Pleasure (Girls at Our Best! album)

Pleasure
Studio album by Girls at Our Best!
Released	1981 (1981)
Recorded	Summer 1981
Studio	Marcus Music Studios, London, England
Genre	New wave, post-punk
Length	53:17
Label	Happy Birthday
Producer	Laurence Diana
Singles from Pleasure
"Go for Gold" Released: 1981 "Fast Boyfriends" Released: 28 Nov 1981

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Louder Than War	favourable[2]
Uncut	8/10[3]

Pleasure is the sole studio album by Girls at Our Best!, released in 1981 by Happy Birthday Records. It reached No. 60 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]

Reception

A retrospective AllMusic review described the album as an "underrated delight" and compared the sound to Siouxsie and the Banshees and Gang of Four.[1] Another, by the Louder Than War website, described it as "short, spikey pop" and a "well-crafted album".[2]

Track listing

• Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 11 written by Girls at Our Best!. All others written by Judy Evans, James Alan and Gerard Swift.

1. "Pleasure"
2. "Too Big for Your Boots"
3. "I'm Beautiful Now"
4. "Waterbed Babies"
5. "Fun-City Teenagers"
6. "£600,000"
7. "Heaven"
8. "China Blue"
9. "Fast Boyfriends"
10. "She Flipped"
11. "Goodbye to That Jazz"

Personnel

Girls at Our Best!

• Judy Evans: Vocals
• James Alan: Guitars, backing vocals
• Gerard Swift: Bass, backing vocals
• D. Carl Harper: Drums, percussion (on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9)

Additional Personnel

• Rod Johnson: Drums, percussion (on tracks 2, 5, 7, 10 and 11)
• Alan Wakeman: Clarinet
• Dave Fishel: Piano and harpsichord
• Thomas Dolby: Synthesizers

References

1. Raggett, Ned. Pleasure – Girls at Our Best! at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
2. Newall, Phil (21 November 2014). "Pleasure – Album Review". Louder Than War. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
3. Wirth, Jim (December 2014). "Girls at Our Best!: Pleasure". Uncut. No. 211. p. 92.

External links

• Pleasure at Discogs (list of releases)
• Album lyrics