 Most of the songs on "Work Done on Premises" were written by Ed Volker, with one, "Hard Core", credited to the entire band, and another, "Red Dress", a collaboration between Volker and guitarist Dave Malone.The following year, the band released their first studio album, "Heat Generation", again on the Croaker label.Like all of the Radiators' studio albums to come, this primarily featured tried-and-tested material from their live shows, rather than new compositions created for the album.