List of songs recorded by Ian McNabb
This is a list of commercially released studio recordings from the solo career of ex-Icicle Works front-man, Ian McNabb.[1][2][3][4][5]
A song has to contain vocals by McNabb to qualify for inclusion on this list.
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Ian McNabb is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Liverpool, England. He has led a critically acclaimed solo career since 1991, following his work as lead singer of The Icicle Works in the 1980s.
Albums
Songs
Song Title | Appears on | Writer | Classification (Highest) | Year (First Released) | Notes |
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A Guy Like Me (And A Girl Like You) |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1997 | |
A Heart That You Can Borrow | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
A Pirate Looks At Forty |
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Jimmy Buffett | B-side | 1993 | Cover of a song by Jimmy Buffett |
A Secret Everybody Knows | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | Originally released as a live track on the 2008 album How We Live: At the Philharmonic |
Abigail Rain | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
The Absentee | People Don't Stop Believin | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Absolutely Wrong | A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Emotional Party | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1998 | |
Affirmation | Merseybeast | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Ain't No Way To Behave |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
All About A Woman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2009 | ||
All Along The Watchtower | Radio Sessions Volume 1 | Bob Dylan | Radio Session | 2011 | Cover of a Bob Dylan song |
All I've Got To Do (Feat. Thomas McConnell) | We're With The Beatles (Free CD from August 2013 issue of Mojo magazine) | John Lennon | Appears on 'Various Artists' album | 2013 | Cover of a Beatles song. Outro includes an interpolation of the John Lennon song Nobody Told Me |
All Things To Everyone |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Alright With Me |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1997 | |
An Honest Mistake | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Ancient Energy | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Aquamarine | Our Future In Space | Peter Buck and R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
As A Life Goes By | Head Like a Rock | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | |
Available Light |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Baltimore | Respectfully Yours | Randy Newman | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by Randy Newman |
Beautiful Old Mystery |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Before All Of This |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Believer Of Me | Krugerrands | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2015 | Originally released as a live track on the 2008 album How We Live: At the Philharmonic |
Bloom | A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Emotional Party | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1998 | |
Camaraderie |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Can't Get What I Want | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
Caroline, No |
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Brian Wilson & Tony Asher | B-side | 1993 | Cover of a song by The Beach Boys |
Changes | Respectfully Yours | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by Black Sabbath |
Child Inside A Father | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | ||
Clarabella (Come To The Window) | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
The Crystal Ship | Respectfully Yours | Jim Morrison | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by The Doors |
Don't Patronize Me |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1996 | |
Don't Put Your Spell On Me |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1996 | |
Empire's End | Great Things | R.I.McNabb & Ciaron Bell | Album Track | 2009 | |
Enabler | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
Fast Approaching Land | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
Finally Getting Over You |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Fire Inside My Soul |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | |
For You, Angel |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1993 | |
Friend Of My Enemy |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Gak Mummy No.1 | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
German Soldier's Helmet Circa 1943 |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Girls Are Birds | A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Emotional Party | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1998 | |
Girls From Across The Water | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
Glory Be |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1997 | |
Go Into The Light |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1994 | |
Gravy | Krugerrands | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2015 | |
Great Dreams Of Heaven |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1991 | |
Great Things | Great Things | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2009 | |
Growing Younger | Boots | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2003 | |
Gulf Coast Rockin' | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | ||
Happier With Him? | Radio Sessions Volume 1 | Bill Withers | Radio Session | 2011 | Cover of the song 'Hope She'll Be Happier' by Bill Withers |
He Wrote Himself A Letter | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Heydays |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
High On A Hill | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | ||
Hollow Horse | Radio Sessions Volume 1 | R.I.McNabb & C. Layhe | Radio Session | 2011 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
Hollywood Tears (Featuring Liam McKahey) |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Hotel Stationary | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Hotter Than The Sun | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb, Alex Harvey, Zal Cleminson, Tommy Eyre | Album Track | 2017 | |
How She Moves | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
The House Always Wins | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
The Human Heart And How It Works | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Hurricane Elaine | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | ||
I Can See Tomorrow | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
I Can't Help It If I'm Great | Great Things | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2009 | |
I Stood Before St. Peter |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
(I Go) My Own Way |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1993 | |
(I Just Wanna) Rock 'N' Roll My Life Away | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
