Fun Lovin’ Criminals have announced that they are releasing the 20th anniversary collectors’ edition of Fun Lovin’ Criminals modern classic ‘Come Find Yourself’.
The Fun Lovin’ Criminals reissue will be released on the Edsel label through Demon Music Group on the Friday 19th February 2016.
Available as a 3CD expanded edition and collectors’ Deluxe Edition box set, the release features a plethora of rarities, live recordings, alternate mixes, and much more from the vaults of this landmark record. Bringing a unique collection together from this seminal era for the very first time.
Speaking about the new edition, Fun Lovin’ Criminal singer Huey Morgan said, “It’s a very unique record for the times, and remains so today – it’s not dated. It burned a path for crossing genres that we now take for granted. Looking back, it was a good start for a career in music that was uncompromising. You can tell listening to it, it was exactly the way we wanted it to be. There’s still a lot of love out there for ‘Come Find Yourself’.“
Fun Lovin’ Criminals burst onto the music scene in 1996, gate-crashing the euphoric Britpop party they brought along some unexpectedly unique swag and the generational classic album ‘Come Find Yourself’, which gave us the cackling refrain “stick ‘em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminal” and the Pulp Fiction–sampling ‘Scooby Snacks’. When ‘Come Find Yourself’ hit the shelves it was an immediate smash in the UK, where it remained in the album charts for more than 100 weeks, becoming a multi-platinum selling record.
The album featured 3 Top UK 30 hits: “The Fun Lovin Criminal,” “King Of New York” and “Scooby Snacks,” all became defining songs of their career and mainstays of their live set but it’s a record where you remember each and every track within the first few notes. It transports you back to the time; and yet is timeless and ready for a new audience of fans to fall in love with it all over again.
Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ infectious blend of cinematic hip-hop, rock ‘n’ roll, blues-jazz , latin-soul set them apart from the Britpop scene. Their sound was not tied to a particular artist or era, combining their eclectic influences and backgrounds into a musical mix that sounded like no one but Fun Lovin’ Criminals. They remain the worlds’ finest and only purveyors of this sound. The UK’s best-loved “cousins from New York”, whip-smart story-tellers in smarter Saville Row suits who, through comically tall tales of living large in the neon metropolis via music, drugs, crime and existential ennui, brought a nearly perfect album to kick-start their career; a record that still resonates and charms two decades on.
Among the additional material on the release will be a collection of the band’s BBC sessions from the ‘Come Find Yourself’ era, including sessions recorded at the famous Astoria venue in London. There are also a number of alternate versions of the songs from the original album, including instrumentals. The collectors’ edition will come with a bonus alternate LP vinyl picture disc and a BBC Sessions 10” vinyl EP. A DVD completes the package rounding up a unique collection of footage from the time; including the original 1996 EPK shot in NY, a few TV performances from TOTP to Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, the original music videos including both versions of the ‘Scooby Snacks’ promo video, alongside a recent interview with Huey and Fast, giving a intimate and in-depth perspective on this defining period.
You can watch an interview with Fun Lovin’ Criminals talking about ‘Come Find Yourself’ below:
Preorder now available via Demon Music, first 500 orders include exclusive signed print. You can preorder here: http://bit.ly/1PK0KQa
In addition, Huey Morgan, Brian ‘Fast’ Leiser and Frank Benbini will be embarking on 12-date UK tour in February 2016 where they will be playing the record from start to finish for the first time on their world tour. The UK leg of their world tour will stop at the following venues:
Thursday 4th February 2016 – O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1nGMZMd
Friday 5th February 2016 – O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1PrxiCJ
Saturday 6th February 2016 – Rock City, Nottingham, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1Kk77gZ
Thursday 11th February 2016 – O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1RUsjgd
Friday 12th February 2016 – Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1POsB8h
Saturday 13th February 2016 – UEA LCR Norwich, Norwich, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1POslpH
Thursday 18th February 2016 – Cardiff Y Plas (Formally Solus), Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1nGNKFd
Friday 19th February 2016 – Great Hall, Exeter, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1NKiYQo
Saturday 20th February 2016 – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom (Venue changed from 02 Shepherds Bush Empire. Original tickets remain valid) http://bit.ly/1QRjdj2
Thursday 25th February 2016 – O2 Institute, Birmingham, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1P6PRIL
Friday 26th February 2016 – Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1QAZJNI
Saturday 27th February 2016 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom http://bit.ly/1KQnmgT
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Glenn Sargeant
(Thanks to Terry Emm at Cannonball PR for help with this announcement and for supplying the video)
