Pal Judy

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| name = Pal Judy

| type = studio

| artist = Judy Nylon and Crucial

| cover = Pal Judy.jpeg

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| released = {{Start date|1982}}

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| studio = The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell; Berry Street Studio, London; Britannia Row Studios, London

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| label = On-U Sound

| producer = Adrian Sherwood, Judy Nylon

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Pal Judy is an album by Judy Nylon and Crucial, released in 1982 by record label On-U Sound.

Reception

{{album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pal-judy-mw0000263218 |title=Pal Judy – Judy Nylon | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |last=Dougan |first=John |website=AllMusic |accessdate=May 14, 2016}}

| rev2 = The Attic

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://theatticmag.com/reviews/1249/judy-nylon-and-crucial-_-pal-judy.html|title=The Attic: Judy Nylon and Crucial - Pal Judy - Music Review}}

|rev3 = Select

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}Select magazine, August 1990 issue, page 121

| rev4 = Trouser Press

| rev4score = favourable{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=judy_nylon_and_crucial |title=TrouserPress.com :: Judy Nylon and Crucial |last=Grant |first=Steven |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=May 14, 2016}}

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Trouser Press called it "a moody, adeptly created and performed record", while AllMusic called it a "dark, moody exercise in postmodern pop".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Judy Nylon; except where indicated

  1. "Information Rain"
  2. "Dateline Miami" (Nylon, Chris Joyce, Sean Oliver)
  3. "Live in a Lift"
  4. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
  5. "Trial By Fire" (Nylon, Patti Palladin)
  6. "Sleepless Nights"
  7. "Others"
  8. "The Dice"
  9. "Room Without a View"

Personnel

  • Judy Nylon - vocals
  • Coco Charnel (Pascal Bourdariat), Kendall Ernest - guitar
  • George Oban, Sean "Hogg" Oliver - bass guitar
  • Nick Plytas - keyboards; vocals on "Jailhouse Rock"
  • Chris Joyce, Dan Sheals - drums
  • Eskimo Fox (Charles Kelly) - percussion on "The Dice"
  • John Waddington - guitar on "Room Without a View"

;Technical

  • John Walker, Bob Z - engineer

References

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