• Source: Fine Young Cannibals (album)

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. Currently available CDs feature the re-mix version of "Blue" in place of the original U.S. album version.




Critical reception



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




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

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References



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

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