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1	10 Lessons In Love Written-By – Slattery*, Heaton*, Shields*	4:59
2	Mitch Written-By – Rotheray*, Heaton*	3:53
3	The Perfect Couple Written-By – Heaton*	3:54
4	Last Day Blues Written-By – Butcher*, Heaton*	3:57
5	Man's World Written-By – Butcher*, Heaton*	4:53
6	Barstool Written-By – Slattery*, Heaton*, Shields*	4:07
7	Poems Written-By – Slattery*, Heaton*, Shields*	3:47
8	If Written-By – Slattery*, Heaton*, Shields*	3:56
9	The Real Blues Written-By – Slattery*, Heaton*, Shields*	5:51
10	Proceed With Care Written-By – Slattery*, Heaton*, Shields*	4:17
11	Man, Girl, Boy, Woman Written-By – Heaton*	2:28

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
• Copyright (c) – Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
• Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Sony Music Publishing
• Published By – Warner Music Publishing
• Published By – Copyright Control

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Lauraine Macintosh* (tracks: 3, 8, 9), Ricci P. Washington (tracks: 3, 8, 9)
• Brass – Andrew Ross* (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9), Dominic Glover (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9), Nichol D. Thomson* (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9)
• Design – Ryan Art
• Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals – Scott Shields
• Engineer, Programmed By [Programming], Producer [Additional Production] – Richard Flack
• Executive-Producer – Jon Kelly
• Guitar – Jimmy Hogarth (tracks: 3, 9)
• Illustration – Tracy Worrall
• Keyboards – Damon Butcher (tracks: 4, 11)
• Keyboards, Guitar, Flute, Backing Vocals – Martin Slattery
• Percussion – Ged Lynch (tracks: 1, 5), Pablo Cook (tracks: 8, 11)
• Photography By – Lawrence Watson
• Producer – Martin Slattery, Scott Shields
• Scratches [DJ Scratcher] – Peter Barrow (tracks: 7)
• Strings – Ellen Blair (tracks: 7), Jill Morley* (tracks: 7), Marsha Skins* (tracks: 7), Vicky Mathews* (tracks: 4, 7)
• Trumpet – Duncan Mcay* (tracks: 10)
• Vocals – Beccy Byrne (tracks: 6), Paul Heaton, Sharon Eusebe (tracks: 3), Zoe Johnston* (tracks: 7)

Notes

Later re-issued under Paul Heaton's own name.

℗ 2001 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)
© 2001 Mercury Records Ltd. (London)

Tracks 1, 6-10, published by: Universal Music Publishing Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing / Warner Music Publishing
Tracks 2, 3, 11, published by: Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Tracks 4, 5, published by: Universal Music Publishing Ltd. / Copyright Control

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988005287939

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
586 443-2	Biscuit Boy Aka Crackerman*	Fat Chance ‎(CD, Album)	Mercury	586 443-2	UK & Europe	2001
3145864432	Biscuit Boy Aka Crackerman*	Fat Chance ‎(CD, Album)	Mercury	3145864432	Canada	2001
063 045-2	Paul Heaton	Fat Chance ‎(CD, Album)	Mercury	063 045-2	UK & Europe	2002
PAUL 1	Paul Heaton	Fat Chance ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Car)	Mercury	PAUL 1	UK	2002