- Audio CD (30 Jun 2008)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Sony Bmg
- ASIN: B001A2AE5S
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl | Mini-Disc | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 137,217 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Come Back And Stay | |||
| 2. Love Will Tear Us Apart | |||
| 3. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) | |||
| 4. Ku Ku Kurama | |||
| 5. No Parlez | |||
| 6. Love Of The Common People | |||
| 7. Oh Women | |||
| 8. Iron Out The Rough Spots | |||
| 9. Broken Man | |||
| 10. Tender Trap | |||
See all 11 tracks on this disc
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Come Back And Stay \x{2013} 12" | |||
| 2. Iron Out The Rough Spots - 12" Mix | |||
| 3. Love Of The Common People | |||
| 4. Behind Your Smile | |||
| 5. I've Been Lonely For So Long | |||
| 6. Yours | |||
| 7. Sex (Demo) | |||
| 8. Pale Shelter (Demo) | |||
| 9. Better To Have And Don't Need \x{2013} Live | |||
| 10. Wherever I Lay May Hat (That's My Home) | |||
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I owned and loved the vinyl LP of this album in the 80's. When CD came onto the market, I taped my LP collection and ditched my records and record deck through lack of space. Now, years later, I was keen to re-buy the album on CD.
This version is awful though. Every track (I think) is a kind of disco mix of the original with lots of digital drums and 'scratching' thrown in. Utter rubbish.
One of the tabloid papers was recently giving copies of this CD away, so I got one of those........and it's exactly the same!! Have Sony/BMG somehow lost the original masters or something? It seems it is not possible to buy a CD copy of the original vinyl release.
I'm going to get myself a vinyl copy on Amazon or at a car boot sale, and archive it to CD (I've bought a record deck again in the meantime!) as this seems to be the only way.
Very disappointed!!
This version is awful though. Every track (I think) is a kind of disco mix of the original with lots of digital drums and 'scratching' thrown in. Utter rubbish.
One of the tabloid papers was recently giving copies of this CD away, so I got one of those........and it's exactly the same!! Have Sony/BMG somehow lost the original masters or something? It seems it is not possible to buy a CD copy of the original vinyl release.
I'm going to get myself a vinyl copy on Amazon or at a car boot sale, and archive it to CD (I've bought a record deck again in the meantime!) as this seems to be the only way.
Very disappointed!!
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With all of the poor comments against what was a classic 1980's LP I decided to investigate what could have been so wrong about these CD releases. It appears that the initial CD release effectively was the original 'cassette album' (which included extended versions of a number of tracks as well as a bonus track: "Behind Your Smile"). The original LP had shorter and superior versions of the famous tracks. The 25th Anniversary CD release appears to include most of the original LP tracks with the exception of "Come Back and Stay", "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Love of the Common People" which all appear to be shorter edits (and also "No Parlez" is 5 seconds shorter - possibly the fade out). Now, as far as I can tell, the first CD version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" IS the LP version at exactly 5 minutes, whereas the 25th CD is an edit at 4 minutes 25 seconds. I don't believe that you can get the original LP versions of "Come Back and Stay" or "Love of the Common People" anywhere on CD (other than a CD-R if somebody has transferred their original LP across). Anyway, you'll need to burn your own CD-R if you want to attempt to reproduce the classic "No Parlez" original LP, but you'll have to produce 'Edits' of the first CD versions of "Come Back and Stay" from 7:56 to 4:57 and also "Love of the Common People" from 5:51 to 4:56.
Full Breakdown of track times:
Track----------------------LP--Cassette--Orig CD--25th CD
Come Back and Stay--------4:57---7:55-----7:56-----4:24
Love Will Tear Us Apart------5:00---5:00-----5:00-----4:17
Wherever I Lay My Hat------5:18---6:00-----6:01-----5:17
Ku Ku Kurama---------------4:19---4:19-----4:20-----4:18
No Parlez-------------------4:57---4:57-----4:54-----4:52
Behind Your Smile------------------4:08--------------4:08*
Love of the Common People-4:56---5:51-----5:51-----4:00
Oh Women-----------------3:35---3:35-----3:34-----3:34
Iron Out the Rough Spots---4:47---7:27-----7:29-----4:48
Broken Man----------------3:54---3:54-----3:55-----3:55
Tender Trap---------------4:32---4:32-----4:32-----4:31
Sex-----------------------4:49---6:50-----6:52-----4:50
*Note that Behind Your Smile is a bonus track on the 25th CD and appears on the 2nd CD not with the original album on the 1st CD. It is the same version as the bonus track on the original cassette.
