''Just Say Yo'' was
Sire Records
Sire Records (formerly Sire Records Company) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records.
History Beginnings
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gotteh ...
' 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
Modern rock is an umbrella term used to describe rock music that is found on college and commercial rock radio stations. Some radio stations use this term to distinguish themselves from classic rock, which is based in 1960sā1980s rock music.
...
(all would eventually fall under the genre
alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
).
Track listing
# Galbi (
Coldcut
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remix) -
Ofra Haza
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# Will Never Marry -
Morrissey
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# Black Coffee -
k.d. lang
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# Behind the Wheel/Route 66
ega-Single Mix-
Depeche Mode
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# Bible Dreams -
The Wild Swans
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# Chains of Love
ruly in Love with the Marks Bros. Mix-
Erasure
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* ''Erasure'' (novel), ...
# Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls
egan's House Me Mix-
Book of Love
# Hot Dog
2" Remix-
Martini Ranch
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# Mexican Women -
Throwing Muses
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The group was original ...
# Call Me Blue -
A House
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# Inside Out
ive
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* Ive (group), a South Korean girl group
* I've Sound (aka "I've"), a Japanese musical group
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The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mighty Lemon Drops were an English rock group active from 1985 to 1992.
Biography
Originally called the Sherbet Monsters, the quartet first formed in the spring of 1985 in Wolverhampton, in the Black Country. Paul Marsh, Dave Newton and ...
# What For -
James
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* Prince Ja ...
# Kingdom Chairs -
The Soup Dragons
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# Bacchanal Lady
xtended Remix-
David Rudder
The Honourable David Michael Rudder OCC (born 6 May 1953) is a Trinidadian calypsonian, known to be one of the most successful calypsonians of all time.
He performed as lead singer for the brass band Charlie's Roots. Nine years later, Rudder st ...
It is volume two 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 III:
Just Say Mao (1989)
*Just Say Yes Volume IV:
Just Say Da (1990)
*Just Say Yes Volume V:
Just Say Anything (1991)
*Just Say Yes Volume VI:
Just Say Yesterday (1992)
*Just Say Yes Volume VII:
Just Say Roe (1994)
References
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1988 compilation albums
Alternative rock compilation albums
Sire Records compilation albums