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Crazy Peoples Right to Speak Studio album by Kaja Released 1985 (LP/MC), 2004 (CD) Recorded February - July 1985 Genre New wave, Pop rock Length 40:03 (1985), 60:45 (2004) Label EMI, Parlophone Producer Ken Scott Kaja chronology Islands
(1984)Crazy Peoples Right to Speak
(1985)Gone to the Moon
(2008)Crazy Peoples Right to Speak was released in 1985 and was the third album by new wave/pop rock band Kajagoogoo. For this release, the band had shortened its name to Kaja, a name the band used earlier for the U.S. release of their second album, Islands. By this time, the band was a three-piece as drummer Jez Strode had quit in 1984.
The album was not a commercial success, and the only single from the album, "Shouldn't Do That", made it to number 63 in the UK.
Following the album, the band split up in 1986. However, after the band was featured on the VH1 programme Bands Reunited in 2004 (recorded in 2003), renewed interest in Kajagoogoo prompted EMI to re-issue Crazy Peoples Right to Speak in the same year 2004. Four bonus tracks were added to the original ten tracks: two remixes of "Shouldn't Do That", and two tracks that were previously only available in the single's limited edition double pack/gatefold release in 1985.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Nick Beggs; music by Askew/Beggs/Neale.
- "Do I" – 3:27
- "Shouldn’t do That" – 3:16
- "Your Appetite" – 4:21
- "Rivers" – 4:34
- "Sit Down and Shut Up" – 3:51
- "Afraid of You" – 3:49
- "Jigsaw" – 3:49
- "Fear of Falling" – 3:13
- "Charm of a Gun" – 4:28
- "You Really Take My Breath Away" – 4:53
- "Shouldn’t Do That (Disciplined)"* – 6:58
- "Shouldn’t Do That (Undisciplined)"* – 5:57
- "Hurricane"* – 3:55
- "Whatever You Want"* – 3:42
Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) only appear on the 2004 reissue.
Personnel
- Nick Beggs - bass guitar, vocals, percussion
- Steve Askew - guitar, vocals
- Stuart Neale - synthesizer, vocals, drum programming
- Dave Mattacks - drums
- Louis Jardim - percussion
- Michael Thompson - guitar
- Annie McCaig - backing vocals
- Lezlee Cowling - backing vocals
Categories:- 1985 albums
- Kajagoogoo albums
- Albums produced by Ken Scott
- EMI Records albums
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