded 23 October 1988, transmitted 1 November 1988) tracks 10, 19, 20

==Planned track listing CD/cassette==
#"[[Red Sleeping Beauty]]"
#"[[Should The Bible Be Banned]] ('7-inch' Version)"
#"The Myth of the North/South Divide"
#"The Enemy Is at Home"
#"The Funeral" *
#"This Nelson Rockefelle]"
#"The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne"*
#"The Fall"
#"An MP Speaks" *
#"Kill Kill Kill Kill"
#"We Are All Bourgeois Now"
#"From The Damned"
#"You're Alive"
#"Antinature" *
#"[[Frans Hals (song)|Frans Hals]]" *
#"Charles Windsor" *
#"For The Fat Lady"
#"Keep An Open Mind Or Else (Acoustic Guitar Mix)"
#"A Child Soon in Chains" *
#"Should The Bible Be Banned"
<nowiki>*</nowiki> John Peel/Janice Long BBC session recordings

==Planned track listing LP==
Side A:
#"[[Red Sleeping Beauty]]"
#"The Myth of the North/South Divide"
#"The Funeral" *
#"This Nelson Rockefeller"
#"The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" *
#"The Fall"
#"[[Should The Bible Be Banned]] ('7-inch' Version)"

Side B:
#"We Are All Bourgeois Now"
#"From The Damned"
#"You're Alive"
#"Keep An Open Mind Or Else (Acoustic Guitar Mix)"
#"The Enemy Is at Home"
#"[[Frans Hals (song)|Frans Hals]]" *
#"Charles Windsor" *
<nowiki>*</nowiki> John Peel/Janice Long BBC session recordings

The test pressing has the tracks "Frans Hals" and "Charles Windsor" the other way around.

==Planned track listing mini-LP ''We'll Get You You Creeps''==
Side A:
#"[[Frans Hals (song)|Frans Hals]] (7-inch Version?)"
#"Something Wrong"
#"In Purgatory"
#"An MP Speaks" *
#"The Comrade Era" *

Side B:
#"Kill Kill Kill Kill"
#"A Child Soon in Chains" *
#"God The Father"
#"Antinature" *
#"For The Fat Lady"
<nowiki>*</nowiki> John Peel/Janice Long BBC session recordings

The BBC Session for "The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne" remains unreleased. The studio version for "The Myth of the North/South Divide" comes from the ''Lie To Me'' compilation album. Several other tracks also have their origin from elusive releases and are not on the final release.

==References==
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[[Category:1996 compilation albums]]
[[Category:McCarthy (band) albums]]
[[Category:Cherry Red Records compilation albums]]