Avoid Freud is the second album by Canadian new wave band Rough Trade, released in 1980. It placed at least as high as #19 on the Canadian RPM Top Albums Chart on March 14, 1981. The album was certified gold in Canada (50,000 units) by the CRIA on March 1, 1981, then advanced to platinum certification (100,000 units) by June of the same year.
The first single released from the album was the controversial "What's The Furor About The Führer?" b/w "Fashion Victim" and #3 on the RPM CANCON Chart the following week. The album's most famous single, however, is "High School Confidential" (b/w "Grade B Movie") It reached #1 on the RPM CANCON Chart and #12 on the National Top 50 Chart on June 20 of the same year.
Track listing
Personnel
- Carole Pope - lead vocals
- Kevan Staples - vocals, guitar, piano, synthesiser
- David McMorrow - vocals, piano, Rhodes, synthesisers
- Terry Wilkins - vocals, Fender fretless bass
- Bucky Berger - vocals, drums
- Gene Martynec - producer
- Gary Gray - engineer
- David Taylor - assistant engineer
- George Marino - mastering
- Peter J. Moore - remastering, restoration
- Vicki Wickham - direction
References
External links
- Amazon.com review
- Artist Direct review
- buy.com review
- Rate Your Music review