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Emerging from the incipient post-punk London scene with a healthy fascination for late-'70s Bowie (and in turn, for his own attraction to Krautrock), the then-sextet kicked up a slightly monochromatic but still attractive storm on their debut. Richard Butler's Thin-White-Duke-after-smoking vocal rasp has a surprising appeal, serving up a wry, slightly detached series of lyrics on life. The members of the core band, meanwhile, had clearly honed their chops well on-stage; Ashton's lead guitar work avoids both wankery and simplicity in favor of a balanced, artistic power. Production mainly comes from Steve Lillywhite, who smartly steers away from the soon-to-be-clichéd touches he would bring to U2's early work. "India" is a good example; it has a brooding, quiet beginning with strange telegraphic signals and turns into a brawling rocker without sounding like the Edge or Larry Mullins going off. The record comes off as serious without being self-consciously deep, occasional toe-dipping into humorous aside ("We Love You" has Butler idly listing off things he loves, sometimes with appropriate if sarcastically delivered song quotes: "I'm in love with Frank Sinatra...fly me to the moon..."). "Imitation of Christ" is the most frazzled, with lyrics detailing someone else metaphorically nailing himself up over a light but still strange guitar line. "Wedding Song" is amusingly prescient as one of the first "white rockers go hip-hop" numbers of its kind, along with Blondie's "Rapture," though its inspiration could equally be dub. Ely lays down a pounding funk beat while Butler breaks into a midsong rap no better or worse than most such efforts of the time.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Lyricist - John Ashton, Composer - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Ian Taylor, Producer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Howard Thompson, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Ian Taylor, Producer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Howard Thompson, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Steve Lillywhite, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Wolf Gosling, Engineer - Ian Taylor, Producer - Phil Thornally, Engineer - John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Howard Thompson, Producer - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - MARTIN HANNETT, Producer - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - MARTIN HANNETT, Producer - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
B. Brecht, Composer - B. Brecht, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - The Psychedelic Furs, Producer - K. Weill, Composer - K. Weill, Lyricist - M. Blitzstein, Composer - M. Blitzstein, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
John Ashton, Composer - John Ashton, Lyricist - Richard Butler, Composer - Richard Butler, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer - Timothy Butler, Lyricist - Duncan Kilburn, Composer - Duncan Kilburn, Lyricist - Vincent Davey, Composer - Vincent Davey, Lyricist - The Psychedelic Furs, Performer - The Psychedelic Furs, Producer - Roger Morris, Composer - Roger Morris, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
Album review
Emerging from the incipient post-punk London scene with a healthy fascination for late-'70s Bowie (and in turn, for his own attraction to Krautrock), the then-sextet kicked up a slightly monochromatic but still attractive storm on their debut. Richard Butler's Thin-White-Duke-after-smoking vocal rasp has a surprising appeal, serving up a wry, slightly detached series of lyrics on life. The members of the core band, meanwhile, had clearly honed their chops well on-stage; Ashton's lead guitar work avoids both wankery and simplicity in favor of a balanced, artistic power. Production mainly comes from Steve Lillywhite, who smartly steers away from the soon-to-be-clichéd touches he would bring to U2's early work. "India" is a good example; it has a brooding, quiet beginning with strange telegraphic signals and turns into a brawling rocker without sounding like the Edge or Larry Mullins going off. The record comes off as serious without being self-consciously deep, occasional toe-dipping into humorous aside ("We Love You" has Butler idly listing off things he loves, sometimes with appropriate if sarcastically delivered song quotes: "I'm in love with Frank Sinatra...fly me to the moon..."). "Imitation of Christ" is the most frazzled, with lyrics detailing someone else metaphorically nailing himself up over a light but still strange guitar line. "Wedding Song" is amusingly prescient as one of the first "white rockers go hip-hop" numbers of its kind, along with Blondie's "Rapture," though its inspiration could equally be dub. Ely lays down a pounding funk beat while Butler breaks into a midsong rap no better or worse than most such efforts of the time.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:32
- Main artists: The Psychedelic Furs
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
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