Audio Cassette review:
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & the Cooked

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & the Cooked

Band: Fine Young Cannibals Title: The Raw & the Cooked Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1990 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 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 6: Don't Look Back 7: It's OK (It's Alright) 8: Don't Let It Get You Down 9: As Hard as It Is 10: Ever Fallen in Love?

Editoral Review They were seemingly infatuated with late-'50s and early-'60s Motown, and the musical influences on this album range from boogie ("Good Thing," on which Squeeze keyboardist Jools Holland goes to town with a foot-stompin' piano solo) to poodle-skirted slow dance ("As Hard As It Is," "Tell Me What"), then stretch as far as Prince-like funk ("Don't Let It Get You Down"). With The Raw & the Cooked, the Fine Young Cannibals broke into the mainstream with their particular soul-injected sound. Possessing one of the most unusual voices in all of pop music, lead singer Roland Gift gives this album its distinction and the Fine Young Cannibals their identity. About half the songs (including the hit "She Drives Me Crazy") are graced with Gift's steady, crystal-clear falsetto, but it's his swollen-throated lower register, where he sounds like he is singing through a trumpeter's plunger mute, that really makes his voice unmistakable. --Beth Bessmer .. You can see a complete list of all Fine Young Cannibals discography, or go back to the Fine Young Cannibals tabs