Shakespears Sister – Hormonally Yours 30th Anniversary (Black & White Splatter Vinyl LP)

London Records celebrates the 30-year anniversary of Shakespears Sister’s seminal album Hormonally Yours, originally released in 1992. A double platinum and top 3 UK album, Hormonally Yours secured Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit a place in British pop history, spawning the single “Stay,” which spent a staggering eight consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts – and winning the duo an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection.

Hormonally Yours also features the singles “Goodbye Cruel World” and “I Don’t Care,” tackles friendships gone wrong on “My 16th Apology,” powerful, dangerous attraction on “Emotional Thing” and documents a friend’s coming out on “Are We in Love Yet?” The album also features fan favorite “The Trouble with Andre,” the full-throttle glam-blues of “Catwoman,” and “Hello (Turn Your Radio On),” the album’s glorious finale: an exhalation; a glorious, earth-shuddering moment that recalls the epic melancholy of David Bowie’s “Five Years” and The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life.”

Shakespears Sister’s second album, Hormonally Yours, provided the perfect encapsulation of their musical ying and yang; a deftly delivered balance of pop melody with a spikey alternative darkness. Remastered. New sleeve notes.

1. Goodbye Cruel World
2. I Don’t Care
3. My 16th Apology
4. Are We in Love Yet?
5. Emotional Thing
6. Stay
7. Black Sky
8. The Trouble with Andre
9. Moonchild
10. Catwoman
11. Let Me Entertain You
12. Hello (Turn Your Radio On)