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ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1989". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 8 February 2021. In 2020, he starred as Johnny Holloway, an ex-pop star sent to jail, in the BBC Radio 4 musical drama Return to Vegas. Gift wrote the play and co-composed the music together with Ben Barson, brother of Madness's Mike Barson). [13] [14] [15] Personal life [ edit ] FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com . Retrieved 14 February 2017. Norwegiancharts.com – Fine Young Cannibals – The Raw & the Cooked". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 September 2020. Division of another kind did for the Cannibals, who fell apart in 1996. “Everyone got inflated after the success. There were squabbles about me being in films and people were telling each of us stuff about the other members. Divide and rule, basically.” When a new film was casting around for music, Gift went along. “And so did Dave and Andy, but we hadn’t mentioned it to each other. We’d always vowed not to be one of those ‘arrive separately’ bands, but suddenly we were.” He’s slightly regretful. “I wish we’d done more together.”Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Cria.ca. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009 . Retrieved 30 October 2010. Review Summary: Much more of the good thing besides "She Drives Me Crazy" and well, the "Good Thing". Their uniqueness sprang partially from the roots of guitarist Andy Cox and bass/keyboard player David Steele as members of The Beat ( a Ska band known in the US as English Beat). Their tenure in that ensemble could account for FYC's R&B flare, which was solidified when they were joined by vocalist Roland Lee Gift. Their first album, Fine Young Cannibals went on to produce two popular singles with "Johnny Come Home" and their high-energy take on Elvis' "Suspicious Minds." With this album, they perpetuated that success with the singles, "good Thing" and (especially) "She Drives Me Crazy." At the same time, Gift reactivated the band name and toured as Roland Gift and the Fine Young Cannibals.

Archive | The Ivors | The Ivors Academy | Champions of Music Creators". Ivorsacademy.com . Retrieved 18 June 2021. a b "Ultratop > Fine Young Cannibals in Ultratop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien . Retrieved 28 November 2019. a b Chris Heim (8 September 1989). "Fine Young Cannibals and Cherry are success stories". Chicago Tribune (NORTH SPORTS FINAL, CNed.). p.6. Steele went on to produce Gabrielle's 1993 album Find A Way as well as a couple of solo albums in the 2000s.

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