Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals (30th anniversary)

Today (December 10th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of Fine Young Cannibals, the self-titled debut album from the Birmingham, England, band of the same name. This 1985 release went to number 21 in Canada, number 17 in Switzerland, number 11 in the UK and New Zealand and number 2 in Australia. Here in the US, it spent twenty-eight weeks on the Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 49.

For my full review of this record, please click here.

Fine Young Cannibals - Fine Young Cannibals

Happy fifty-sixth birthday today (January 25th) to Andy Cox, guitarist and one of the founding members of the Beat.

In 1985, Cox joined fellow Beat member David Steele (bassist and keyboardist) and singer Roland Gift to form Fine Young Cannibals. On December 10th of that year, they released their first studio album, the self-titled Fine Young Cannibals. The record reached number 11 in the UK and number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 200.