FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

LP version. Solid white vinyl; gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve; includes limited time download code with the full album and 22 rare unreleased bonus tracks.

The second album by the Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw and The Cooked, original released in 1989. Remastered for the very first time with Roland Gift’s involvement. Fine Young Cannibals had talent to burn – guitarist Andy Cox and multi-instrumentalist David Steele were veterans of the English Beat, and front man Roland Gift was a vocalist as distinctive as Sam Cooke or Al Green – and 1989’s The Raw and The Cooked shows the UK trio going out in style. The second and final FYC studio album neatly balances such retro-soul numbers as “Good Thing” and such Prince-influenced dance cuts as “She Drives Me Crazy.” Both of those tracks became No.1 hits, and the remaining songs (all original except for a convincing cover of Buzzcocks’ “Ever Fallen In Love”) are also single-worthy.

TRACKLISTING

SIDE A
1. She Drives Me Crazy
2. Good Thing
3. I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
4. I’m Not Satisfied
5. Tell Me What

SIDE B
1. Don’t Look Back
2. It’s OK (It’s Alright)
3. Don’t Let It Get You Down
4. As Hard As It Is
5. Ever Fallen In Love