23 Skidoo

Just Like Everybody

CD 

LTM

Digitally remastered best of set comprising singles, key album tracks and alternative mixes 1980-1987, including both sides of the rare debut 7" on Pineapple. Bonus disc Just Like Everybody (Part Two) comprises material recorded by the group during the 1990s, all of which is unavailable elsewhere. 32 tracks on 2 CDs, 120 minutes of music. Full tracklist: disc one: Kundalini, Vegas El Bandito, IY, Last Words (12"), Coup (Mix), Kongo-Do, Language (dub), Shrine, Assassin (Shugyosha Step), Mahgrebi, Last Dub, Ooze, Ethics, Another Baby's Face, Celestial Flutes; disc two: Roninstep, Meltdown, What Y'All Gon' Do, Eye Spy, 23 Break, 100 Dark, Lightening Beats, Cushite, The Best, Suspense, Mr. Lee Are You Ready?, Clan Break, Elephants, Reachin' Break, Liquid Noise, Return of the Dragon, Recoup. '23 Skidoo were unique among the crowd of early 80s post-punk and industrial innovators. Unlike the cold, harsh music of their peers, the ever-fluctuating line-up remained just as confrontational but incorporated warmer elements of funk, world music and, later, hip-hop. Up-tempo dance numbers would share bed with eerie experimental sound collages, the band being influenced by everything from Gregorian chant to Jeet Kune Do martial arts. And then there's the trifling matter of a little something called Coup, which went on to inform the Chemical Brothers' smash Block Rockin' Beats. This reissue, together with Seven Songs and Urban Gamelan, collects the work of one of the most diverse and influential bands of the era' (Clash, 1/2009) 'The rhythm and sheer energy here have, if anything, intensified over the years' (Record Collector, 1/2009) "JLE bundles together two earlier compilations in expanded form, and with some crucial additions, among them the superior dub mix of Last Words, and their last great piece, the slinky Ooze from 1986" (The Wire, 01/09) "This newest version of the band's original singles collection couples most of the tracks from the original vinyl issue, as well as the separate Just Like Everybody (Part Two) from the late 1990s to create a definitive anthology of material. Most will be happy with one superb disc and one adequate one compared to the mediocrity of many releases this day and age, and LTM once again have put together a package that celebrates the legacy of a band that has somewhat been forgotten in lieu of their contemporaries" (Brainwashed, 11/2008)