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Roland Gift, frontman of Fine Young Cannibals, joins Vernon Kay to select his Tracks Of My Years. Plus Ten to the Top and more archive gems in Vernon's Vault.

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Roland Gift, frontman of Fine Young Cannibals, joins Vernon to choose the songs that have soundtracked his life in Tracks Of My Years.

Born in Birmingham and raised in Hull, Roland joined Fine Young Cannibals after answering an advertisement for a vocalist by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox 鈥� both former members of The Beat. They took their name from the 1960 film All The Fine Young Cannibals and released two albums; their self-titled debut in 1985 and The Raw & The Cooked in 1989. The latter featured singles like She Drives Me Crazy and Good Thing - both of which topped the chart in the US. The Raw & The Cooked was globally successful, topping the album charts in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. It sold over five million copies worldwide, topping charts on both sides of the Atlantic, and earned the band two BRIT Awards, an Ivor Novello, four MTV Music Video nominations and three Grammy nominations. The band split in 1992, and Roland has also worked as an actor on stage and screen

To mark forty years since the band's self-titled debut album, this month they're releasing a new career-spanning compilation, FYC40. Next year, Roland is playing live, with a 40 Years Of Songs By Fine Young Cannibals UK tour.

Also, Vernon has the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the 麻豆社 Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

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  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Adventures of Stevie V

    Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

    • Now 18 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Fate Of Ophelia

    • The Life Of A Showgirl.
    • Republic.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Pencil Full Of Lead

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Rolling Stones

    The Last Time聽

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Bon Jovi & Robbie Williams

    We Made It Look Easy

    • Forever - Legendary Edition.
    • Island.

  • Girls Aloud

    Can't Speak French

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Bastille

    Save My Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Suede

    Trash

    • (CD Single).
    • Nude Records.

  • Jessie J

    H.A.P.P.Y

    • (CD Single).
    • Darco Partnerships.

  • The Beatles

    All My Loving

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 3.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Olivia Dean

    So Easy (To Fall In Love)

    • The Art Of Loving.
    • Capitol.

  • Take That

    These Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Olly Murs

    Lovin' Really Hurts

    • Knees Up.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
    • 11.

  • Nik Kershaw

    I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Brandi Carlile

    Human

    • Returning To Myself.
    • EMI.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Telstar.

  • The Jam

    Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Dream As One

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

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  • Tue 25 Nov 2025 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 2

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