The Age of Consent is the debut album by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat (Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville), released on London Records in October 1984. This was the only album released by Bronski Beat to feature Somerville, who departed the band in 1985. Track listing All tracks are written by Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski; except where noted. No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Why?" 4:04 2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward 4:40 3. "Screaming" 4:13 4. "No More War" 3:52 5. "Love and Money" 5:08 6. "Smalltown Boy" 5:00 7. "Heatwave" 2:41 8. "Junk" 4:17 9. "Need-a-Man Blues" 4:19 10. "I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me" Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, Donna Summer, Geoff Goddard 5:59 Original CD release bonus tracks No. Title Length 11. "Smalltown Boy" (full 12" version) 9:04 12. "Why?" (full 12" version) 7:46 1996 digitally remastered reissue bonus tracks No. Title Length 11. "I Feel Love" (medley with Marc Almond) 8:22 12. "Run from Love" (re-mix from Hundreds & Thousands) 8:14 13. "Hard Rain" (re-mix from Hundreds & Thousands) 7:54 14. "Memories" 2:54 15. "Puit D'Amour" 1:30 16. "Heatwave" (re-mix from Hundreds & Thousands) 5:44 2018 reissue disc one and 2022 reissue bonus tracks No. Title Length 11. "Why?" (12" version) 7:47 12. "Smalltown Boy" (12" version) 9:05 13. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (12" version) 5:23 14. "I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me" (12" version) 10:41 2012 remastered deluxe edition bonus tracks No. Title Length 11. "Smalltown Boy" (7" edit) 3:58 12. "Why?" (remix) 5:13 13. "I Feel Love Medley" (Source mix) 10:10 14. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (12" version) 5:22 15. "Red Dance" 6:53 2012 remastered deluxe edition disc two (Hundreds & Thousands with bonus tracks) No. Title Length 1. "Heatwave" (Goldberg remix) 5:44 2. "Why?" (Goldberg remix) 6:17 3. "Run from Love" (Maita remix) 8:14 4. "Hard Rain" (Goldberg remix) 7:52 5. "Smalltown Boy" (Goldberg remix) 5:54 6. "Junk" (Goldberg remix) 6:14 7. "I Feel Love" (Fruit mix) 8:03 8. "Hard Rain" (demo) 4:04 9. "Screaming" (demo) 4:06 10. "Signs (And Wonders)" 5:00 11. "Potato Fields" 2:59 12. "Run from Love" (radio version) 4:08 13. "Puit D'Amour" 1:38 14. "Close to the Edge" 4:44 15. "Cadillac Car" 3:54 2018 reissue disc two No. Title Length 1. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Kid Jenson BBC session) 2:21 2. "Memories" (Kid Jenson BBC session) 2:34 3. "Crazy Maraquitta" (Kid Jenson BBC session) 2:34 4. "Why?" (Kid Jenson BBC session) 3:00 5. "No More War" (demo) 4:11 6. "Up and Down" (instrumental demo) 3:42 7. "Heatwave" (demo) 2:50 8. "Ultra Clone" (instrumental demo) 2:50 9. "Junk" (demo) 5:13 10. "The Other Side of the Tracks" (demo) 3:41 11. "I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me" (rough mix) 5:45 12. "Smalltown Boy" (reprise 2014) 2:45 13. "Why?" (live at Stella Polaris) 5:08 14. "Smalltown Boy" (Arnaud Rebotini remix) 5:36 15. "Why?" (Wax Wings remix) 5:30 16. "Smalltown Boy" (KDA Pink Triangle remix) 7:33 Note: Digital releases of the 2018 deluxe edition replace the original KDA Pink Triangle remix with its edit version, with a runtime of 4:16. A re-recorded and expanded version was released in 2017 under the name of The Age of Reason, with Bronski, Ian Donaldson, and new singer Stephen Granville.