Track Listing

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
11. Sex

Disc 2:

1. Come Back And Stay
2. Iron Out The Rough Spots
3. Love Of The Common People
4. Behind Your Smile
5. I've Been Lonely For So Long
6. Yours
7. Sex
8. Pale Shelter
9. Better To Have And Don't Need
10. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33850 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-28
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

warning, NOT the original album version
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.

Awful - NOT the Original Version
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!!

I want to parlez about this album...
This was a classic album of the 80s. There are some great soul sounds here such as the legendary "Wherever I Lay My Hat" and "Broken Man", but also some slightly crazy songs such as "Ku Ku Kurama" and "Sex" (which must surely be tongue in cheek), which are a lot of fun. This album will bring back some memories and put a smile on your face.