Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked (Bonus Tracks) [EAC

******************************************************************************* Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked (Limited Edition) ******************************************************************************* 01. She drives me crazy [0:03:39.10] 02. Good Thing [0:03:24.30] 03. I´m not the man i used to be [0:04:21.07] 04. I´m not satisfied [0:03:51.00] 05. Tell me what [0:02:49.13] 06. Don´t look back [0:03:39.50] 07. It´s ok (it´s alright) [0:03:32.32] 08. Don´t let it get you down [0:03:23.45] 09. As hard as it is [0:03:14.03] 10. ever fallen in love [0:03:55.22] 11. She drives me crazy (monie love remix) [0:05:54.30] 12. Good thing (nothing like the single mix) [0:04:38.50] 13. Pull the sucker off [0:03:35.20] 14. Johnny come home [0:05:44.25] 15. Suspicious Minds [0:03:57.05] 16. Wade in the water [0:02:56.20] 17. Motherless child [0:02:37.28] 18. Couldn´t care more [0:03:30.02] 19. Funny how love is [0:03:29.23] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review by Jo-Ann Greene One of the most exciting albums released during a decade of artifice and extravagance, in a mere ten songs and 35 minutes the Fine Young Cannibals created a masterpiece. Admittedly the trio had some help — backing singers, guest musicians (including former Squeeze pianoman Jools Holland and Talking Head's Jerry Harrison) — but that doesn't take away the band's own accomplishment. Remaining true to the FYC's vision of tying past and present musical styles together into artful new pop packages, The Raw & the Cooked features a shopping list of genres. Mod, funk, Motown, British beat, R&B, punk, rock, and even disco are embedded within the songs, while the rhythms, many synthetically created, are equally diverse. In less delicate hands this would be nothing more than an everything including the kitchen sink motley mess, but FYC manage this mix with subtly and elan. Two-thirds of the record were released as U.K. singles, all were hits, and each one proudly boasted a distinctly different blend of styles. "Good Thing," for example, was the trio's tribute to the legendary all-night Northern soul parties of the '60s, but is much more than a mere meld of mod and Motown. It's actually built round a slinky R&B riff, fueled by a boogie-woogie piano, and slammed home with a cracking beat. "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" is a torrid torch song, but fired by a futuristic jungle beat and an almost housey production. Then, of course, there's "She Drives Me Crazy," which features the most unique, and instantly identifiable, beat/riff combination of the decade. Even the four tracks that didn't make the singles cut could have, if MCA had the audacity to keep releasing them. "Tell Me What" perfectly re-creates the Tamla sound, with only the synth giving it a modern touch, but on the rest FYC delve deeper into funk, disco, soul, and lovingly coax them into the modern era. Every one of Raw's tracks simmers with creativity, as the hooks, sharp melodies, and irrepressible beats are caressed by nuanced arrangements and sparkling production. Never has music's past, present, and future been more exceptionally combined. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Song Review by Ed Hogan Former Beat members, guitarist Andy Cox and bassist David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals with singer Roland Gift in 1985, signing with I.R.S. Records, which was distributed through MCA. One of the U.K. act's first recordings to get attention was their cover of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love" from the Something Wild soundtrack. Their second album, The Raw & the Cooked, proved the charm. Minneapolis engineer/producer David Z.'s credits include work with Prince (his record deal-getting demo), Buddy Guy, Billy Idol, Johnny Lang, and Sheila E. Fine Young Cannibals wanted Prince to produce them, but were told that he doesn't hire out his services. They were recommended to frequent Prince collaborator David Z. One of the group's songs, "She's My Baby," written by Steele and Gift, got the producer's attention and he suggested that they do some rewriting of the lyrics. Ironically, the group wanted to discard the song. Recorded at Prince's Paisley Park recording studio, Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy" went gold, hitting number one pop and mid-charting R&B in spring 1989. The track's unique snare drum sound has been heavily sampled, heard on numerous recordings and a popular Pepsi TV commercial. The Raw & the Cooked sold over two million copies and included another number one pop hit "Good Thing." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOD THING Song Review by Dave Thompson Following hard on the heels of the trio's smash "She Drives Me Crazy", "Good Thing" proved true to its title, insuring that the Fine Young Cannibals were no longer consigned to the alterno-bin, but had now cooked their way straight up the charts and into the mainstream. Pulled in May, 1989, from the band's sophomore album The Raw & the Cooked, which sizzled into the shops a couple of months previous, "Good Thing" was arguably the apotheosis of the Cannibals's hybrid sound. Co-written by David Steele and Roland Gift, the song is littered with Sixties musical references - the flurried guitar strum that opens the song, the prominent piano riff, the keyboard solo in early rock'n'roll style, the surfy guitar, the doo-wop harmonies, and faux handclaps all reek of an earlier era, with only the slamming beats of the drum machine to drag the song into the modern world and onto contemporary dancefloors. Roland Gift lovingly recreates the soulful styling of the Motown of yore, then shifts into the more impassioned fashion of Stax. It's a fabulous performance, a phenomenal song, and the trio were duly rewarded with their second American chart topper, and their fifth British Top Tenner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVER FALLEN IN LOVE? Song Review by Dave Thompson A single that sent ageing punk fans screaming for cover, but a younger generation diving for copies, nothing else that the Fine Young Cannibals ever recorded stirred up such a tempest in a teapot as this single. Composer Pete Shelley’s Buzzcocks unleashed "Ever Fallen in Love" back in 1979, a storming song stuffed with blinding riffs, thrashing beats, and a melody spread-eagled between melancholy and delirium, pop-punk at its most ferocious. So what did the Fine Young Cannibals want with it? Well the melancholy melody is infectious, and there was plenty of torment to be found in the lyrics for Roland Gift to wrap his soulful vocals around. Slowing the tempo, the drum machine pounds away, the bass line gets down with the funk, the keyboards linger over the melody, while Andy Cox resurrects the dizzying effervescence of the Buzzcocks own guitar sound with added jangle. With its dancehall friendly sheen, funky flavor, and Gift's sensational vocal performance, "Ever Fallen In Love" tripped its way up the UK chart, landing at #9 in March, 1987, three places higher than the original. No wonder punk fans were so enraged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008 EAC extraction logfile from 1. 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spen007 (2009-06-12)

Damn good again! You have excellent taste in music buddy. Thank you very much!