RARE/2HAND VINYL ON PARLOPHONE RECORDS 1987. 74 6999 made in EU. With original innersleeve. Vinyl NM. Cover EX. 1987's Code, co-produced by On-U Sound mastermind Adrian Sherwood, finds Cabaret Voltaire at their loosest and most accessible. Though its subject matter remains dark and paranoid, in sound Code is the closest thing CV ever made to a party record. Aided perhaps by Sherwood's rhythmic expertise, it achieved a genuine mechanistic funkiness reminiscent of late-'70s Kraftwerk. That didn't necessarily endear it, of course, to fans of the Cabs' harsher, more challenging material. Many of them dismissed Code as lightweight, but the rest of us can find much to enjoy here. "Sex, Money, Freaks" answers the eternal question, What would it sound like if Roger Troutman of Zapp joined Cabaret Voltaire? "Trouble (Won't Stop)" dips one toe into the blues, with harmonica making a surprising appearance and Bill Nelson providing atmospheric guitar. Code's most memorable song, though, is "Here to Go," a hook-laden and bass-heavy concoction that offers the paradoxical advice, "Sharpen up, relax/ Lighten up, get serious/ Stick with it, sit back/ Live with it, commit yourself." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_Voltaire_(band) Tracklist. A1 Don't Argue 4:25A2 Sex, Money, Freaks 4:59A3 Thank You America 5:26A4 Here To Go 5:04B1 Trouble (Won't Stop) 5:06B2 White Car 2:44B3 No One Here 5:00B4 Life Slips By 3:25B5 Code 4:10
