Fantastic Younger Cannibals have a good time 40 years with the announcement of their new career-spanning compilation FYC40
In 1985 Fantastic Younger Cannibals made an unforgettable first impression with their debut single Johnny Come Residence and their self-titled album, showcasing a fully-formed act with a pointy, soulful sound and potent songs. But it surely was 1989’s The Uncooked & The Cooked that propelled them onto the worldwide stage, changing into their defining masterpiece. Powered by hits like She Drives Me Loopy, Good Factor (each US Billboard No.1s) and their impressed tackle the Buzzcocks’ Ever Fallen In Love, the album encapsulated 30 years of music in 35 minutes and bought over 5 million copies worldwide, topping charts on each side of the Atlantic, and earned the band two BRIT Awards, an Ivor Novello, 4 MTV Music Video nominations and three Grammy nominations. After their tidal wave of success, they closed in 1996 with the elegiac ultimate single The Flame.
Fantastic Younger Cannibals’ rise was virtually as unlikely because it was spectacular. When UK outfit The Beat break up unceremoniously at their peak, bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox cast a artistic alliance and pushed previous waning trade enthusiasm for the fading 2 Tone scene. Teaming up with former Ska band Akrylykz frontman Roland Present, a singer with matinee-idol appears and a voice steeped in Otis Redding-esque soul, they cast a sound that might make them one probably the most internationally profitable acts of their technology.
Forty years on and the enduring affect of the band and their sound continues to resonate, with their songs making outstanding appearances in movie (Johnny Come Residence within the Andrew Haigh’s award profitable movie All of Us Strangers) and TV (She Drives Me Loopy in Season 4 of the acclaimed sequence The Bear), in addition to She Drives Me Loopy changing into the musical centerpiece for the Chanel 2025 Purse marketing campaign starring Dua Lipa and Jennie from BLACKPINK.
London Information celebrates this legacy with FYC40, a definitive anthology out 21 November.
FYC40 is out there in a number of codecs: Single vinyl and CD editions current a 12-track album or the core hits, whereas an expanded double vinyl gives 24 tracks, together with six unique remixes. The double-CD set options the expanded album plus a second disc full of brand-new and uncommon remixes from the London Information vault.
The expanded codecs of FYC40 transcend the hits, unearthing uncommon and unreleased gems, together with era-defining remixes by a who’s who of dance and hip hop tradition together with Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B, De La Soul’s Prince Paul, Norman Cook dinner, Arthur Baker, Roger Sanchez, Mousse T and Faithless, alongside brand-new remixes from the likes of Flight Amenities, The Reflex, DJ Q and beforehand unheard promotional remixes from the likes of Frankie Knuckles and Juan Atkins.
For collectors, the Deluxe 4CD/DVD field set is a definitive treasure trove – that includes 1985’s self-titled debut, The Uncooked & The Cooked (every expanded with rarities), two additional discs of latest, uncommon and unreleased remixes, and a DVD compiling all of the band’s promo movies alongside the total 1989 ‘Dwell At The Paramount’ live performance (restored audio and visuals) and BBC traditional performances.
The DJ Q remix of Ever Fallen In Love is out now. A family title within the UK storage and bassline scene, DJ Q re-imagines FYC’s iconic Buzzcocks cowl with driving low-end power, sharp two-step percussion and floor-filling momentum, bridging the tune’s traditional pop historical past with up to date membership tradition. Pay attention beneath:
1LP on crystal clear vinyl
Aspect A
Johnny Come Residence
Blue
Suspicious Minds
Humorous How Love Is [Re-recorded version]
Ever Fallen in Love
She Drives Me
Aspect B
Good Factor
Don’t Look Again 3:47 [7” Remix]
I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
I’m Not Glad
It’s OK (It’s Alright)
The Flame
2LP on heavyweight vinyl
Aspect A
Johnny Come Residence
Blue
Suspicious Minds
Humorous How Love Is [Re-recorded version]
Ever Fallen in Love
She Drives Me Loopy
Aspect B
Good Factor
Don’t Look Again 3:47 [7” Remix]
I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
I’m Not Glad
It’s OK (It’s Alright)
The Flame
Aspect C
Love for Sale [1990 Mix]
Wade within the Water
Motherless Little one
Couldn’t Care Extra
Inform Me What
Social Safety
Aspect D
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Cook II Soul 7” Mix]
She Drives Me Loopy [The Reflex Edit]
Blue [Version]
I’m Not Glad [Prince Paul 7” Mix]
Don’t Look Again [Luke Mornay Remix]
Johnny Come Residence [Frankie Knuckles Remix]
2CD + Digital
Disc One
