Code (album)

Code
Studio album by Cabaret Voltaire
Released	1987
Recorded	Recorded at Western Works
Genre	New wave, synthpop, house, alternative dance
Label	EMI
Producer	Cabaret Voltaire and Adrian Sherwood
Cabaret Voltaire chronology
The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (1985) Code (1987) Groovy, Laidback and Nasty (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Code (stylized as C O D E) is an album by British electronic band Cabaret Voltaire. The track "Don't Argue" was released as a single, as was "Here To Go".

The lyrics (and title) of "Don't Argue" incorporate verbatim a number of sentences from the narration of the 1945 short film Your Job in Germany, directed by Frank Capra. The film was aimed at American soldiers occupying Germany and strongly warned against trusting or fraternizing with German citizens.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Don't Argue" – 4:26
2. "Sex, Money, Freaks" – 4:57
3. "Thank You America" – 5:22
4. "Here To Go" – 5:09
5. "Trouble (Won't Stop)" – 5:07
6. "White Car" – 2:44
7. "No One Here" – 5:00
8. "Life Slips By" – 3:26
9. "Code" – 4:07
10. "Hey Hey" - 3:58 (not included on US pressings)
11. "Here To Go (Little Dub)" - 4:10 (not included on US pressings)

Personnel

• Stephen Mallinder - vocals, bass, keyboards
• Richard H. Kirk - guitars, keyboards, computer-generated instrumentation
• Bill Nelson - guitars on "Don't Argue", "Here To Go", "Trouble (Won't Stop)", "White Car" and "No One Here"
• Mark Brydon - bass guitar on "Sex, Money, Freaks" and "No One Here"
• Simeon Lister - saxophone on "Sex, Money, Freaks" and "No One Here"
• Adrian Sherwood - production, also remixed a separately-released version of "Here To Go"

References

1. Cassel, Bill. "C.O.D.E. - Cabaret Voltaire : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
2. Hollings, Ken (January 2002). "Cabaret Voltaire". The Wire (215). The haunted urban soul of Cabaret Voltaire's "Don't Argue", the opening track on the 1987 Code album (EMI), suddenly seemed out of place. Using stentorian words of advice lifted from a 1945 US army training film, Your Job In Germany, designed to teach GIs how to behave in occupied territory, "Don't Argue" ran counter to the prevailing mood of loved-up euphoria. "You will not be friendly," commanded this new voice of negative authority. "You will be aloof... watchful... suspicious." Blissed out and ready to hug anything in sight, the Stepford Ravers would have a hard time getting their heads around a message like that.