Pleasure is an Electronic album by Girls At Our Best!, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked.
About
British punk/new-wave darlings Girls At Our Best! were not an all-female band, as many assumed, but three guys plus the exuberant Judy Evans on vocals. They released little during their years together (1979 - 1982), just a handful of singles and one album. Originally released in 1981, <i>Pleasure</i> contained 10 songs (tracks 7 through 16 here), and this 2009 re-release on Cherry Red adds on the real jewels of the band’s work. The first five songs are the group’s earliest singles, all of which charted on the U.K. Indie charts (the flipside to track five was “I’m Beautiful Now,” track eight). The group’s legacy is embedded in two songs in particular, the emphatic and cutting “Getting Nowhere Fast” and the sprightly “Politics!,” representing the power and range of both the band and Evans’ delightful vocals. Their cover of the traditional “This Train” was the flipside to the “Fast Boyfriends” single, and though certain Cherry Red extras — namely four BBC tracks — are not included here, the collection as presented is a timeless, essential link in the evolution of rock music.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Pleasure
- A2Too Big For Your Boots
- A3I'm Beautiful Now
- A4Waterbed Babies
- A5Fun-City Teenagers
- A6£600,000
Side B
- B1Heaven
- B2China Blue
- B3Fast Boyfriends
- B4She Flipped
- B5Goodbye To That Jazz
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- shimmering
- playful
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at Marcus Music Studios, London in the Summer of 1981.
Comes with lyrics insert, first 10,000 copies also come with pleasure bag containg two postcards,a sticker and a pleasure symbol stencil.
Track £600,000 continued into the side one run out and would loop indefinitely if the record player didn't have automatic pick up.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan WakemanCLARINET
- Darren Carl HarperDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Dave FishelPIANO, HARPSICHORD
- Gerard SwiftBASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- James AlanGUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Judy EvansLEAD VOCALS VOCALS
- Thomas DolbySYNTHESIZER
- Chris OldroydDRUMS
- Paul SimonDRUMS
- Rod JohnsonDRUMS
- The Butterflies
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 16 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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