That was due to pressure, although I didn’t realise it,” Paul confesses. “Then we gave the finished mixes of the album to my manager, and he said: ‘This album’s a bit grown up, there’s no pop songs on it’, and I went: ‘Really?’ I’d never seen it that way. I thought it was more introspective and also, I was taking on the responsibility of being a pop star. As No Parlez took off, Paul soon found himself as one of the major breakthrough solo artists of the decade, and became the ‘new boy’ when he took part in Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? in November 1984. “I’d only got one album under my belt, and suddenly, I was in there with all these stars I’d seen on TV, but they probably didn’t know me that well.” In 1993, Young was dropped from his contract with the CBS/ Sony Records label. He contributed to the Vangelis album Voices in 1995. Young sang the British national anthem, " God Save the Queen", at Wembley Stadium before England's Euro '96 semi-final match against Germany. No Parlez is the debut solo studio album by English singer Paul Young. Released in 1983, it reached number one on the UK Albums Chart (for a non-consecutive total of 5 weeks) and remained in the UK Top 100 for 119 weeks. [4] The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the BPI for UK sales in excess of 1.2 million copies. [5]

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French album certifications – Paul Young – No Parlez" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 13 December 2021. Music Director, Synthesizer [OBX], Sampler [Emulator], Marimba [Marimbas], Bells, Vocals, Vocoder, Piano, Sounds [Atmospherics] – The Reverend Ian Kewley* Synthesizer [Arp], Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards [Roland Mc4], Other [Two Pounds For A Good Time] – Inspector Matt Irving* Don't Dream It's Over", "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)" and "Both Sides Now" were featured on Young's first greatest hits album, From Time To Time – The Singles Collection (1991). [7] Harp [Arp], Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards [Roland Mc4], Other [Two Pounds For A Good Time] – Matt IrvingIn 2009 he toured Israel, New Zealand and Croatia for the first time, amongst the many other countries he regularly visits. These dates were in support of the “No Parlez 25th Anniversary Edition” re-release of his first Solo Album…. On his last album for Sony, Paul worked with Don Was on The Crossing. Shorn of much of what had made the Paul Young sound, especially on this first long-player without Pino Palladino involved, Paul recalls: “I was living my dream on that album. It didn’t start that way, but Don had a Filofax full of both famous names and top session players and he kept saying: ‘Why don’t we do this song with such-and-such and that song with somebody else?’” he played football for the Vauxhall Motors factory where he worked. In his spare time, he played in several bands as a bass guitarist. Drums, Electronic Drums [Simmons Kit], Drum Machine [TR808], Percussion [Clay Pots, Sauce Pans], Cowbell [Cowbells] – P.C. Mark "Hold Steady" Pinder*

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Also, Paul’s hobby of cooking turned into more of a career, and after appearing in high profile TV shows such as Celebrity Masterchef and Hell’s Kitchen, and six months as guest chef at a famous local restaurant, Paul released a cookbook, “On My Travels” in the summer of 2012. It’s time to revel in the classic hits and learn the stories behind them as Paul steps out from 'Behind The Lens'.Talking about The Congregation’s 1971 hit, Paul explains: “ Softly Whispering was one of those one-hit-wonder songs like Yesterday Has Gone by Cupid’s Inspiration and I’d always fancied trying it. I always earmarked every song I covered, although I was talked into Oh Girl by the record company. I’d originally thought it was a great song for a live encore, but a bit of a cop-out for a single.” Paul’s Tex-Mex troopers Los Pacaminos started out as a hobby band but have now been together for nearly three decades I must have played this album a LOT since I know every song and have both a US and this UK pressing of it (which was kept unplayed). Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" [Live Version] – 5:59 (B-side from "Love of the Common People" 12inch)

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Paul Young and the Royal Family memorabilia Archived 19 September 2012 at archive.today. Retrieved 24 January 2012 In 2018, Paul Young celebrated 35 years of his debut album No Parlez. We chatted to him about this blue-eyed soul classic… was spent touring the world, which culminated in Paul’s wonderful appearance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert singing “Radio Gaga” and the release of what turned out to be his final album for Sony, ‘The Crossing’ in 1993. This gave Paul the chance to work alongside some of his musical heroes; Tony Joe White, The Memphis Horns, and Billy Preston among many others. Working with the producer Don Was on the material for ‘The Crossing’, Paul was exploring new styles of music and the gulf between the musical past and future had begun to seem impossible to bridge. The single ‘Otis Blue’ from this album would be the last hit single with CBS, now Sony. Once freed from his contract Paul took time out to take a breath and to reflect; “Every artist wants to change, yet every record company wants them to stay the same”. Paul Young's wife Stacey dies age 52 following battle with brain cancer". Evening Standard. 26 January 2018 . Retrieved 26 January 2018. Explaining the album’s song choices, Paul says he “really wanted to do a Tom Waits song and we were all getting into him, so we decided on Soldier’s Things. I Was In Chains was something that me, the keyboard player and producer were keen on doing. I really like albums where you’ve got pop on it, but not pop from start to finish where the album’s quite shallow with no depth to it.

Canadian album certifications – Paul Young – No Parlez". Music Canada . Retrieved 13 December 2021. During parts of 1987, Young toured extensively as the opening act for Genesis on their Invisible Touch Tour. Young played more than 35 dates in 13 countries. This tour concluded on July 1-4, 1987 with four sold out shows featuring more than 350,000 fans at Wembley Stadium (1923) in London.

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Drums [Simmons Kit, Tr808], Percussion [Clay Pots, Sauce Pans, Cow-bells] – P. C. Mark "Hold Steady" Pinder* A way for him to get out and be part of a band again, after being dropped from his solo deal following several years of success. Now Paul is reflecting on a career spanning over 40 years, one that began inauspiciously with Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, then took in one-hit-wonders Streetband, before making a name with respected blue-eyed-soul New Wavers the Q-Tips. MATURE YOUNG HITS TOP WITH SOULFUL OUTLOOK". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. 2 August 1985 . Retrieved 7 April 2022. Jaaroverzichten – Album 1983" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020 . Retrieved 27 December 2021. Artist: Pino Palladino". Epifani Custom Sound. 2005–2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007 . Retrieved 26 May 2009.Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute: Latest News, Videos, Photos. Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2012 The solo career wasn’t looking initially like an immediate soaraway success, as his first two singles didn’t do the business. After an exhausting touring schedule around the world (that at one point had Paul doing 13 live shows in 14 days across America), the end of 1984 saw Paul singing the first line of the historical Band Aid record ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ for Ethiopian Famine Relief.