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Quintessentially 80s. Brought back good memories.
Very listenable
Yeah idk man. It was fine. I'll certainly never listen to it again.
it *is* pretty fun, but i don't think i like Pretty in Pink and most of the album is stylistically right in that zone. it feels like it oughta be my type of music but the vocals got a little grating. favorite song is All of This and Nothing, nudged the score up on its own. very soft 3
Rating: 6/10 A decent turn of the 80's rock album, maybe a bit samey and boring in places but it was a fun enough listen. Had a punk vibe and also used keys and brass instrumentation for a little more of an interesting touch. I think Dumb Waiters and Pretty in Pink were the best songs, but I honestly can't say much more about the album as it would need a closer listen. I could stand to check out more of the Furs' music
A cool mix of a lot of styles of rock that creates its own vibe. Surprised by the quality of the hooks.
chuchuchuchuli
idk
i had a feeling i would hate this from the band name and the album name. i was glad to be wrong: i don't hate it, but it falls under the rapidly-increasing-in-size umbrella of "80s music from the British that sounds too similar," so it has that against it. Still, it's not the worst thing we've pulled in the last few weeks
Had several tracks on repeat after I finished the album, which is rare for this list, so I have to give it props.
Sometimes you hear a song and you think that that song is maybe the only song a band ever needs to make. Thats “Pretty in Pink” for me — a 10/10 song, but I don’t think I could take any more of the blisteringly boring delivery of the lead singer.
This sounds like it was engineered in a lab to appeal to me, specifically.
I thought this was a pretty solid post-punk album. Plenty of good guitar riffs on this one. A few duds, but overall enjoyable for people like me that have a taste for new wave and its strange Br*tish vocalists
I LOVE the track pretty in pink and loved these guys when I was young - clearly I wasn't paying attn - I just like the 'hits' I guess. Didn't like most of this album! Hmm.
His voice is like a cat's tongue. Bristly. While it's a relatively small part of the whole, it has an impact. It catches you and keeps your attention.
I band i truly learned in reverse. Like most of my contemporaries, my intro to the Psychedelic Furs was through movie soundtracks. First Love My Way from Valley Girl then of course Pretty in Pink. That primed me for Heartbreak Beat - a song i firmly associate with my senior year of college. The rest of that album was pretty weak so i moved on not thinking much of them until i got to college. One of my freshman hall mates impressed upon me the importance of this album. Imagine my surprise when instead of the polite tones i had associated with these guys I hear the opening grind of Dumb Waiters a song that positively explodes out of the speakers. Next up the superior version of the aforementioned PIP. And I'm in. This album oscillates between inviting and caustic in the best possible way. The final tacks (All of This and Nothing and She is Mine) have ended up on more mix tapes that i could possibly recount. That this is still and engaging challenge speaks to its brilliance. A gem. 4.5 stars.
Bro, it all sounds the same, except for two songs that are actually pretty good.
Album #144: Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs Genre (W): Post-punk, new wave Singles: Dumb Waiters, Pretty in Pink I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: A decent album with nice beats but forgettable lyrics. Sorta cool but I was hoping for better! Favorite tracks: Pretty in Pink, Mr. Jones, No Tears, She Is Mine, Into You Like a Train, It Goes On
It always seems to me like I should like these guys, but I just don't, at least not much. They're kind of like the Stone Temple Pilots of their era.
3/5
Very meh album.
Unremarkable
There is way too much brit-rock in this list - this was fine but nothing special.
5/10
Pretty average. I liked a few song but nothing blew me away. Mrs. Jones was the highlight for me
Best version of pretty in pink. This album is a liilt edgy and rough around the edges in the best way. Sounds great.
Shockingly underwhelming, given the absolute banger "Pretty In Pink" at the start. This is music that goes in one ear and right out the other, it's entirely disposable unfortunately.
3.0
80's noa mien erte
leuk!
