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Pleasure (Deluxe Edition)

Girls At Our Best!

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Featuring, oddly enough, a pre-fame Thomas Dolby here and there on keyboards, Girls at Our Best's sole album, Pleasure, is an underrated delight, tempering the sometimes harsh edge of the earliest singles to an equally passionate and entertaining approach not afraid to be calm here and there. With Harper now firmly settled into the drum seat, the quartet touched on everything from Siouxsie and the Banshees' arty edge to Gang of Four aggro-funk and full-on power pop catchiness, and did so brilliantly. Evans' voice was at its considerable best at many points, sometimes so light that it was hard to catch what was being sung, but often able to deliver her sometimes wry, sometimes sunny, but always smart sentiments just right. The hilarious rip on capitalist dreams "Waterbed Babies" and the sly "China Blue" are two particular winners. The sprightly, full-bodied music didn't lack for excitement either, and unlike the rote exercise that much of indie rock later became, there's still an exploratory, honest freshness about the arrangements. Call it the surfy leads Alan throws in here than there, the very intentional disco quotes on "Heaven," or trying out subtle tempo shifts at points for variety within a song, but there's plenty of random joy to be had, down to the guest clarinet on "Fun-City Teenagers." Excellent as it was, Pleasure didn't have the band's defining moment, the absolutely brilliant debut single "Getting Nowhere Fast," which gained posthumous fame via a cover version on the the Wedding Present's debut album. Sharp, short, and perfectly catchy down to its sudden edit ending two minutes in, it's one of the highlights of turn of the '80s Brit rock. Happily, that track, plus all the other studio cuts of the band's career -- including a delightful cover of the traditional "This Train," aka "Bound for Glory" -- appeared on some reissues of the album.

© Ned Raggett /TiVo

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Pleasure
00:02:49

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

2
Too Big For Your Boots
00:02:49

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

3
I'm Beautiful Now
00:03:33

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

4
Waterbed Babies
00:03:24

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

5
Fun-City Teenagers
00:02:50

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

6
£600,000
00:02:49

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

7
Heaven
00:03:47

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

8
China Blue
00:03:05

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

9
Fast Boyfriends
00:02:50

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best Girls At Our Best

10
She Flipped
00:03:27

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

11
Goodbye To That Jazz
00:03:42

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

12
Getting Nowhere Fast
00:02:00

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Christopher Oldroyd, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Cherry Red Records

13
Warm Girls
00:04:04

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Christopher Oldroyd, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2017 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records

14
Politics!
00:03:16

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1980 Girls At Our Best

15
It's Fashion (Single B Side)
00:02:25

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1980 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

16
Go For Gold!
00:03:23

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best Girls At Our Best

17
This Train (Single B Side)
00:03:00

Traditional, Composer - Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1981 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

18
China Blue (Live, John Peel, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:03:07

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1987 BBC BBC

19
This Train (Live, John Peel, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:02:54

Traditional, Composer - Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1987 BBC BBC

20
Getting Beautiful Warm Gold Fast From Nowhere (Live, John Peel, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:04:59

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Christopher Oldroyd, Composer - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 1987 BBC BBC

21
Fast Boyfriends (Live, Richard Skinner, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:02:48

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2009 BBC BBC

22
£600,000 (Live, Richard Skinner, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:03:00

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2009 BBC BBC

23
I'm Beautiful Now (Live, Richard Skinner, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:03:12

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2009 BBC BBC

24
Pleasure (Live, Richard Skinner, BBC Session, February 1981)
00:02:48

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2009 BBC BBC

DISC 2

1
Pleasure (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:02:53

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

2
It's Fashion (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:02:26

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

3
I'm Beautiful Now (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:21

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

4
China Blue (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:06

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

5
Heaven (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:54

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

6
Waterbed Babies (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:32

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

7
Politics! (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:17

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

8
Go For Gold (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:37

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

9
She Flipped (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:31

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

10
This Train (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:02:41

Traditional, Composer - Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

11
Getting Nowhere Fast (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:02:17

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Christopher Oldroyd, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

12
Fast Boyfriends (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:02:58

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

13
Warm Girls (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:03:28

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Christopher Oldroyd, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

14
Too Big For Your Boots (Live, Edinburgh University, 1981)
00:02:12

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

15
Atribute (Demo)
00:02:39

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Christopher Oldroyd, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

16
Boys At Their Best! (Demo)
00:02:33

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2009 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

DISC 3

1
Pleasure (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:02:51

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

2
It's Fashion (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:02:29

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

3
I'm Beautiful Now (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:18

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

4
China Blue (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:04

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

5
Heaven (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:41

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

6
Waterbed Babies (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:26

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

7
Politics! (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:08

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

8
Go For Gold (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:32

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

9
She Flipped (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:27

Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

10
This Train (Live, The Peppermint Lounge NYC 1981, Bootleg)
00:03:08

Traditional, Composer - Girls At Our Best!, MainArtist - Darren Harper, Composer - Gerard Swift, Composer - Jeremy Pritchatt, Composer - Joanna Gaffney, Composer

© 2022 Cherry Red Records Ltd ℗ 2022 Girls At Our Best! Girls At Our Best!

Album review

Featuring, oddly enough, a pre-fame Thomas Dolby here and there on keyboards, Girls at Our Best's sole album, Pleasure, is an underrated delight, tempering the sometimes harsh edge of the earliest singles to an equally passionate and entertaining approach not afraid to be calm here and there. With Harper now firmly settled into the drum seat, the quartet touched on everything from Siouxsie and the Banshees' arty edge to Gang of Four aggro-funk and full-on power pop catchiness, and did so brilliantly. Evans' voice was at its considerable best at many points, sometimes so light that it was hard to catch what was being sung, but often able to deliver her sometimes wry, sometimes sunny, but always smart sentiments just right. The hilarious rip on capitalist dreams "Waterbed Babies" and the sly "China Blue" are two particular winners. The sprightly, full-bodied music didn't lack for excitement either, and unlike the rote exercise that much of indie rock later became, there's still an exploratory, honest freshness about the arrangements. Call it the surfy leads Alan throws in here than there, the very intentional disco quotes on "Heaven," or trying out subtle tempo shifts at points for variety within a song, but there's plenty of random joy to be had, down to the guest clarinet on "Fun-City Teenagers." Excellent as it was, Pleasure didn't have the band's defining moment, the absolutely brilliant debut single "Getting Nowhere Fast," which gained posthumous fame via a cover version on the the Wedding Present's debut album. Sharp, short, and perfectly catchy down to its sudden edit ending two minutes in, it's one of the highlights of turn of the '80s Brit rock. Happily, that track, plus all the other studio cuts of the band's career -- including a delightful cover of the traditional "This Train," aka "Bound for Glory" -- appeared on some reissues of the album.

© Ned Raggett /TiVo

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