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 Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

, 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 Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

. 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 Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recogni ...

voter registration In electoral systems, voter registration (or enrollment) is the requirement that a person otherwise eligible to vote must register (or enroll) on an electoral roll, which is usually a prerequisite for being entitled or permitted to vote. The ru ...

, and AIDS education).

Track listing

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

- "Lilies of the Valley" #

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

- "Goodbye to Innocence" #

Doubleplusgood Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate that is the setting of the 1949 dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', by George Orwell. In the novel, the Party created Newspeak to meet the ideological requirements o ...

- "The Winding Song" #

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 Am Woman" #

Belly Belly may refer to: Anatomy * The abdomen, the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax; or the stomach ** A beer belly, an overhang of fat above the waist, presumed to be caused by regular beer drinking ** Belly dance * The fleshy, cent ...

- "It's Not Unusual" # The Farm - "Comfort" # John Wesley Harding - "Right to Choose" # Kristin Hersh - "Hysterical Bending" # Scorpio Rising - "It's Obvious" # Poster Children - "Roe v. Wade" #

Danielle Dax Danielle Dax (born 23 September 1958) is an English experimental musician and producer most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Early life She was born Danielle Gardner, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Dax's first performance on ...

- "Defiled" #

Tripmaster Monkey ''Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book'' is the third book written by Maxine Hong Kingston, and was published in 1989. The story follows Wittman Ah Sing, an American graduate of University of California, Berkeley of Chinese ancestry in his adventur ...

- "Blatant Affair" # Bigod 20 - "It's Up to You" #

Judybats The Judybats (sometimes stylized as merely Judybats or JudyBats) were an American alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, active primarily in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s. The band released three successful single ...

- "What We Lose" # Ride - "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" #

Greenberry Woods The Greenberry Woods is a power pop quartet formed in 1989 by songwriters Matt Huseman and Ira Katz while students at the University of Maryland. They were later joined by Huseman's twin brother Brandt Huseman on bass and drummer Miles Rosen. ...

- "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

{{Authority control 1994 compilation albums Alternative rock compilation albums Sire Records compilation albums Various artists albums