Last week, I chanced upon an ongoing sale of CDs and DVDs in my favorite music store in Cubao. One CD that immediately caught my attention was a double disc compilation of the Psychedelic Furs released by Sony Music last year. It was selling at a very enticing price of only 99 pesos (from the original 255 pesos). Although I already have a compilation CD by the Psychedelic Furs which I bought more than a decade ago, I wasn’t able to resist the urge to purchase this one as it was selling so cheap for a 2 discs compilation comprising of 33 tracks. That’s really value for the money.
To me, this is an excellent compilation because all of their popular hits heard on the radio during the 80's, as well as their other songs I’m familiar with, are all here. With 33 tracks and their first six albums well-represented, this is definitely a good starting point to those who want to explore their catalogue . Although it only has a four-page booklet (that includes the front and back covers), it has a good liner notes which gives a concise history of the band beginnings in 1977, break-up in the early 90’s, formation of Love Spit Love by the Butlers ,and their reunion in 2000. The back cover of the booklet features the pictures of the front covers of their first six albums. The sound quality is superb.
Tracklist:
1. Pretty in Pink (Original Version)
2. We Love You
3. Mr Jones (Single Version)
4. Susan’s Strange
5. Dumb Waiters
6. Into You Like a Train
7. Sister Europe
8. I Wanna Sleep with You
9. India
10. Goodbye
11. Yes I Do (Merry-Go-Round)
12. Only You and I
13. Midnight to Midnight
14. Alice’s House
15. All of This and Nothing
16. All of the Law
17. All That Money Wants
18. Heaven
19. President Gas
20. Love My Way
21. Here Come Cowboys
22. Sleep Comes Down
23. The Ghost in You
24. Forever Now
25. Blacks/Radio
26. Heartbeat
27. Heartbreak Beat
28. Angels Don’t Cry (7″ Remix)
29. Imitation of Christ
30. House
31. Shine
32. Torch
33. Entertain Me
1. Pretty in Pink (Original Version)
2. We Love You
3. Mr Jones (Single Version)
4. Susan’s Strange
5. Dumb Waiters
6. Into You Like a Train
7. Sister Europe
8. I Wanna Sleep with You
9. India
10. Goodbye
11. Yes I Do (Merry-Go-Round)
12. Only You and I
13. Midnight to Midnight
14. Alice’s House
15. All of This and Nothing
16. All of the Law
17. All That Money Wants
18. Heaven
19. President Gas
20. Love My Way
21. Here Come Cowboys
22. Sleep Comes Down
23. The Ghost in You
24. Forever Now
25. Blacks/Radio
26. Heartbeat
27. Heartbreak Beat
28. Angels Don’t Cry (7″ Remix)
29. Imitation of Christ
30. House
31. Shine
32. Torch
33. Entertain Me
For my sake (and for those who are interested), I will make a chronological arrangement of the tracks, place them in the order as they appeared in the albums and from what album they were taken. This, by the way, is how I would arrange the songs in my Ipod's playlist.
1980 – Selt-titled debut album: 5 out of 9 tracks from the original U.K.
1.
2. Sister Europe
3. Imitation of Christ
4. We Love You
5. Black Radio
6. Susan Strange – not included in the original U.K. album but included in the U.S.
1981 – Talk, Talk, Talk: 6 out of 10 tracks: first 3 tracks, 5, 6,and 9)
7. Pretty in Pink (original version)
8. Mr. Jones (singles version)
9. Dumb waiters
10. Into you like a train
11. I wanna sleep with you
12. All of this and nothing
1982 – Forever Now: 7 out of 10 tracks ( 1-6 and 10)
13. Forever now
14. Love my way
15. Goodbye
16. Only you and I
17. Sleeps come down
18. President gas
19. Yes I do (merry go round)
1984- Mirror moves: 5 out of 9 tracks ( 1-4, and 7)
20. The Ghost In You
21. Here comes cowboy
22. Heaven
23. Heartbeat
24. Alice House
1987 – Midnight to Midnight : 4 tracks ( 1, 4, 5,and 7)
25. Heartbreak beat
26. Angels don’t cry (remix)
27. Midnight to midnight
28. All of law
1988- All of this and nothing (a best of compilation)
29. All that money wants – recorded exclusively for this compilation
1989 – Book of days: 4 tracks: (1,2,5,and 8)
30. Shine
31. Entertain me
32. Torch
33. House
There you have it! All their popular radio tunes are here such as "Pretty In Pink," "Love My Way," "The Ghost In You," "Heaven," "Angels Don't Cry" and "Heartbreak Beat" as well as classics such as "India,""Sister Europe," Mr. Jones," "President Gas,"and "Dumb Waiters" among others. For 99 pesos-- I'm very thankful.
Brief history from Wikipedia:
Brief history from Wikipedia:
The Psychedelic Furs are an English post-punk/New Wave band founded in 1977.[1] Led by singer Richard Butler and his brother Tim on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. Their music went through several phases, from an initially austere art rock sound, later touching on new wave and hard rock.
They scored several hits in their early career, but were launched to international attention in 1986 when the film director John Hughes borrowed their song title "Pretty in Pink" for his movie of the same name. A newly recorded version of the song became the Psychedlic Furs' biggest hit to that time. "Heartbreak Beat", from their 1987 album Midnight to Midnight, was to be the Furs' biggest Top 40 entry in the US.
The Psychedelic Furs went on hiatus in 1991, and the Butler brothers formed a new band called Love Spit Love. The Psychedelic Furs later regrouped in 2001 and continue to perform around the world.
The Psychedelic Furs Studio Albums:
- The Psychedelic Furs (1980)
- Talk Talk Talk (1981)
- Forever Now (1982)
- Mirror Moves (1984)
- Midnight to Midnight (1987)
- Book of Days (1989)
- World Outside (1991)
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