Smiling at Grief (the definitive edition) (2025 version)

~ Release by Twelfth Night (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

Credits from Bandcamp

Andy Revell - lead guitar
Brian Devoil - drums, percussion
Clive Mitten - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Geoff Mann - vocals

Rick Battersby - keyboards on the studio versions of Creepshow, Three Dancers, Makes No Sense, Kindergarden, Keep The Aspidistra Flying and Convenient Blindness and on the alternative version of This City.

All tracks written, arranged, performed and produced by Twelfth Night except Eleanor Rigby, written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney and published by Northern Songs.

Tracks 1-9 (Smiling At Grief) de-noised and remastered by Peter Brusee at Q-Point digital Audio, Hilversum, Holland

All other tracks de-noised and remastered by Mark Hughes.

Tracks 17 to 27 (Smiling At Grief...Live) engineered by Nick Crompton.

Annotation last modified on 2026-06-06 08:25 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1East of Eden
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
recording of:
East of Eden
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
3:29
2This City
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
recording of:
This City
lyricist:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night) and Clive Mitten
composer:
Clive Mitten
3:13
3The Honeymoon Is Over
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
recording of:
The Honeymoon Is Over
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
2:36
4Creepshow
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
recording of:
Creepshow
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
10:13
5Puppets (intro)
partial instrumental recording of:
Puppets
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
1:25
6Puppets
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
partial recording of:
Puppets
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
2:51
7Three Dancers
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
recording of:
Three Dancers
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
2:54
8Makes No Sense
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
recording of:
Makes No Sense
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
4:02
9Für Helene, Part II
recording of:
Für Helene, Part II
composer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
10:48
10Kindergarden
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
3:05
11Midnight (Poem)
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
0:51
12Keep the Aspidistra Flying
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
9:41
13Convenient Blindness
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
lead vocals:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night)
3:27
14Makes No Sense (instrumental)
5:10
15Eleanor Rigby (original demo)
cover demo recording of:
Eleanor Rigby
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
3:01
16This City (alternative version)
keyboard:
Rick Battersby
recording of:
This City
lyricist:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night) and Clive Mitten
composer:
Clive Mitten
3:22
17Kindergarden (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
Kindergarden
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
3:06
18The Honeymoon Is Over (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
The Honeymoon Is Over
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
2:51
19Eleanor Rigby (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live cover recording of:
Eleanor Rigby (on 1981-12-10)
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
3:39
20Makes No Sense (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
Makes No Sense
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
5:21
21East to West (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
East to West
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
version of:
After Office Hours
9:39
22Three Dancers (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
Three Dancers
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
3:45
23Puppets (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
Puppets
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
3:50
24This City (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
This City
lyricist:
Geoff Mann (English vocalist, Twelfth Night) and Clive Mitten
composer:
Clive Mitten
4:16
25Creepshow (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
Creepshow
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
10:20
26East of Eden (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
East of Eden
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
5:24
27Sequences (live)
recorded at:
Twelfth Night at The Target Club (1981-12-10)
live recording of:
Sequences (lyrics by Geoff Mann)
writer:
Twelfth Night (British prog band)
is based on:
Sequences (long instrumental version)
20:17
28Convenient Blindness (live in the studio)
4:21