Various Artists
Just Say Da (Volume IV of Just Say Yes)
Sire
9 26240-2
(1990)
Rock/Pop
CD, 16
Tracks, 78:38
Length
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01 |
Personal Jesus (Kazan Cathedral Mix) |
Martin Gore |
Depeche Mode |
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04:17 |
02 |
Drop The Pressure |
Justin Boreland |
Merlin |
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04:26 |
03 |
Star (The Trafalmadore Mix) |
Andy Bell; Vince Clarke |
Erasure |
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06:19 |
04 |
Wish Me Luck (Karamazov Mix) |
Bezalel Aloni; Ofra Haza |
Ofra Haza |
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07:26 |
05 |
Help Us, Somebody |
Chris Thomas |
Chris Thomas |
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05:39 |
06 |
Candleland (Second Coming Version) |
Ian McCulloch |
Ian McCulloch,
vocals
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03:39 |
07 |
Breathe (Live From The Gulag) |
Paul Barker; Chris Connelly; Al Jourgensen; Dave Ogilvie; Bill Rieflin |
Ministry |
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05:24 |
08 |
The Girl Tried To Kill Me |
Ice-T |
Ice-T |
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04:10 |
09 |
When The Beatles Hit America |
John Wesley Harding |
John Wesley Harding |
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05:22 |
10 |
The Id Parade |
Danielle Dax; David Knight |
Danielle Dax,
vocals
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03:46 |
11 |
November Spawned A Monster |
Clive Langer; Morrissey |
Morrissey |
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05:24 |
12 |
Gang Of One |
Ian Hodgson |
Bradford |
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03:16 |
13 |
Maybe For Sure (Tunguska Event 7" Mix) |
Debbie Harry; Chris Stein |
Debbie Harry,
vocals
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04:39 |
14 |
Soon |
Kevin Shields |
My Bloody Valentine |
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06:39 |
15 |
Melting Blue Delicious (St. Petersburg Mix) |
Paul Simpson |
The Wild Swans |
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03:53 |
16 |
Loaded |
Bobby Gillespie; Andrew Innes; Robert Young |
Primal Scream |
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04:19 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Producer |
Howie Klein |
Cover by |
Hugh Brown |
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Index |
#
3678 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Downtempo, Shoegaze, House, Synth Pop |
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Warner Brothers' late-'80s, alternative-heavy series of label compilations (kind of like a post-punk version of their '70s Loss Leaders series) are an uneven lot, as is usually the case with this type of collection. However, the fourth volume, from 1990, is probably the strongest set (with the exception of the classic new wave compilation Just Say New Wave), with a number of great songs, many of them in rare alternate mixes like the hypnotic, Eastern European-tinged "Wish Me Luck (Karamazov Mix)" by Ofra Haza. Other tracks include non-LP bonus cuts like John Wesley Harding's witty talking blues "When the Beatles Hit America," as well as then-current singles and album tracks like Primal Scream's breakthrough hit "Loaded"; Danielle Dax's "The Id Parade"; Morrissey's "November Spawned a Monster"; and My Bloody Valentine's brilliantly gauzy "Soon," from their imminent classic Loveless. There's a couple of duds, like Bradford's dead boring "Gang of One" and a listless, overlong live version of Ministry's "Breathe." Overall, however, Just Say Da is a handy time capsule of alternative rock at the turn of the '90s. -- Stewart Mason (allmusic.com)