Tracklist

1	–Alms For Children	Failsafe	2:50
2	–Alms For Children	Mother	2:31
3	–Alms For Children	Danny Boy	4:34
4	–This Sporting Life	Wasting My Time	3:12
5	–This Sporting Life	Total Loss	3:40
6	–This Sporting Life	Soul Turkey	4:12
7	–This Sporting Life	Time	3:46
8	–This Sporting Life	Safe House	3:22
9	–This Sporting Life	Happy	2:16
10	–This Sporting Life	In On Time	2:07
11	–This Sporting Life	Understand Your Lies	3:05
12	–This Sporting Life	Parannoyed	2:10
13	–This Sporting Life	Paper Chase	2:39
14	–This Sporting Life	Difference	2:53
15	–This Sporting Life	Too Proud	3:33
16	–This Sporting Life	Patience	3:39
17	–This Sporting Life	Be Nice	3:12
18	–This Sporting Life	I Can't Kil	2:08
19	–This Sporting Life	I'm Suspicious Of You	3:46
20	–This Sporting Life	Respect In Your Eyes	4:07
21	–This Sporting Life	Art Of Conversation	2:25
22	–This Sporting Life	Silent Peace	2:37
23	–This Sporting Life	Dead Fish	4:13
24	–This Sporting Life	Point To Point	3:49

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Lab, Auckland
• Recorded At – Progressive Music Studios
• Recorded At – Harlequin Studios
• Copyright (c) – Failsafe Records Ltd.

Credits

• Engineer – Doug Hood (tracks: 4, 5 to 12), Steve Kennedy (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Mastered By [Restored] – Rob Mayes
• Producer – A.F.C.* (tracks: 1 to 3), Harry* (tracks: 1 to 3), Simon* (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Producer, Engineer – Doug Hood (tracks: 13 to 16), Simon Shanahan (tracks: 13 to 16), Terry King (tracks: 13 to 16), This Sporting Life (tracks: 13 to 16)
• Recorded By [Live], Mixed By – Simon* (tracks: 17 to 24)
• Written-By, Performer – B. Hayman*, D. Johns*, G. Charlton*, P. Fogarty*

Notes

A compilation of all studio and some live tracks from 1981-1984

Tracks 1-3 recorded Harlequin '82, released 1981 on 7" as AFC* - Alms Not Arms on REM Records - REM 02.
Track 4 recorded at 132 late 1981 and tracks 5 to 12 recorded on 4 track at The Lab Auckland, NZ, June 1982. Released 1982 on LP as This Sporting Life - Show Me To The Bellrope on Flying Nun Records - FN011.
Tracks 13 to 16 recorded at Progressive Music Studios 1983. Released 1983 on a 12" as This Sporting Life - In Limbo on Flying Nun Records - TSL002.
Tracks 17-24 recorded live.

The release does not differentiate between the two projects.
It's listed here in regards as to how the original tracks appeared.

Digipak includes card insert and 8-page booklet.
Comes in a sealed corrugated cardboard outer sleeve, stamped "AFC" and "TSL" on alternate sides.
Limited Edition of 300.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	This Sporting Life / AFC*	This Sporting Life / AFC* - Alms For Children ‎(24xFile, MP3, Comp, 320)	Failsafe Records	none	2018