Various Artists
Just Say Da (Volume IV of Just Say Yes)

Sire    9 26240-2  (1990)

Rock/Pop
CD, 16   Tracks, 78:38  Length
01 Personal Jesus (Kazan Cathedral Mix) Martin Gore Depeche Mode 04:17
02 Drop The Pressure Justin Boreland Merlin 04:26
03 Star (The Trafalmadore Mix) Andy Bell; Vince Clarke Erasure 06:19
04 Wish Me Luck (Karamazov Mix) Bezalel Aloni; Ofra Haza Ofra Haza 07:26
05 Help Us, Somebody Chris Thomas Chris Thomas 05:39
06 Candleland (Second Coming Version) Ian McCulloch Ian McCulloch,  vocals 03:39
07 Breathe (Live From The Gulag) Paul Barker; Chris Connelly; Al Jourgensen; Dave Ogilvie; Bill Rieflin Ministry 05:24
08 The Girl Tried To Kill Me Ice-T Ice-T 04:10
09 When The Beatles Hit America John Wesley Harding John Wesley Harding 05:22
10 The Id Parade Danielle Dax; David Knight Danielle Dax,  vocals 03:46
11 November Spawned A Monster Clive Langer; Morrissey Morrissey 05:24
12 Gang Of One Ian Hodgson Bradford 03:16
13 Maybe For Sure (Tunguska Event 7" Mix) Debbie Harry; Chris Stein Debbie Harry,  vocals 04:39
14 Soon Kevin Shields My Bloody Valentine 06:39
15 Melting Blue Delicious (St. Petersburg Mix) Paul Simpson The Wild Swans 03:53
16 Loaded Bobby Gillespie; Andrew Innes; Robert Young Primal Scream 04:19
Music Details
Product Details
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians  &  Credits
Producer Howie Klein
Cover by Hugh Brown
Personal Details
Index # 3678
Owner Dave
Tags Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Downtempo, Shoegaze, House, Synth Pop
User Defined
Purchased New
Notes
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)