Name: The Psychedelic Furs
Brand: The Psychedelic Furs

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

88985459951

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Black

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Discogs ID

[r12312709]

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-06-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

889854599515

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

5063622

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With Four Bonus Tracks.

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2008-08-12

78636748924

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Psychedelic Furs

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Legacy

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The Psychedelic Furs are a UK post-punk band formed in 1977 by brothers Tim Butler and Richard Butler. They have released eight studio albums to date, working with renowned producers such as Steve Lillywhite, Todd Rundgren, Keith Forsey, Chris Kimsey, David M. Allen, and Stephen Street.

One of their most notable songs is "Pretty In Pink," which was chosen by director John Hughes as the title track for his 1986 teen movie. The re-made version of the song became their biggest hit at that time. Other highlights from their catalogue include "Love My Way," "Sister Europe," and their biggest US hit "Heartbreak Beat."

In 1991, the band went on hiatus while Richard Butler and Tim Butler formed a new group called Love Spit Love. During this time, Richard Butler also released a self-titled solo album in 1996. The Psychedelic Furs reunited in 2000 for a live album release and have been actively touring since then. Their latest studio album was released in 2020, marking their first release since 1991.

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Moniker to the contrary, the Psychedelic Furs bore little in common with the concurrent 'psychedelic revival' of early-'80s British bands like Echo and the Bunnymen and teardrop explodes. Instead, they married post-punk guitar rock with an artier, Bowie-derived archness and a touch of the Velvet Underground's atmospheric din. The guitars of John Ashton and Roger Morris combine with Duncan Kilburn's gloriously trashy sax to produce a wall of sound that's involving but never overwhelming. Kudos for shaping this gargantuan aural attack must go to producers Martin Hannett and Steve Lillywhite. over this transcendent racket, Richard Butler lays down his precocious, 40-packs-of cigarettes rasp. his world-weary, stream-of-consciousness poetics colour the proceedings considerably. 

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