I Kinda Like It Without You | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
(I Wish I Was In) California | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
If Love Was Like Guitars |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1993 | |
If My Daddy Could See Me Now |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1993 | |
(If We Believe) What Love Can Do |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1997 | |
I'm A Genius |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
I'm Game |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1993 | |
Irresistible Ruins | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Keeping Your Love Alive | Before All of This | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
The Killing Moon | Respectfully Yours | Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by Echo & the Bunnymen |
King Of Hearts | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Lady By Degrees |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Lazy Water | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
Let the Young Girl Do What She Wants To |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 2005 | |
Let's Go All The Way | Krugerrands | Gary "Mudbone" Cooper | Album Track | 2015 | Cover of a Sly Fox song |
Life on Mars? | Respectfully Yours | David Bowie | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by David Bowie |
Little Bit Of Magic | Merseybeast | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Little Episodes | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Little Princess | R.I.McNabb | Single | 1998 | ||
Liverpool Girl |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1997 | |
Livin' Proof (Miracles Can Happen) |
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R.I.McNabb | Single (Promotional) | 2001 | |
The Lonely Ones |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Love, Where Are You? | Boots | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2003 | |
Love Is A Wonderful Colour |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
Loveless Age |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1998 | |
Lovers At The End Of Time | Before All of This | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Love's Young Dream |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Make Love To You |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1991 | |
Makin' Silver Sing | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
The Man Who Can Make A Woman Laugh | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1998 | ||
May And December | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
May You Always |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | |
Me And The Devil | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
Medicated Emma | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
Memory Be Good To Me, Memory Come Back To Me | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
Memory Motel | Respectfully Yours | Jagger/Richards | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by The Rolling Stones |
Merseybeast |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1996 | |
Message From The Country |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Misty Meadows |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Moment In The Sun | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Montague Terrace (In Blue) |
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Noel Scott Engel | Album Track | 2011 | Cover of a song by Scott Walker |
Music Is Love | Music Is Love- A Singer-Songwriters' Tribute To The Music Of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young | Appears on 'Various Artists' album | 2013 | Cover of a song by Crosby, Stills & Nash |
My Accuser | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
My Life To Live Again | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
Mystic Age (Feat. Prof. Brian Cox) | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
The New Golden Age | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
New Light |
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R.I.McNabb | Single (Promotional) | 2009 | |
The New Me |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
The Nicest Kind Of Lie |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
No Hero To Me | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
Noone Counts For Money (Smiley Feat. Ian McNabb) | Smiley's Friends Eclectic | Smiley & Graham Turner | Album Track | 2017 | |
Nobody Say Nothin' to No One | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
Not Lost Enough to Be Rescued | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
Nothin' But Time | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Nothin' Less Than the Very Best | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Only Children | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Open Air | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Other People | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Our Friend (As a member of Liverpudlian ensemble The Eppy Centre) |
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Bob Pitt | Single | 2015 | Charity single in support of the 'Statue 4 Eppy' appeal[6] |
Our Future In Space | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
Out Of Season |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1999 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
Pampered Pop Star Millionaire Miserabilist Blues | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
People Don't Stop Believin' | People Don't Stop Believin | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Permanent Damage | Merseybeast (Single) (Disc 1) | R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1996 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
Phyllis The Parking Meter Lady (Joseph Bridge Feat. Ian McNabb) | Joseph Bridge (album) | Joseph Bridge | Single | 2014 | |
Picture Of The Moon |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Pinin' | Great Things | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2009 | |
Play The Hand They Deal You |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1993 | |
Pocahontas | Respectfully Yours | Neil Young | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by Neil Young |
Potency |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | |
Power Of Song | Great Dreams of Heaven (CD & 12" Record; 1991) | R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1991 | |
Presence Of The One | Truth & Beauty | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1993 | |
Pretty Boys With Big Guitars | Merseybeast (Single) (Disc 2) | R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1996 | |
The Prize | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
Reeperbahn | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
Rider (The Heartless Mare) | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | ||
Right On Time |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2003 | |
Rock |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | |
Rockin' For Jesus | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Rollin' On [The Things We Gave Away] | Boots | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2003 | |
