The Psychedelic Furs

Yes this is a great album, I first got it back in the day after reading a review in The Rolling Stone. I remember they said about a cross between Roxy Music and Bowie well that was right up my ally..I got too see them live supporting the release of the album in Baltimore at The Marble Bar, what a treat. Ever since I have been a huge fan..atic.....But the sound quality is just not up too par the best think about the CD is the songs that were not on the original......If you really would like too here the BEST thing too come out of the mind and mouth of the FURS lead singer RICHARD BUTLER get his solo album....simply titled Richard Butler....it is phenomenal...outstanding achievement in his career as an artist.....you will see.

The Psych Furs really shone on this album. When I first listened to this album (1980) I knew I loved it, then I discovered the velvet underground and finally understood it. This is music for music's sake; artistic and brutally honest.For the uninitiated, the Psych Furs are a volatile mix of Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Sex Pistols. And Richard Butler is a singer that anyone would love in their band. A raspy voiced Bowie who can mesmerize with a monotonic drone and drive home the point with an ironic snarl. And all the while the band pounds out a shimmering veil of pulsating sound."I'm in love with the BBC, I'm in love with your TV, and they are so in love with you and me"Paint the sky upon the ceiling, Richard.. and Rock On!

It still sounds good to me

Never had the first Furs LP on CD. This has all the songs on US LP. and some I never heard b4 on the UK LP. Great music, thanks seller

Plays great!

excellent album...they would later turn into "superstars"...

I like it and I am happy with my purchase. Came real quick in the mail. Plays great. Was in great condition. Please about my purchase.

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TRACK LISTING1. India2. Sister Europe3. Imitation Of Christ4. Fall5. Pulse6. We Love You7. Wedding Song8. Blacks/Radio9. FlowersThis is a leading example of a "post punk" album - full of influences from David Bowie's late seventies work and German "Krautrock" bands Neu! and Kraftwerk in places with a little bit of early Roxy Music thrown in. Funnily enough, vocalist Richard Butler's gruff, sneering tones were very punk as opposed to "new romantic" haughty. The latter style hadn't really taken off yet, so a funky PIL-esque tone was still de rigeur. The album was produced by Steve Lilywhite, who went on to produce U2. You can see that this influenced those early U2 albums in places.The opener, "India" starts with about two minutes of background electronic bleeps and noises before kicking into a post punk rocker with the vocals I spoke of earlier to the fore. "Sister Europe" has a deep, sonorous saxophone sound straight off either the first Roxy Music album or David Bowie's "Low" and "Heroes" instrumentals. It is a marvellously brooding, atmospheric track, although its debt to Bowie's material is huge. "Imitation Of Christ" has an appealing saxophone intro. The Furs were unusual amongst their peers in their use of the saxophone. Duncan Kilburn was the player of it here."Fall" stars with an upbeat, almost Northern Soul-style thumping beat before the post punk vocals and searing guitar licks take over. "Pulse" is one of the punkier tracks on the album, a frenetic drum, guitar and saxophone-driven X-Ray Spex type of song, particularly in the screaming saxophone breaks. "We Love You" has Butler name-checking various people he is in love with - Sophia Loren, Frankie Sinatra and Diana Ross & The Supremes among others in full-on John Lydon leering style.That Bowie sound is back on the beguiling, haunting "The Wedding Song", with its PIL meets Joy Division feel and, notably, a proto-rap bit on the vocals half way through. It has a superb big, rumbling bass sound on it too plus some funky guitar at the end. "Blacks/Radio" suffers from a dense, indistinct sound as does the sonic assault of the Velvet Underground-ish "Flowers". A pity as they are potentially better tracks than they sound. The bonus "demo" version of "Flowers" is actually much better, one of the best cuts on the album.The bonus track, "Susan's Strange" is mysterious and insistent with great guitars, an early Roxy Music wailing saxophone underpinning it and a new romantic "sha-la-la" chorus. "Soap Commercial" is a good one too. Very post punk. Their take on "Mack The Knife" is excellent, totally unrecognisable.The sound is a tad muffled (comparatively) on the album, however. It could do with another remastering.

The Psychedelic Furs' first album and definitely more 'finished item' than 'work in progress'. Butler's voice, the ragged sax, the rabid guitar - the characteristic Furs sound all in place. Great atmospheric opening to India, and Sister Europe is strongly assured. Wedding Song and Fall are possessed of a manic energy. Of the bonus tracks the best is the Furs-characteristic version of Mac The Knife. A truly original group who should have received more accolades than they did.

I first bought this back in 1981 on Vinyl. Had forgotten all about this album until I heard Marc Riley play Sister Europe one evening. Had to get myself a new copy on cd. This is a fantastic album that showcases how The Furs were pioneers (like The Cure) of bridging the gap between Post Punk/New Wave and what is known as Indie. Still sounds as powerful as it did in the early 80's. Great stuff - 9/10

Great debut. The extra tracks don't add much, but when the album proper has such great songs it doesn't really matter.

I like heavy rock they are good