Opening with the tongue in cheek "We're So Cool," the Au Pairs' debut record is a stunner, from Lesley Woods' scratchy guitar and declamatory vocals to lead guitarist Paul Foad's brittle soloing. This is an uncompromising, defiant record that asks no quarter; gender roles are turned upside down, hetero- and homosexual relationships put under a microscope, and theories about sex and sexuality turned inside out. Similarly, the tense political situation in Northern Ireland is harrowingly addressed in "Armagh," which details Tory-sanctioned torture and sexual abuse of wrongly imprisoned Irish women. An unflinching look at the world, Playing with a Different Sex is one of the great, and perhaps forgotten, post-punk records. The CD reissue on RPM adds eight significant bonus cuts from 1979-1981 singles, which include different versions of tracks from the album and some songs which didn't make it onto the LP in any form. ~ John Dougan, Rovi
Playing with a Different Sex
1981
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Playing with a Different Sex Track Listing
Credits of Playing with a Different Sex
- Jane Munro
- Bass, Composer
- Lesley Woods
- Guitar, Composer, Vocals
- Ken Thomas
- Producer, Engineer
- Mark Stratford
- Compilation
- Eve Arnold
- Cover Photo
- The Au Pairs
- Producer
- Paul Foad
- Guitar, Composer, Vocals
- Peter Hammond
- Composer, Drums
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