Fine Young Cannibals (album)
Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Fine Young Cannibals is the debut studio album released in 1985 by the band of the same name. The album features the UK #8 debut hit single "Johnny Come Home".
This success did not continue with the next single, "Blue", which languished at #41 in the UK. The version of "Blue" on the original U.S. and Canadian vinyl LP and cassette was re-mixed and edited in an attempt to boost its commercial appeal. The re-mix version features additional electronically processed percussion overdubs, giving it a sound more typical of 1980s synthpop hits. CurrentlyTemplate:When available CDs feature the re-mix version of "Blue" in place of the original U.S. album version.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings Sounds writer Carole Linfield gave it a four and a half out of five rating.[1] Stewart Mason, in an AllMusic retrospective review, commented that the album "is a powerful and satisfying debut".[2] Spin said, "The lyrical content on most cuts isn't terribly complicated, one thought turned around a few times; but the sparseness lays snug next to the inlays and wrap-arounds of Gift's voice, along with the more than competent instrumental work, forever keeping the vocals buoyed up."[3]
Track listing
Songs composed by Roland Gift and David Steele except where noted.
- "Johnny Come Home" - 3:35
- "Couldn't Care More" - 3:30
- "Don't Ask Me to Choose" (Andy Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:05
- "Funny How Love Is" (Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:28
- "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) - 3:56
- "Blue" (Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:31
- "Move to Work" - 3:26
- "On a Promise" - 3:06
- "Time Isn't Kind" (Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:12
- "Like a Stranger" - 3:28
- Additional tracks on 1986 edition
- "Johnny Come Home" (Extended mix) - 5:43
- "Suspicious Minds" (Suspicious mix) (Mark James) - 7:52
Personnel
- Fine Young Cannibals
- Roland Gift – vocals
- Andy Cox – guitar, organ on "Time Isn't Kind"
- David Steele – bass, piano, keyboards
- Additional musicians
- Martin Parry – drums
- Graeme Hamilton – trumpet, piano solo on "Time Isn't Kind"
- Gavyn Wright – violin
- Saxa – saxophone on "Funny How Love Is"
- Beverlei Brown, Gloria Brown, Maxine Brown – backing vocals on "Like a Stranger"
- Jimmy Somerville – backing vocals on "Suspicious Minds"
- Jenny Jones – drums, backing vocals on "Couldn't Care More"
- Technical
- Alvin Clark – engineer
- Mike Pela, Robin Millar – mixing
- Anton Corbijn – front cover photography
Charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 15 |
References
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