The Psychedelic Furs (album)

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Smash Hits8/10[5]

The Psychedelic Furs is the debut studio album by the English post-punk band The Psychedelic Furs. It was originally released in February 1980, on the label Columbia. It was reissued with bonus tracks in 2002 by Columbia/Legacy.

Track listing

There are three versions of this album, each with different track listings. The original UK LP features nine tracks. The US LP contains 10 tracks, deleting one track from the original UK LP ("Blacks/Radio"), adding two others ("Susan's Strange" and "Soap Commercial"), and changing the order of the tracks significantly. The CD reissue contains 13 tracks, beginning with the original 9 UK LP tracks (programmed in their original order), then adding the two additional tracks from the US LP release, plus a version of "Mack the Knife" and a demo of the album track "Flowers".

All songs written and arranged by The Psychedelic Furs, words by Butler Rep. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, except where noted.

Original UK LP

Side one
  1. "India" – 6:21
  2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
  3. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
  4. "Fall" – 2:40
  5. "Pulse" – 2:37 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
Side two
  1. "We Love You" – 3:26 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
  2. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
  3. "Blacks/Radio" – 6:56
  4. "Flowers" – 4:10 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)

Original US LP

Side one
  1. "India" – 6:21
  2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
  3. "Susan's Strange" – 3:13 (produced by Martin Hannett)
  4. "Fall" – 2:40
  5. "We Love You" – 3:26 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
Side two
  1. "Soap Commercial" – 2:53 (produced by Martin Hannett)
  2. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
  3. "Pulse" – 2:37 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
  4. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
  5. "Flowers" – 4:10 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)

CD reissue

  1. "India" – 6:21
  2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
  3. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
  4. "Fall" – 2:40
  5. "Pulse" – 2:37 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
  6. "We Love You" – 3:26 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
  7. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
  8. "Blacks/Radio" – 6:56
  9. "Flowers" – 4:10 (produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor and The Psychedelic Furs)
  10. "Susan's Strange" – 3:13 (produced by Martin Hannett)
  11. "Soap Commercial" – 2:53 (produced by Martin Hannett)
  12. "Mack the Knife" (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein) – 4:18 (produced by The Psychedelic Furs)
  13. "Flowers" (Demo) – 5:36 (produced by The Psychedelic Furs)

Personnel

The Psychedelic Furs
Technical

Chart performance

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 Billboard Pop Albums 140[citation needed]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "India/Pulse/We Love You/Flowers" Billboard Club Play Singles 36[citation needed]
1980 "We Love You" Billboard Club Play Singles 77[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Psychedelic Furs – The Psychedelic Furs". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Psychedelic Furs: The Psychedelic Furs". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ Fricke, David (5 March 1981). "The Psychedelic Furs: The Psychedelic Furs". Rolling Stone (338). Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2006.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 660–61. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
  5. ^ Hepworth, David (20 March – 2 April 1980). "Psychedelic Furs: Psychedelic Furs". Smash Hits: 31.

External links

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