The Psychedelic Furs (album)

The Psychedelic Furs
Studio album by The Psychedelic Furs
Released	February 1980
Recorded	1979
Genre	Post-punk
Length	40:50
Label	Columbia
Producer	Steve Lillywhite, Martin Hannett, Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor, The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs chronology
The Psychedelic Furs (1980) Talk Talk Talk (1981)
Alternative cover
US cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Smash Hits	8/10[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

• Richard Butler – lead and background vocals
• John Ashton – guitar
• Tim Butler – bass guitar
• Vince Ely – drums
• Roger Morris – guitar
• Duncan Kilburn – saxophones

Technical

• Howard Thompson - executive producer
• Phil Thornalley - engineer

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References

External links

• The Psychedelic Furs at Discogs (list of releases)