Hopefully that helps to make this CD saga a lot clearer. Now Sony better sort their act out and release the definitive Original LP version of "No Parlez" on CD...
Full Breakdown of track times:
Track----------------------LP--Cassette--Orig CD--25th CD
Come Back and Stay--------4:57---7:55-----7:56-----4:24
Love Will Tear Us Apart------5:00---5:00-----5:00-----4:17
Wherever I Lay My Hat------5:18---6:00-----6:01-----5:17
Ku Ku Kurama---------------4:19---4:19-----4:20-----4:18
No Parlez-------------------4:57---4:57-----4:54-----4:52
Behind Your Smile------------------4:08--------------4:08*
Love of the Common People-4:56---5:51-----5:51-----4:00
Oh Women-----------------3:35---3:35-----3:34-----3:34
Iron Out the Rough Spots---4:47---7:27-----7:29-----4:48
Broken Man----------------3:54---3:54-----3:55-----3:55
Tender Trap---------------4:32---4:32-----4:32-----4:31
Sex-----------------------4:49---6:50-----6:52-----4:50
*Note that Behind Your Smile is a bonus track on the 25th CD and appears on the 2nd CD not with the original album on the 1st CD. It is the same version as the bonus track on the original cassette.
Hopefully that helps to make this CD saga a lot clearer. Now Sony better sort their act out and release the definitive Original LP version of "No Parlez" on CD...
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The initial CD version of No Parlez included only longer versions of the hit singles alongside a few other songs. The album versions from the album were, however, nowhere to be found. In the liner notes of this re-release Paul Young describes those versions as being wearing; not an understatement. According to Paul, the album version was always the true version and finally one can listen to it on CD a quarter of a century later.
It took me not a whole lot longer than zero seconds to realize that something was wrong. The starting crushing interplay of bass & drums on Come Back and Stay is nowhere to be heard, the songs simply "starts". When I heard that the middle section where Paul sings "Since You've Been Gone...." is truncated did I realize that this is the single version being used, NOT the original album version. Things get worse: Love Will Tear Us Apart is presented here without the intro on the original album, again it simply "starts". Similar story with Love of the Common People, the long intro on the album has been shortened, similar as to the single version although I am not sure whether its identical, it is a bit longer than the version on his Time compilation. I think/hope I have spotted all the faults.
The production at the time was revolutionary; Lauri Latham (later worked with Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze and The Stranglers) came with a distinctive glossy and crisp sound. Although it became soon dated, it sounds today very fresh. The re-mastering is good, it is as if the tapes were cleaned with the separation much clearer. The music has also aged well, Paul Young's voice still gives me goose bumps. A bonus CD is included with the boring 12 inch versions but an interesting version of Tears For Fears' Pale Shelter and 2 great live recordings.
In whole, a major disappointment due to shortened versions, and simply baffling since it is stated that this IS the original album. I thus give it only three stars, which may be generous. Any comments, especially from someone responsible for this re-release would be welcomed.
It took me not a whole lot longer than zero seconds to realize that something was wrong. The starting crushing interplay of bass & drums on Come Back and Stay is nowhere to be heard, the songs simply "starts". When I heard that the middle section where Paul sings "Since You've Been Gone...." is truncated did I realize that this is the single version being used, NOT the original album version. Things get worse: Love Will Tear Us Apart is presented here without the intro on the original album, again it simply "starts". Similar story with Love of the Common People, the long intro on the album has been shortened, similar as to the single version although I am not sure whether its identical, it is a bit longer than the version on his Time compilation. I think/hope I have spotted all the faults.
The production at the time was revolutionary; Lauri Latham (later worked with Echo & the Bunnymen, Squeeze and The Stranglers) came with a distinctive glossy and crisp sound. Although it became soon dated, it sounds today very fresh. The re-mastering is good, it is as if the tapes were cleaned with the separation much clearer. The music has also aged well, Paul Young's voice still gives me goose bumps. A bonus CD is included with the boring 12 inch versions but an interesting version of Tears For Fears' Pale Shelter and 2 great live recordings.
In whole, a major disappointment due to shortened versions, and simply baffling since it is stated that this IS the original album. I thus give it only three stars, which may be generous. Any comments, especially from someone responsible for this re-release would be welcomed.
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Still not like the original album... but the closest!
This 25 Year Anniversary Special Edition still is not like the original album, but is the closest to it! Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2009 by Osantin
Non Parlez? What are you talking about?
Don't get me wrong... Paul Young's Non Parlez is a lovely album.
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