Originally released in 1994, ''Just Say Roe'' was the seventh and final in the '' Just Say Yes'' series from

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. It contained primarily non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were

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, but also included some

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and dance. It was conceived specifically as a

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album, put together by Sire after a letter from a listener named Todd VerBeek suggested the title and praised Sire for their willingness to address other politically sensitive issues (including

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, and

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Track listing

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

- "Lilies of the Valley" # Madonna - "Goodbye to Innocence" # Doubleplusgood - "The Winding Song" #

Waterlillies (duo) Waterlillies was a male-female electronica–pop– trip hop duo that released a pair of albums on Sire/ Reprise/ Warner Bros. Records in the 1990s. Group members are instrumentalist and producer Ray Carroll, with vocalist Jill Alikas-St. Thomas. I ...

- "I Am Woman" #

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- "It's Not Unusual" # The Farm - "Comfort" #

John Wesley Harding ''John Wesley Harding'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and fol ...

- "Right to Choose" #

Kristin Hersh Kristin may refer to: * Kristin (name), a Scandinavian form of Christine * ''Kristin'' (TV series), a 2001 American sitcom * Kristin Peak, Antarctica * Kristin School, a school in New Zealand See also * Kristen (disambiguation) * {{ ...

- "Hysterical Bending" # Scorpio Rising - "It's Obvious" #

Poster Children Poster Children is an American indie rock band formed at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1987.Danielle Dax Danielle Dax (born 23 September 1958) is an English experimental musician and producer most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Early life She was born Danielle Gardner, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Dax's first performance on ...

- "Defiled" # Tripmaster Monkey - "Blatant Affair" #

Bigod 20 Bigod 20 was a German EBM/ techno band which was formed in 1988 by music producers Andreas Tomalla (a.k.a. Talla 2XLC and formerly of the band Moskwa TV) and Markus Nikolai (a.k.a. Jallokin). Nikolai, together with Thomas Franzmann, run the ...

- "It's Up to You" #

Judybats The Judybats (sometimes stylized as merely Judybats or JudyBats) were an American alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, active primarily in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s. The band released three successful single ...

- "What We Lose" #

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- "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" #

Greenberry Woods The Greenberry Woods is a power pop quartet formed in 1989 by songwriters Matt Huseman and Ira Katz while students at the University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland. They were later joined by Huseman's twin brother Brandt Husema ...

- "Adieu" Adapted from Amazon listing. It is volume seven in the '' Just Say Yes series'' of promotional compilations, of which each title was a variation on the 'Just Say' theme: * Just Say Yes Volume I: Just Say Yes (1987) * Just Say Yes Volume II:

Just Say Yo ''Just Say Yo'' was Sire Records' Volume 2 of '' Just Say Yes'' and was originally released on August 16, 1988, as a winter CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered new wave or ...

(1988) * Just Say Yes Volume III:

Just Say Mao ''Just Say Mao'' was Sire Records' Volume 3 of '' Just Say Yes'' and was originally released on July 11, 1989 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered new wave or moder ...

(1989) * Just Say Yes Volume IV: Just Say Da (1990) * Just Say Yes Volume V:

Just Say Anything ''Just Say Anything'' was Sire Records' Volume 5 of '' Just Say Yes'' and was originally released on July 23, 1991 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered new wave or m ...

(1991) * Just Say Yes Volume VI: ''

Just Say Yesterday ''Just Say Yesterday'' was Sire Records' Volume 6 of '' Just Say Yes'' and was originally released on September 1, 1992 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered new wave ...

'' (1992)

References

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