music.wikisort.org - Composition

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 article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2010)

Fine Young Cannibals
Studio album by Fine Young Cannibals
Released	10 December 1985
Recorded	1985
Studio	Power Plant Studios and Sound Suite Studios, London
Genre	New wave, soul
Length	34:21
Label	I.R.S., London
Producer	Robin Millar, Mike Pela, Alvin Clark, Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals chronology
Fine Young Cannibals (1985) The Raw & the Cooked (1989)

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. Currently^[when?] available CDs feature the re-mix version of "Blue" in place of the original U.S. album version.^{[citation needed]}

The album's cover art came in two variations. The original U.S and Canadian releases on I.R.S. Records had a blue-tinted cover; most other versions, such as the U.K. release on London Records, have artwork tinted in red.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]
Sounds	[4]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()[5]

Sounds writer Carole Linfield gave it a four and a half out of five rating.[4] Stewart Mason, in an AllMusic retrospective review, commented that the album "is a powerful and satisfying debut".[1]

Track listing

Songs composed by Roland Gift and David Steele except where noted.

1. "Johnny Come Home" - 3:35
2. "Couldn't Care More" - 3:30
3. "Don't Ask Me to Choose" (Andy Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:05
4. "Funny How Love Is" (Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:28
5. "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) - 3:56
6. "Blue" (Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:31
7. "Move to Work" - 3:26
8. "On a Promise" - 3:06
9. "Time Isn't Kind" (Cox, Gift, Steele) - 3:12
10. "Like a Stranger" - 3:28

Additional tracks on 1986 edition

11. "Johnny Come Home" (Extended mix) - 5:43
12. "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)[6]	15

References

• Rudy Langlais; Richard Gehr (April 1986). Spins. Spin Magazine. p. 39. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

---