Fine Young cannibals / The finest 1996

 

 

^{LINK: The Finest}

^{01. She drives me crazy}

^{02. The flame}

^{03. Johnny come home}

^{04. Good thing}

^{05. Suspicious minds}

^{06. Blue}

^{07. Ever fallen in love}

^{08. Don't look back}

^{09. Tell me what}

^{10. I'm not the man i used to be}

^{11. Couldn't care more}

^{12. Funny how love is}

^{13. Take what i can get}

^{14. Since you've been gone}  

 

 

Fine Young Cannibals

Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals, 1990
Background information
Also known as	Two Men a Drum Machine and a Trumpet
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genres	Pop rock, soul, college rock
Years active	1984–1992, 1996
Labels	London, I.R.S.
Associated acts	The Beat
Past members
David Steele Andy Cox Roland Gift

Fine Young Cannibals were a short-lived British band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox (both formerly of The Beat), and singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their 1988 album, The Raw and the Cooked, topped the UK and US Album charts, and contained their two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing".
In 1990 the band won two Brit Awards: Best British Group, and Best British Album (for The Raw and the Cooked). Their name came from the 1960 film All the Fine Young Cannibals starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood.

History

The group was formed in 1984 in Birmingham after the dissolution of The Beat, with whom Cox and Steele previously played. The duo of Steel and Cox spent eight months listening to over 500 cassettes of potential singers before settling on Gift. They had difficulty obtaining a record contract but when a video of their song "Johnny Come Home" appeared on British TV show The Tube, recording contract offers flowed in immediately. The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1985, spawning two UK hit singles, "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" featuring additional vocals by Jimmy Somerville.^[2]
Fine Young Cannibals appeared as the house band in a nightclub in the 1987 comedy film Tin Men, set in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1963. Steele and Cox released an instrumental house single under the moniker Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet in 1988, called "Tired Of Getting Pushed Around", which reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart and was popular on the U.S. dance chart. During this time, Gift appeared in the movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
Their highest charting hits were "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing", from the 1988 album The Raw and the Cooked, which charted the following year. Both reached number one in the U.S. singles charts. The Raw and the Cooked included three songs the band had recorded for Tin Men (including "Good Thing"), and their cover of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" recorded for the film Something Wild.^[2]
In 1990, the band contributed a cover version of Cole Porter's song "Love for Sale" for the album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization, a collection of 20 Cole Porter songs recorded by various artists as a benefit for AIDS research.
Fine Young Cannibals broke up in 1992, although they briefly returned to the studio in 1996 to record a new single, "The Flame", which would complement their greatest hits compilation The Finest released that year. Gift reactivated the band name and toured in the 2000s as Roland Gift and the Fine Young Cannibals.

Band members

• David Steele – bass, keyboards, synthesisers
• Andy Cox – guitars, keyboards
• Roland Lee Gift – vocals

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions									Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK [6]	US [7]	CAN [8]	AUS [9]	NZ [10]	NOR [11]	SWE [12]	AUT [13]	SWI [14]
1985	Fine Young Cannibals First studio album Release date: 10 December 1985 Label: I.R.S. Records	11	49	21	—	11	—	—	—	17	UK: Gold CAN: Platinum
1988	The Raw and the Cooked Second studio album Release date: 1988 Label: I.R.S. Records	1	1	1	1	2	19	5	1	2	UK: 3× Platinum CAN: 6× Platinum US: 2× Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK	NZ	BEL	AUT
1996	The Finest Release date: 26 November 1996 Label: London Records	10	21	39	22	UK: Platinum
2004	Greatest Hits Release date: 14 September 2004 Label: Rhino Records	—	—	—	—
2006	The Platinum Collection Release date: 21 March 2006 Label: Warner Deluxe	—	—	—	—
2009	She Drives Me Crazy Release date: 23 February 2009 Label: MC Deluxe	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Remix albums

Year	Album details
1990	The Raw and the Remix Release date: 11 December 1990 Label: I.R.S. Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions						Album
		UK	US	US Mod	US Dance	AUS	IRE
1985	"Johnny Come Home"	8	76	—	9	14	8	Fine Young Cannibals
	"Blue"	41	—	—	—	13	—
1986	"Suspicious Minds"	8	—	—	23	6	9
	"Funny How Love Is"	58	—	—	—	97	27
1986	"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"	9	—	—	11	20	10	Something Wild (soundtrack)
1988	"Tired of Getting Pushed Around" †	18	—	—	3	—	20	Non-album song
1989	"She Drives Me Crazy"	5	1	5	1	1	2	The Raw and the Cooked
	"Good Thing"	7	1	2	20	7	4
	"Don't Look Back"	34	11	9	—	38	10
	"I'm Not the Man I Used to Be"	20	54	—	8	—	8
1990	"I'm Not Satisfied"	46	90	—	—	—	19
1991	"It's O.K."	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	"The Flame"	17	—	—	—	85	—	The Finest
1997	"She Drives Me Crazy 1997"	36	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

† – Two Men, A Drum Machine and a Trumpet release

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