Run To Me | Respectfully Yours | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by the Bee Gees |
Sad Strange Solitary Catholic Mystic | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | ||
Salt Of The Earth (Featuring Mike Scott & Anthony Thistlewaite) |
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Mick Jagger & Keith Richards | Appears on 'Various Artists' album | 1998 | Cover of a song by The Rolling Stones |
Sex With Someone You Love | A Party Political Broadcast on Behalf of the Emotional Party | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1998 | |
She Don't Let Nobody |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2011 | |
Sing | Boots | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2003 | |
The Slider |
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Marc Bolan | B-side | 1996 | Cover of a song by T. Rex |
Slough | Words/Music - Sir John Betjeman and Mike Read | John Betjeman | Appears on 'Various Artists' album | 1990 | Musical Adaptation of a poem by Sir John Betjeman. Miscredited as 'Ian MacNabb' |
Smirtin' | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
Snaked | Merseybeast (Single) (Disc 2) | R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1996 | |
Somebody Tell Rebecca | Boots | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2003 | |
Something Wonderful | Boots | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2003 | |
Sometimes I Think About You |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1993 | |
Still Got The Fever |
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R.I.McNabb | Single (Promotional) | 1993 | |
Stormchaser | Great Things | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2009 | |
Story Of My Life | Truth & Beauty | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1993 | |
Supermoon | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
That's Why I Believe |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1991 | |
That's Why The Darkness Exists (Feat. Zak Starkey) |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | |
The Day That I Learned To Say No | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
The Things You Do | The Gentleman Adventurer | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2002 | |
There Oughta Be A Law |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
These Are The Days |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1991 | |
They Couldn't Hear The Music | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
They Settled For Less than They Wanted | Merseybeast | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
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Gareth Mortimer | Album Track | 2005 | Cover of a song by Racing Cars |
They Will Find You Out |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
This Love | Great Things | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2009 | |
This Love I Feel For You | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb, Ralph Molina | Album Track | 2017 | |
This Time Is Forever | Head Like a Rock | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1994 | |
Throw The Rest Away | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
Time Ain't Nothin' | Respectfully Yours | Green on Red | Album Track | 2016 | Cover of a song by Green on Red |
Time Of My Time | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
Time You Were In Love |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | |
Tiny Arrows | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
To Love And To Let Go | Little Episodes | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2012 | |
Too Close To The Sun | Merseybeast | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 | |
Toxic | Our Future In Space | Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Henrik Jonback | Album Track | 2018 | Cover of a Britney Spears song |
Trams In Amsterdam |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1991 | |
Trip With Me | Truth & Beauty | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1993 | |
Truth And Beauty | Truth & Beauty | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1993 | |
Unfinished Business in London Town [For Lee] | Before All of This | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
Unknown Legend |
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Neil Young | B-side | 1993 | Cover of a song by Neil Young |
Up Here In The North Of England | Merseybeast (Single) (Disc 1 & 7" Record) | R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1996 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
Vodka Rivers And Cigarette Trees | Our Future In Space | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2018 | |
Waitin' For A Streetcar | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
Wanna Change My Plea To Guilty | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
Western Eyes | Before All of This | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2005 | |
What You Wanted | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
Whatever It Takes | Batman | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2001 | |
What She Did To My Mind | Don't Put Your Spell on Me (All versions) | R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1996 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
What's It All About |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1993 | |
When It All Comes Down |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | Originally released by The Icicle Works |
Why Are the Beautiful So Sad? | Waifs & Strays | R.I.McNabb | Demo | 2001 | |
Woman | Liverpool – The Number Ones Album | John Lennon | Appears on 'Various Artists' album | 2008 | Cover of a song by John Lennon |
Woman Killed By Falling Tree | Eclectic Warrior | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2013 | |
Women Love A Bastard (Men Love A Bitch) | Star Smile Strong | R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 2017 | |
Won't Get Fooled Again | Boots | Pete Townshend | Demo | 2003 | Cover of a song by The Who |
Woo Yer |
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R.I.McNabb | B-side | 1994 | |
Working Class Hero | Het Beste Uit 10 Jaar- Meter Sessies 2 | John Lennon | Appears on 'Various Artists' album | 1997 | Cover of a song by John Lennon |
You Must Be Prepared To Dream |
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R.I.McNabb | Single | 1994 | |
You Only Get What You Deserve |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1997 | |
You Stone My Soul |
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R.I.McNabb | Album Track | 1996 |
References
- "Solo albums". Ian McNabb.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- "Album Discography". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- "Ian McNabb albums". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- "Full discography". ianmcnabb.yolasite.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- "Ian McNabb discography". merseybeasts.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2015-02-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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