''Painful Thing'' is an EP by English

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band

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, released in May 1991 on Wilde Club Records. The EP was mixed by Simon Davey at Purple Rain Studios in

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. The EP was released on CD and

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and limited to 2,000 copies of each. The songs were later rerecorded for the band's debut studio album, ''

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'' (1992).

Track listing

All songs written by Catherine Wheel. #"Shallow" – 3:24 #"Spin" – 2:42 #"Painful Thing" – 3:58 #"I Want to Touch You" – 5:05

Personnel

;Catherine Wheel *

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– vocals, guitar *Brian Futter – vocals, guitar *Dave Hawes – bass *Neil Sims – drums, percussion ;Technical personnel *

Simon Davey Simon Davey (born 1 October 1970) is a Welsh former professional footballer and football manager. He is now Executive Director of a youth club in America called Southern Soccer Academy. He played for Swansea City, Carlisle United and Preston No ...

– mixing * Alastair Thain – photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1991 EPs Catherine Wheel albums