| Fine Young Cannibals | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Fine Young Cannibals |
| Cover: | Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals.jpg |
| Caption: | European cover. The North American release features the design behind the band's name colored blue. |
| Released: | December 1985 |
| Recorded: | 1985 |
| Studio: | Power Plant Studios and Sound Suite Studios, London |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 34:21 |
| Label: | I.R.S., London |
| Producer: | Robin Millar, Mike Pela, Alvin Clark, Fine Young Cannibals |
| Next Title: | The Raw & the Cooked |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
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.
Sounds writer Carole Linfield gave it a four and a half out of five rating.[2] Stewart Mason, in an AllMusic retrospective review, commented that the album "is a powerful and satisfying debut".[3] 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."[4]
Songs composed by Roland Gift and David Steele except where noted.