Johnny Come Residence
Blue
Suspicious Minds
Humorous How Love Is [Re-recorded version]
Ever Fallen in Love
She Drives Me Loopy
Good Factor
Don’t Look Again 3:47 [7” Remix]
I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
I’m Not Glad
It’s OK (It’s Alright)
The Flame
Love for Sale [1990 Mix]
Wade within the Water
Motherless Little one
Couldn’t Care Extra
Inform Me What
Social Safety
Disc Two
She Drives Me Loopy [Flight Facilities Remix]
Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix]
Johnny Come Residence [Initial Talk Remix]
She Drives Me Loopy [The Reflex Revision]
Blue [Mark Kamins Remix]
Suspicious Minds [John Luongo Suspicious Mix]
She Drives Me Loopy [Louil Silas Jr. Extended Version / feat. Monie Love]
Good Factor [Julian Mendelsohn Extended Version]
Don’t Look Again [Thompson/Barbiero Extended Version]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Cook II Soul Mix]
I’m Not Glad [Prince Paul 12” Mix]
Johnny Come Residence [Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Feeling]
Deluxe 4CD/DVD
Disc One – Fantastic Younger Cannibals + bonus tracks
Johnny Come Residence
Couldn’t Care Extra
Don’t Ask Me to Select
Humorous How Love Is
Suspicious Minds
Blue
Transfer to Work
On a Promise
Time Isn’t Variety
Like a Stranger
Love for Sale
Wade within the Water
Motherless Little one
Johnny Come Residence [Anne Dudley Version]
Couldn’t Care Extra [Anne Dudley Version]
Transfer to Work [Anne Dudley Version]
Blue [Version]
Suspicious Minds [John Luongo U.S. 7” Mix]
Humorous How Love Is [Re-recorded Version]
Johnny Come Residence [Extended Mix]
Suspicious Minds [Extended Version]
Disc Two – The Uncooked & the Cooked + bonus tracks
She Drives Me Loopy
Good Factor
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
I’m Not Glad
Inform Me What
Don’t Look Again
It’s OK (It’s Alright)
Don’t Let It Get You Down
As Arduous as It Is
Ever Fallen in Love
Social Safety
You By no means Know
Maintain Me [Demo]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Demo Version]
I’m Not Glad [Demo Version]
Inform Me What [Demo Version]
As Arduous as It Is [Demo Version]
Race Monitor [Demo]
She Drives Me Loopy [Louil Silas Jr. U.S. 7” Mix]
Good Factor [10” Alternative Mix]
Ever Fallen in Love [Extended Version]
Disc Three – Remixes
The Flame [Dave Way Mix]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Matt Dike Remix]
She Drives Me Loopy [The Monie Love Remix]
Good Factor [Prince Paul Remix]
I’m Not Glad [Prince Paul Groovie Organ Mix]
It’s OK (It’s Alright) [Ploeg Club Mix]
Ever Fallen in Love [Arthur Baker Club Senseless]
Johnny Come Residence [Mark Moore 12” Remix]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Dancin’ Danny D Remix]
She Drives Me Loopy [The Justin Strauss Mix]
I’m Not Glad [Matt Dike 12”]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Juan Atkins Remix]
Johnny Come Residence [Mousse T Cocktail Mix]
Don’t Look Again [Luke Mornay Extended Remix]
Disc 4 – Remixes
She Drives Me Loopy [Flight Facilities Remix]
Ever Fallen in Love [DJ Q Remix]
Johnny Come Residence [Initial Talk Remix]
She Drives Me Loopy [The Reflex Edit]
The Flame [Mario Più & Ricky Le Roy Experience Mix]
She Drives Me Loopy [Cerrone Remix]
Johnny Come Residence [Mousse T Extended Mix]
She Drives Me Loopy [Dimitri from Paris Remix]
The Flame [Mario Scalambrin Heartbeat Mix]
Johnny Come Residence [Derrick Carter Remix]
She Drives Me Loopy [Roger Sanchez Time & Space Mix]
The Flame [Gigi D’Agostino Mix]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix]
Disc 5 – DVD
Promo movies
Johnny Come Residence
Blue
Suspicious Minds
Humorous How Love Is
Ever Fallen in Love
She Drives Me Loopy
Good Factor
Don’t Look Again
I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
I’m Not Glad
The Flame
Dwell on the Paramount – 21 October 1989
Johnny Come Residence
Like a Stranger
Couldn’t Care Extra
Good Factor
Inform Me What
Time Isn’t Variety
I’m Not Glad
Humorous How Love Is
Ever Fallen in Love
Don’t Look Again
Suspicious Minds
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
It’s OK (It’s Alright)
My Lady
She Drives Me Loopy
FYC on the BBC
Couldn’t Care Extra [Live at the Haçienda – on Whistle Test]
Don’t Ask Me to Select [Live at the Haçienda – on Whistle Test]
Johnny Come Residence [on Top of the Pops]
Suspicious Minds [on Top of the Pops]
Humorous How Love Is [on Wogan]
Ever Fallen in Love [on Top of the Pops]
She Drives Me Loopy [on Top of the Pops]
Good Factor [on Top of the Pops]
I’m Not the Man I Used to Be [on Top of the Pops]
FYC40 is out there to pre-order/pre-save right here
Roland Present and his band will play two particular headline exhibits on the London Palladium (2 October) and Birmingham Symphony Corridor (12 November). Discover out extra right here
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