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    Playing with a Different Sex

    The Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex

    1981


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    All Music Guide Review

    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 Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • We're So Cool
  • 3:29
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  • 2
  • Love Song
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Love Song from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 3
  • Set-Up
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for Set-Up from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 4
  • Repetition
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for Repetition from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 5
  • Headache for Michelle
  • 6:39
  • Sound Clip for Headache for Michelle from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 6
  • Come Again
  • 3:54
  • Sound Clip for Come Again from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 7
  • Armagh
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Armagh from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 8
  • Unfinished Business
  • 3:29
  • Sound Clip for Unfinished Business from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 9
  • Dear John
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Dear John from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 10
  • It's Obvious
  • 6:19
  • Sound Clip for It's Obvious from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 11
  • You
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for You from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 12
  • Domestic Departure
  • 2:22
  • Sound Clip for Domestic Departure from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 13
  • Kerb Crawler
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Kerb Crawler from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 14
  • Diet
  • 4:19
  • Sound Clip for Diet from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 15
  • It's Obvious [Single Version]
  • 5:47
  • Sound Clip for It's Obvious [Single Version] from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 16
  • Inconvenience [12" Version]
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for Inconvenience [12" Version] from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 17
  • Pretty Boys
  • 3:40
  • Sound Clip for Pretty Boys from Playing with a Different Sex

  • 18
  • Headache for Michelle [Remix]
  • 6:38
  • Sound Clip for Headache for Michelle [Remix] from Playing with a Different Sex

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