Raw & Cooked

The second album by the Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw and The Cooked, original released in 1989. Remastered for the very ?rst time with Roland Gift's involvement. Fine Young Cannibals had talent to burn -- guitarist Andy Cox and multi-instrumentalist David Steele were veterans of the English Beat, and front man Roland Gift was a vocalist as distinctive as Sam Cooke or Al Green -- and 1989's The Raw and The Cooked shows the UK trio going out in style. The second and ?nal FYC studio album neatly balances such retro-soul numbers as "Good Thing" and such Prince-in?uenced dance cuts as "She Drives Me Crazy." Both of those tracks became No.1 hits, and the remaining songs (all original except for a convincing cover of Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen In Love") are also single-worthy. A double-Platinum smash, The Raw and The Cooked remains among the most listenable albums of the 1980s. Includes the hits "She Drives Me Crazy", "Good Thing", "I'm Not The Man I Used To Be". Features 22 bonus rare/ unreleased tracks -- B sides, and also remixes by David Z, Ploeg Club, Dimitri From Paris Seth Troxler, Prince Paul, Youth, and Arthur Baker. DoubleCD version comes in six-page digipack; includes 12-page book.FEATURES:The second album by the Fine Young Cannibals, The Raw and The Cooked, original released in 1989.Remastered for the very ?rst time with Roland Gift's involvement.Features 22 bonus rare/unreleased tracks.Double-CD version comes in six-page digipack; includes 12-page booklet.