No Parlez (studio album)
by Paul Young

No Parlez by Paul Young
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 12,327th   
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 43 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (166th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,727th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,327th)

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No Parlez is ranked as the best album by Paul Young.

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Overall rank: 12,327th | 1980s rank: 1,727th | 1983 rank: 166th

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67/100 (from 43 votes)
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From 04/14/2019 14:47 | #234966
The lead track of this album is what got me to sit up and pay attention to Paul Young, and he became one of my favorite artists of the 80s. Just such a soulful album - everything Rick Astley wished he could be, but wasn't.
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I still reckon that one of the defining differentiators that lifted this album overall was the simplistic, but crucial, female backing vocals (the [pair of young ladies were known as "the Staggering Harlots" I believe?). Gave it that Je ne sais quoi for me and my favourite version of 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' lives here
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2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
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