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Paul Young - No Parlez (Special Edition)
Artist: Paul Young Album: Paul Young -
No Parlez (Special Edition) Released: 1983 Source: CBS records
cat # 460909 2 Genre: New Wave/Rock/Pop Format: EAC/APE
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Review: One of the most assured debut
albums of the mid-1980s, and one of the finest pop-soul confections of
all time, No Parlez was the record that, following on from the stellar
success of Young's earliest hits, left him poised to dominate the
remainder of the decade like no other vocalist could have. Three
singles laid bare all that Young was so eminently capable of. "Wherever I
Lay My Hat", a beautifully impassioned take on what was, in all
fairness, never one of Marvin Gaye's greatest performances, left mouths
hanging open in awe; a meaty revision of Nicky Thomas's "Love Of The
Common People" proved that the earlier performance was no fluke; and
"Come Back And Stay" indicated that the boy wasn't only a great singer,
he had access to some great originals as well.Add the idiosyncratic
yowling of the so-evocatively-named Fabulous Wealthy Tarts backing
singers, jabbing a wealth of seemingly meaningless refrains, yelps and
cackles into the gaps around Young's own vocal and, before it was even
on the racks, it was clear that No Parlez was going to be an
invigorating ride. And still it was capable of shocks. The title
track was borrowed from former Slapp Happy art rocker Anthony Moore's
Industrial Drums album - scarcely the kind of role model that Young's
apparent drive for pop superstardom normally looked towards, while
Moore's erstwhile bandmate Dagmar Krause surfaced elsewhere, to layer
mystifyingly Euro-flavored vocals over a deeply soulful version of "Love
Will Tear Us Apart". Yes, that "Love Will Tear Us Apart", a song still
so draped in the martyrdom of Ian Curtis that to even think of revising
it was regarded as sacrilege in some quarters. Young did more than that,
though, he reinvented it. As a whole, the album does not live up
to its greatest moments - once past that so-superlative "Love Of The
Common People", side two lags badly as it heads towards the nadir of the
closing "Sex". Breathtakingly original in small doses, Laurie Latham's
production (and the Wealthy Tarts' keening) both lose their appeal after
a while. One cannot help, too, but wish that the regular single mixes
of the hits had been replaced by the superlative 12-inch mixes that
accompanied their original release - "Come Back And Stay", in
particular, is up there with any Soft Cell or Frankie extension in the
annals of classic 12-inchers. But though it's not flawless, still
No Parlez is fearless and, looking back over Young's entire career (so
far), one can only wonder how it all went so wrong? He could have ruled
the decade like no other Brit of his age. Instead, the back cover photo
simply makes him look like the younger brother of one of the guys who
beat him to it. And you can bet Robert Smith wasn't expecting that!
Track List: 1 Come Back and Stay Lee 7:56 2 Love Will
Tear Us Apart Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner 5:01 3 Wherever I Lay My
Hat (That's My Home) Gaye, Strong, Whitfield 6:01 4 Ku Ku Kurama
Bolton 4:20 5 No Parlez Moore 4:54 6 Behind Your Smile Kewley,
Young 4:08 7 Love of the Common People Hurley, Wilkins 5:52 8
Oh Women Lee 3:34 9 Iron Out the Rough Spots Cropper, Jones,
Porter 7:28 10 Broken Man Kewley, Young 3:55 11 Tender Trap
Kewley, Young 4:31 12 Sex Lee 6:51
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