A Certain Ratio 'The Big E'

Two hundred and thirty-odd posts ago I featured the remixed version of this song, one of my favourite records, ACR's I Won't Stop Loving You. This is the original version, taken from the Good Together album during ACR's short-lived stay with a major record label in the late 80s. Apparently ACR don't particularly like this album, and it's certainly slicker and more polished than both their earlier punk-funk Factory stuff and later house MCR era records, but it's not a million miles from their Force album (one of their best). I Won't Stop Loving You is one of the definitive records of the period for those who reside in Bagging Area Towers. The Big E, as it was first known, has a saxophone part which grates a little, and the whole thing is pretty smooth but the song is there, and a good song it is too.

Incidentally, the Good Together album was followed some time later by an e.p. called Four For The Floor, which led with a song also called Good Together which wasn't on the album. It started and ended with a Lou Reed sample. I can't find my 7" copy anywhere, which is concerning. If any Bagging Area readers have a digital file of the song Good Together, or the whole e.p. I'd be very grateful.

03 - The Big E.mp3