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Compiled by Murphy himself, Wild Birds is a well-timed collection spanning the five albums he recorded for Beggars Banquet between 1985 and 1995. Quite naturally, it begins with his biggest hit, "Cuts You Up," and includes alternative standards like "All Night Long," "Indigo Eyes," and "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea." Murphy weights the compilation toward his most recent work -- four songs are taken from 1995's Cascade, as many as from his best album, 1990's Deep -- and unfortunately shunts his underrated debut, Should the World Fail to Fall Apart. Despite this small caveat, Wild Birds is an excellent compilation; though Murphy usually focused on making conceptual statements with his albums, the individual singles released from them were remarkably infectious, especially given the sublime nature of his musical style.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Ian Grimble, Engineer - Simon Rogers, Producer - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Beggars Banquet Music, MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Nick Rogers, MixingEngineer
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1989 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Pascal Gabriel, Producer - Gary Twigg, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Geoff Dougmore, StudioMusician - Three Productions Ltd., MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Music LLC., MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1995 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Pascal Gabriel, Producer - Anna Ross, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brook, StudioMusician - Gary Twigg, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Geoff Dougmore, StudioMusician - Three Productions Ltd., MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Music LLC., MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1995 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Mike Thorne, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MCA Music, MusicPublisher - Complete Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - John Vartan, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
David Thomas, ComposerLyricist - John McGeogh, StudioMusician - Scott Krauss, ComposerLyricist - Tim Wright, ComposerLyricist - Howard Hughes, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Herman, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Virgin Music (PUBLISHERS) Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Craig Bell, ComposerLyricist - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Ian Grimble, Engineer - Simon Rogers, Producer, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, MixingEngineer - Universal Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Nick Rogers, MixingEngineer
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Alison Limerick, AssociatedPerformer, StudioMusician - Gini Ball, StudioMusician - Fernando Kral, MixingEngineer - Mike Thorne, Producer - Audrey Riley, StudioMusician - John Carney, StudioMusician - Chris Pitsillides, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MCA Inc., MusicPublisher - Complete Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, Composer, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, Composer, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, Composer, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Zoe Caryl, AssociatedPerformer
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1992 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Trevor Morais, StudioMusician - Pascal Gabriel, Producer - Anna Ross, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Armstrong, StudioMusician - Gary Twigg, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Geoff Dougmore, StudioMusician - Three Productions Ltd., MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Music LLC., MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1995 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Simon Rogers, Producer - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Beggars Banquet Music, MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Pascal Gabriel, Producer - Kevin Armstrong, StudioMusician - Gary Twigg, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Geoff Dougmore, StudioMusician - Three Productions Ltd., MusicPublisher - Sony ATV Music LLC., MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1995 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Alison Limerick, AssociatedPerformer - Fernando Kral, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Mike Thorne, Producer - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Complete Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - MCA Music Corps, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Zoe Caryl, AssociatedPerformer
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1992 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Paul Statham, Composer, StudioMusician - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Peter Bonas, StudioMusician - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - Terl Bryant, StudioMusician - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2002 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Howard Hughes, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Murphy, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Intersong, MusicPublisher - Momentum Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Beggars Banquet Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - Eddie Branch, StudioMusician - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 1987 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
Album review
Compiled by Murphy himself, Wild Birds is a well-timed collection spanning the five albums he recorded for Beggars Banquet between 1985 and 1995. Quite naturally, it begins with his biggest hit, "Cuts You Up," and includes alternative standards like "All Night Long," "Indigo Eyes," and "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea." Murphy weights the compilation toward his most recent work -- four songs are taken from 1995's Cascade, as many as from his best album, 1990's Deep -- and unfortunately shunts his underrated debut, Should the World Fail to Fall Apart. Despite this small caveat, Wild Birds is an excellent compilation; though Murphy usually focused on making conceptual statements with his albums, the individual singles released from them were remarkably infectious, especially given the sublime nature of his musical style.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:01
- Main artists: Peter Murphy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Beggars Banquet
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd 2000 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
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