page_title: The Raw & the Cooked (album)
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: The Raw & the Cooked (album) / Music / Structure
context_page_description: The Raw & the Cooked is the second and final studio album by British rock band Fine Young Cannibals, released in 1989. The title of the album was lifted from the book of the same name by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. Four songs from the album first appeared in film soundtracks in the mid-1980s, three of which were soul tracks from the Tin Men film. The band had already recorded over half of the album by the time David Z came to produce the remainder. His work with the band, which resulted in dance-rock material, included studio experimentation.
  The album is considered to be an eclectic, varied album, taking influences from numerous genres including Motown soul, rock, funk, British beat and pop. Released in 1988–89 on I.R.S. Records, The Raw & the Cooked was a major commercial success, selling over three million copies. Numerous singles were released from the album, including the two US number one singles "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing". The album was also critically acclaimed and Jo-Ann Greene of AllMusic called the album a masterpiece and one of the 1980s' most exciting albums. A remixed version of the album entitled The Raw & the Remix was released in 1990.
context_section_description: Musically, "She Drives Me Crazy" has been described as emphasising the space between its separate parts, with these parts "all designed to be tight and funk-like in their precision," albeit with rock-edged sounds, including the distorted guitar which operates as a counterpoint to "the vocal melody and Gift's floating falsetto." Jo-Ann Greene of AllMusic said the song contains "the most unique, and instantly identifiable, beat/riff combination of the decade." "Good Thing" is the band's tribute to the northern soul all-nighter parties of the 1960s and 70s, and was referred to by AllMusic's Dave Thompson as "arguably the apotheosis of the Cannibals's hybrid sound." It features a choppy rhythm, and is constructed around a "slinky R&B riff" which is further aided by a boogie-woogie piano and "slammed home with a cracking beat." Jools Holland played the piano on the track, noting that it was "one of the biggest selling records I've ever played on".
  "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" contains keyboards, finger-picked guitar and a prominent, looped sample of the breakbeat from James Brown's "Funky Drummer".
  AllMusic writer Jo-Ann Greene described the song as having "a futuristic jungle beat and an almost housey production," while Rolling Stone said the song "puts a Kangol hat and Adidas shoes on Marvin Gaye." "Tell Me What" is said to accurately approximate the Tamla Motown sound, albeit with a "modern touch" courtesy of its synthesiser. The doo-wop harmonies in the song are said to evoke the music of the 1950s. "Don't Look Back" was influenced by 1960s jangle pop pioneers The Byrds, "while a touch of mid-Sixties Beatles-styled riffing adds further glamor." "Don't Let It Get You Down" is a funk and acid house song which contains a trumpet solo; Rolling Stone believed that the combination of acid house and a trumpet solo was perhaps the first in history. The downtempo "As Hard as It Is" is a danceable soul song. AllMusic said that, accompanying Gift's soulful vocals, "it's a stunning performance that the rest of the band deftly back with moody synths, insistent beats, a bassline that thrums with its own pain, and the moodiest of brass solos." The cover of "Ever Fallen in Love?" is dancehall-tinged.
caption: Jools Holland played the piano solo on "Good Thing".
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