The Raw & the Cooked is the second and final album

Album

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 by Fine Young Cannibals

Fine Young Cannibals

Fine Young Cannibals were a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984, by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift...

. A remix

Remix

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ed version was also released as The Raw and the Remix. Selling over two million copies, The Raw & the Cooked included two US number one songs "She Drives Me Crazy

She Drives Me Crazy

"She Drives Me Crazy" is a song recorded by the Fine Young Cannibals, included on their 1989 album The Raw and the Cooked. The song peaked at #5 as a single in the band's native UK in January 1989 before hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 15 April 1989...

" and "Good Thing". The title of the album comes from the book of the same name

The Raw and the Cooked

The Raw and the Cooked is the first volume from Mythologiques written by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. The original French title was Le Cru et le cuit....

 ("Le Cru et le Cuit" in French) written by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss

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.

The cover of Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks

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' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

"Ever Fallen in Love " is a 1978 song written by Pete Shelley and performed by his group, Buzzcocks. It was a number twelve hit on the UK Singles Chart.-Background and writing:...

" originally appeared on the soundtrack for Something Wild two years earlier. Three songs from the album — "Good Thing", "Tell Me What" and "As Hard As It Is" — first appeared in the 1987 film Tin Men

Tin Men

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, where the Fine Young Cannibals portrayed a band in a nightclub. These three songs have a retro-soul style consistent with the film's 1963 Baltimore

Baltimore

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 setting.

After the band asked MCA Records

MCA Records

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 to get Prince

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 to produce tracks to complete the album, the label countered with producer David Z

David Z.

David Z is a music producer, engineer, mixer, and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He is most well known for his long-standing work with Prince, but has also contributed to award winning albums by Etta James, Billy Idol, BoDeans, Buddy Guy, Neneh...

, who had worked with Prince and is the older brother of Bobby Z

Bobby Z

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 of The Revolution

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. FYC and David Z recorded three tracks together at Paisley Park Studios to complete the album, including the hit "She Drives Me Crazy".

The album won Best British Album at the 1990 Brit Awards

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.

Side one - Raw

1. "She Drives Me Crazy
   She Drives Me Crazy
   "She Drives Me Crazy" is a song recorded by the Fine Young Cannibals, included on their 1989 album The Raw and the Cooked. The song peaked at #5 as a single in the band's native UK in January 1989 before hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 15 April 1989...
   
   " – 3:36
2. "Good Thing" – 3:22
3. "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
   I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
   "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" is a song by British pop-rock band Fine Young Cannibals. It was released as the fourth single from the band's 1989 album The Raw & the Cooked...
   
   " – 4:19
4. "I'm Not Satisfied
   I'm Not Satisfied
   "I'm Not Satisfied" is a song by British pop-rock band Fine Young Cannibals. It was released as the fifth single from the band's 1989 album The Raw and the Cooked...
   
   " – 3:51
5. "Tell Me What" – 2:47

Side two - Cooked

1. "Don't Look Back
   Don't Look Back (Fine Young Cannibals song)
   "Don't Look Back" is a song by British pop-rock band Fine Young Cannibals. It was released as the third single from the band's 1989 album The Raw & the Cooked...
   
   " – 3:40
2. "It's OK (It's Alright)" – 3:32 (Cox/Gift/Steele)
3. "Don't Let It Get You Down" – 3:23
4. "As Hard As It Is" – 3:14
5. "Ever Fallen in Love
   Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
   "Ever Fallen in Love " is a 1978 song written by Pete Shelley and performed by his group, Buzzcocks. It was a number twelve hit on the UK Singles Chart.-Background and writing:...
   
   " (Pete Shelley
   Pete Shelley
   Pete Shelley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of Buzzcocks.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 3:54

Production credits

The album package details the production credits as follows:

1. "She Drives Me Crazy", co-production between David Z and FYC
2. "Good Thing", production by Steele/Cox/Gift, remixed by Julian Mendelsohn
   Julian Mendelsohn
   Julian Mendelsohn is a British record producer, audio engineer and mixer. Records bearing his work have been featured on English top ten charts...
   
   
3. "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be", production by Steele/Cox/Gift
4. "I'm Not Satisfied", co-production between David Z and FYC
5. "Tell Me What", production by Steele/Cox/Gift, remixed by Julian Mendelsohn
6. "Don't Look Back", production by Steele/Cox/Gift, remixed by Bruce Lampcov
7. "It's OK (It's Alright)", co-produced (sic) by David Z
8. "Don't Let It Get You Down", production by Steele/Cox/Gift
9. "As Hard As It Is", production by Steele/Cox/Gift, remixed by FYC and Dave Anderson
10. "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)", co-production between Jerry Harrison and FYC

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1989	U.S. Billboard 200 Chart Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...  Albums Chart	1

Personnel

• Roland Gift
  Roland Gift
  Roland Lee Gift is a British singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the band Fine Young Cannibals.-Biography:...
  
   - Vocals
• Andy Cox
  Andy Cox
  Andy Cox is a British guitarist, who along with Dave Wakeling, founded The Beat in 1978.The Beat achieved eight Top 40 singles and three hit albums in the UK before announcing their break up in 1983...
  
   - Guitar
• David Steele
  David Steele (musician)
  David "Shuffle" Steele is an English musician who was a member of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals.-Career:...
  
   - Bass, Keyboards, Drum Machine

with:

• Jools Holland
  Jools Holland
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   - Piano on "Good Thing"
• Jimmy Helms
  Jimmy Helms
  James H. Helms is an American soul singer.-Early days:Helms' first release "Ragtime Girl" was put out on Pye Records in 1963...
  
  , George Chandler & Jimmy Chambers - Backing Vocals on "Good Thing", "Tell Me What" & "It's OK (It's Alright)"
• Martin Parry - Drums on "Tell Me What"
• Simon Fowler - Backing vocals on "Don't Look Back"
• Graeme Hamilton - Trumpet on "Don't Let It Get You Down" & "As Hard As It Is"
• Jenny Jones - Drums & Backing Vocals on "As Hard As It Is"
• Gavin Wright
  Gavin Wright
  Gavin Wright is an economic historian and the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University.Most of Wright's research has focused on the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement.- Works :...
  
  - Violin on "As Hard As It Is"
• Bridgette Enver - Saxophone on "As Hard As It Is"