No Parlez


No Parlez is the debut solo studio album by English singer Paul Young. Released in 1983, it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and remained in the UK Top 100 for 119 weeks. The album has been certified triple platinum by the BPI for UK sales in excess of 900,000 copies.
Initially, the first two singles, "Iron Out the Rough Spots" and a remake of "Love of the Common People", had no success, but the third, a cover of the Marvin Gaye classic "Wherever I Lay My Hat ", was No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in the summer of 1983, and the first of Young's 14 British Top 40 singles. Similar success followed in continental Europe. In the UK, the follow-up single "Come Back and Stay" reached No. 4, and the re-release of "Love of the Common People" made it to No. 2 in late 1983.
The album was released with a different cover in North America, and a new video for the single "Come Back and Stay" was made.
In 2008, a promotional CD of the album was distributed by the Daily Mail newspaper.

Track listing

Original UK vinyl edition

;Side one
  1. "Come Back and Stay" – 4:57
  2. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - 5:01
  3. "Wherever I Lay My Hat " – 5:18
  4. "Ku Ku Kurama" – 4:20
  5. "No Parlez" – 4:54
;Side two
  1. "Love of the Common People" – 4:56
  2. "Oh Women" – 3:34
  3. "Iron Out the Rough Spots" – 4:47
  4. "Broken Man" – 3:55
  5. "Tender Trap" – 4:31
  6. "Sex" – 4:49

    Original CD edition

  7. "Come Back and Stay" – 7:56
  8. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - 5:01
  9. "Wherever I Lay My Hat " – 6:01
  10. "Ku Ku Kurama" – 4:20
  11. "No Parlez" – 4:54
  12. "Behind Your Smile" – 4:08
  13. "Love of the Common People" – 5:51
  14. "Oh Women" – 3:34
  15. "Iron Out the Rough Spots" – 7:28
  16. "Broken Man" – 3:55
  17. "Tender Trap" – 4:31
  18. "Sex" – 6:51

    Production

The album was re-released on 30 June 2008 in the UK and worldwide on 5 August 2008 as a 25th-anniversary edition. It contains the original 11 tracks as well as a bonus 10-track disc with a combination of B-sides, remixes and live tracks. Although the booklet claims that this is the original vinyl album on CD, three songs are shortened from their UK vinyl release; "Come Back and Stay", "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Love of the Common People", all of which use the respective single edits found on the original US and Canadian pressings of the album. The original UK vinyl versions of these tracks remain unreleased on CD.
The Extended Club mixes of "Wherever I Lay My Hat" and "Sex", the full version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and the Scratch Mix of "Come Back and Stay", which were all included on the original CD and cassette release, were not included on the 25th anniversary edition. However, In 2013 they were all included on the compilation album Remixes and Rarities.

Track listing

  1. "Come Back and Stay" – 4:24
  2. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - 4:17
  3. "Wherever I Lay My Hat " – 5:18
  4. "Ku Ku Kurama" – 4:20
  5. "No Parlez" – 4:54
  6. "Love of the Common People" – 4:00
  7. "Oh Women" – 3:34
  8. "Iron Out the Rough Spots" – 4:47
  9. "Broken Man" – 3:55
  10. "Tender Trap" – 4:31
  11. "Sex" – 4:49

    Bonus Disc track listing

  12. "Come Back and Stay" – 7:34
  13. "Iron Out the Rough Spots" – 7:28
  14. "Love of the Common People" – 5:51
  15. "Behind Your Smile" – 4:10
  16. "I've Been Lonely for So Long" – 3:37
  17. "Yours" – 5:39 – 5:59

    How the different editions compare

Tracks are the same versions unless stated in the notes column.
TrackVinylCD/CassetteCD Daily Mail CD25th CDNotes
Come Back and Stay4:577:56 *4:26 **7:56 *4:25 *** Scratch Mix
  • * Single remix version
Love Will Tear Us Apart5:015:014:18 *5:014:17 ** 7" version
Wherever I Lay My Hat 5:196:02 *5:196:02 *5:17* extended club mix
Ku Ku Kurama4:204:204:204:204:19
No Parlez4:584:54 *4:584:54 *4:53 ** Slightly earlier fade out
Behind Your Smile-4:08--4:08 ** included on bonus CD
Love of the Common People4:585:52 *4:585:52 *4:01 *** extended club mix
** unidentified edit
Oh Women3:353:353:353:353:34
Iron Out the Rough Spots4:497:29 *4:497:29 *4:48* extended club mix
Broken Man3:563:563:563:563:55
Tender Trap4:324:324:334:324:31
Sex4:516:53 *4:516:53 *4:50* extended club mix
It is possible to create the original vinyl version of the album by using a combination of the original UK and US CD releases together with the 'Full length' version of Come Back and Stay which is included on the 2015 Tomb of Memories career-spanning box set.