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Opening with the tongue-in-cheek "We're So Cool," the Au Pairs' debut record is a stunner, from Lesley Woods' scratchy guitar and declamatory vocals to lead guitarist Paul Foad's brittle soloing. This is an uncompromising, defiant record: gender roles are turned upside down, as are theories about sex and sexuality, and hetero- and homosexual relationships are put under a microscope. Similarly, the tense political situation in Northern Ireland is harrowingly addressed in "Armagh," which details Tory-sanctioned torture and sexual abuse of wrongly imprisoned Irish women. An unflinching look at the world, Playing with a Different Sex is one of the great, and perhaps forgotten, post-punk records.
© John Dougan /TiVo
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Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Bowie, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company 1979 ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company 1979 ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company 1979 ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company 1980 ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Pete Hammond, Composer - Au Pairs, Performance, MainArtist - Lesley Woods, Composer - Paul Foad, Composer - Jane Munro, Composer
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1981 Au Pairs, under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Opening with the tongue-in-cheek "We're So Cool," the Au Pairs' debut record is a stunner, from Lesley Woods' scratchy guitar and declamatory vocals to lead guitarist Paul Foad's brittle soloing. This is an uncompromising, defiant record: gender roles are turned upside down, as are theories about sex and sexuality, and hetero- and homosexual relationships are put under a microscope. Similarly, the tense political situation in Northern Ireland is harrowingly addressed in "Armagh," which details Tory-sanctioned torture and sexual abuse of wrongly imprisoned Irish women. An unflinching look at the world, Playing with a Different Sex is one of the great, and perhaps forgotten, post-punk records.
© John Dougan /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:23
- Main artists: Au Pairs
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2015 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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