Just Say Mao (album)
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Just Say Mao was Sire Records
' Volume 3 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on July 11, 1989 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered New Wave
or Modern Rock
(all would eventually fall under the genre Alternative rock
).
Its continued success further fueled a series of subsequent albums, the subtitles of which were variations on the 'Just Say' theme:
Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
' Volume 3 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on July 11, 1989 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
or Modern Rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
(all would eventually fall under the genre Alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
).
Track listing
- Everything Counts [Bomb Beyond the Yalu Mix] - Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
- In a Manner of Speaking - Martin L. Gore
- Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria) [Remix] - Figures on a BeachFigures on a BeachFigures on a Beach was a 1980s musical band that played in a style that drew influences from New Romantic, techno and pop music.-History:Figures on a Beach was formed in Detroit, Michigan, in the early 1980s from the ashes of the band Razor 1922...
- Thrash - UnderworldUnderworldThe Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
- Pistol - ErasureErasureErasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...
- Insah-Allah - Nasa
- Dizzy [Remix] - Throwing MusesThrowing MusesThrowing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the...
- Whistling for His Love [Remix] - Danielle DaxDanielle DaxDanielle Dax is an experimental musician and producer most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. She was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.- Biography :...
- Lucky Lisp - MorrisseyMorrisseySteven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
- Between Something and Nothing - The Ocean BlueThe Ocean BlueThe Ocean Blue, formed in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1986, is an American indie pop band that combines melodic guitars and synthesizers. Its core original members included David Schelzel on lead vocals/guitar, Steve Lau on keyboards/saxophone, Bobby Mittan on bass guitar and Rob Minnig on drums and...
- Da'ale Da'ale [Remix] - Ofra HazaOfra HazaOfra Haza was an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin, an actress and international recording artist....
- Don't Say No [Remix] - Tom Tom ClubTom Tom ClubTom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, both also known for being bandmembers of Talking Heads.-Biography:...
- Hunted Child - Ice-TICE-T* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...
- Nanana - Royal Crescent MobRoyal Crescent MobRoyal Crescent Mob was a four-person punk-funk band from Columbus, Ohio, that was formed in 1985. Also known to their fans as the R.C. Mob the band members included "Brian Emch" , David Ellison , Harold "Happy" Chichester and Carlton Smith . The band released five albums of material and one ep in...
- Date to Church - The Replacements, Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
- Nowhere to Stand - k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
- Strawman - Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
Its continued success further fueled a series of subsequent albums, the subtitles of which were variations on the 'Just Say' theme:
- Just Say Yes Volume I: Just Say Yes (1987)
- Just Say Yes Volume II: Just Say YoJust Say Yo (album)Just Say Yo was Sire Records' Volume 2 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on August 16, 1988, as a winter CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered New Wave or Modern Rock .-Track listing:# Galbi - Ofra Haza# Will Never...
(1988) - Just Say Yes Volume IV: Just Say DaJust Say Da (album)Just Say Da was Sire Records' Volume 4 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on September 4, 1990 as a winter CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered New Wave or Modern Rock...
(1990) - Just Say Yes Volume V: Just Say AnythingJust Say Anything (album)Just Say Anything was Sire Records' Volume 5 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on July 23, 1991 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered New Wave or Modern Rock...
(1991) - Just Say Yes Volume VI: Just Say YesterdayJust Say Yesterday (album)Just Say Yesterday was Sire Records' Volume 6 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on September 1, 1992 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered New Wave or Modern Rock .-Track listing:# Nowhere Girl - B-Movie# Kiss...
(1992) - Just Say Yes Volume VII: Just Say RoeJust Say Roe (album)Originally released in 1994, Just Say Roe was the seventh and final in the Just Say Yes series from Sire Records. It contained primarily non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were alternative rock, but also included some pop and dance...
(1994)