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
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and
dance
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. It was conceived specifically as a
pro-choice album, put together by Sire after a letter from a listener named Todd VerBeek suggested the title and praised Sire for their willingness to address other politically sensitive issues (including
freedom of expression,
voter registration, and
AIDS education).
Track listing
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David Byrne
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- "Lilies of the Valley"
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Madonna
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- "Goodbye to Innocence"
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Doubleplusgood - "The Winding Song"
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Waterlillies (duo)
Waterlillies was a male-female electronica–pop– trip hop duo that released a pair of albums on Sire/ Reprise/ Warner Bros. Records in the 1990s. Group members are instrumentalist and producer Ray Carroll, with vocalist Jill Alikas-St. Thomas. I ...
- "I Am Woman"
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Belly - "It's Not Unusual"
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The Farm - "Comfort"
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John Wesley Harding - "Right to Choose"
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Kristin Hersh - "Hysterical Bending"
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Scorpio Rising - "It's Obvious"
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Poster Children - "Roe v. Wade"
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Danielle Dax - "Defiled"
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Tripmaster Monkey
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- "Blatant Affair"
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Bigod 20 - "It's Up to You"
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Judybats - "What We Lose"
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Ride - "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier"
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Greenberry Woods - "Adieu"
Adapted from Amazon listing.
It is volume seven in the ''
Just Say Yes series'' of promotional compilations, of which each title was a variation on the 'Just Say' theme:
* Just Say Yes Volume I:
Just Say Yes (1987)
* Just Say Yes Volume II:
Just Say Yo
''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 ...
(1988)
* Just Say Yes Volume III:
Just Say Mao
''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 moder ...
(1989)
* Just Say Yes Volume IV:
Just Say Da (1990)
* Just Say Yes Volume V:
Just Say Anything
''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 m ...
(1991)
* Just Say Yes Volume VI: ''
Just Say Yesterday
''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 ...
'' (1992)
References
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1994 compilation albums
Alternative rock compilation albums
Sire Records compilation albums
Various artists albums