As the title suggests, B-Sides & Lost Grooves is a collection of Psychedelic Furs obscurities culled from throughout their career. Predectiably, some of the tracks fall...
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Though not a full box set overview, Should God Forget is still a mighty fine look at the Psychedelic Furs for the hardcore fan, though in ways it falls between two stools....
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Greatest should-have-been hits, plus "All That Money Wants," the Furs' best single in years, with ex-Smiths producer Stephen Street manning the board and drummer Vince Ely...
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The Psychedelic Furs acquired a million or so more fans in 1986 after they re-recorded their early '80s classic "Pretty in Pink" for the John Hughes box-office smash of the...
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What turned out to be the final Psychedelic Furs album as such in the band's initial existence was in ways an appropriate sort of bookend, in that for one last time the...
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Having gotten a much needed recharge with the excellent "All That Money Wants" single and further helped by the reappearance of Vince Ely on drums, the back-to-a-quartet...
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With Rundgren at the helm, and the Furs reduced to a four-piece, the band shows traces of its early brilliance and the commercial direction it was headed...
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Likely exercising the same controlling approach that he was notorious for, from his work with every act from the New York Dolls to XTC, Todd Rundgren brought in legendary...
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Midnight to Midnight continues the streamlining of The Psychedelic Furs. Unlike the previous Mirror Moves, Midnight to Midnight loses the essential character of The Furs'...
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Having made tentative inroads toward a wider American audience with Forever Now, the Psychedelic Furs' profile-raising and partial transformation continued with Mirror...
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This time working solely with Steve Lillywhite, the Furs introduce a brighter, poppier side to their underground rock edge, with smashing results throughout. The group...
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Emerging from the incipient post-punk London scene with a healthy fascination for late-'70s Bowie (and in turn, for his own attraction to Krautrock), the then-sextet kicked...
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Paul Weller once said "I never understood why the Psychedelic Furs didn't sell more records." Richard Butler broke up the band in 1991, letting the Psychedelic Furs'...
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Columbia/Legacy's expanded 2002 reissue of the Psychedelic Furs' eponymous debut follows the original British running order, putting "Susan's Strange" and "Soap Commercial"...
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The Psychedelic Furs will forever be one of the '80s' original bands, so their millennium re-formation was a defining success. Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live celebrates...
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Columbia/Legacy's expanded 2002 reissue of Talk Talk Talk doesn't have a wealth of bonus material -- just a single version of "Mr. Jones," plus an early version of "So Run...
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In addition to remastered sound, artwork, and liner notes, Columbia/Legacy's expanded 2002 reissue of Forever Now contains six bonus tracks: an early version of "Alice's...
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