More nuanced that other albums in that similar vein, it does have some highlight snippets throughout that make it sound worth the while. 7/10 [KEEP]
I'll confess to not realising that the 1986 brat pack film was named after a track on this album. I also was unaware of this band in 1981 though I have memories of Mike Joyce's amusing anecdote that someone said the Smiths 'could be as big as the Psychedelic furs'! I warmed to this album as the listen progressed and, at best, it can at times approximate a sound similar to David Bowie if he was singing in the Smiths, complete with his amateur sounding sax solos. Richard Butler had certainly been listening to Lodger and Scary Monsters when he recorded this album, helped by the XTC like production of Steve Lillywhite. It's a good job the film royalties were good.......
Surprising and good!!!
There is a LOT of breathy british new-wave pop rock on this list
Dumb Waiters - 4/5 Pretty in Pink - 4/5 I Wanna Sleep With You - 3.5/5 No Tears - 3/5 Mr. Jones - 3.5/5 Into You Like a Train - 3.5/5 It Goes On - 3/5 So Run Down - 3.5/5 All of This & Nothing - 3.5/5 She is Mine - 3/5 Some swings, some hits, and some misses. There is good stuff on here, but they really need to differentiate songs to make this more unique. Granted the sax does make it stand out a bit compared to its contemporaries, but that's about it. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Dumb Waiters, Pretty in Pink
Admittedly, I only knew a couple of songs from The Psychedelic Furs going into this, with "Pretty in Pink" being the obvious one. The rest of this though, is mostly forgettable. There are some good moments here and there, and I really enjoyed the saxophone throughout the album. It adds something to the sound and helps keep things from feeling completely generic. Overall, though, there just isn't enough here that sticks with me. I don't regret listening to it, but I don't see myself ever coming back to this album.
I'd only ever heard 'Pretty in Pink'. Listening to the rest of the album, I kind of understood why.
Ezra says 2.
Good
I know it is important to some but it sounds like so many other things.
Straight ahead rock & roll. Some good songs on here.
Tired: I love every genre but country. Wired: I love every genre but FUCKING NEW WAVE. Terminally samey. Pretty in Pink is a fine song, but I didn't need to hear it 10 times. Laughed out loud at the Into You Like A Train variation.
A very decent record but they aren't a band I'd describe as having any essential albums!
I’m not thrilled with the vocals, and there is a bit of a lack of variety, but it didn’t offend me. Very much a meh.
Dear sweet Mary Jane Rotten-Crotch! Another British '80's new wave/post-punk blah, blah, blah. Any, to no one's surprise, it sounds just like the couple hundred other such albums on this list. Is every single one here? I mean, how many were there?
Nice 80s
4/10. Creo que esperaba mucho más de una banda que se hace llamar Psychedelic Furs. La psicodelia la sigo buscando. Lo único destacable es la mediocridad que tienen todos los temas a lo largo del disco siendo todos exactamente iguales, una guitarra electrica constantemente sonando.
Fun
A fuxk boy album
This one has a really unique and nice sound to it. Kind of a product of the 80s. Kind of Bowie-esque but I’m here for it!! I especially like the really unique sound in dumb waiter
Not for me.
Always meant to listen to these. Decent
Enjoyed this! Pretty in Pink is a cracker (3.5)
i guess bro! from one new wave album to another i am yearning to escape. its okay. im not mad at it. maybe im just really tired right now. but i can't say this one stood out much to me either. fan of the first two songs and then they lost me at the third. i dont think i want to hear some guy say i just want to sleep with you in my ear 20 times. a little on the nose.
Not a fan
If it was 1981 I would love this. In 2026, I like the opener, love Pretty in Pink, I like the vocals, but it becomes a bit of a slog. Overall great sound.
No standouts
Would be great if there weren't a half dozen bands who sound similar but better. I'd rather listen to the Cure, Depeche Mode or Siouxsie
New Wave with a saxophone, Lydon-lite vocals and mid songs. I really liked «It Goes On», which had some attitude. Some points towards future genres, like indie- and britpop, but nothing spectacular.
4 out of 5. This album is one of the best in the early 80's.
Slowly realizing that I don't like new wave, but this album has some pretty nice moments.
Enjoyable enough
he first thing to say is that this band are neither psychedelic nor furry - what they are is a fairly standard post-punk/new wave band with some good wall of sound production by Steve Lillywhite and effective use of saxophone as a sort of droning background honk underneath Richard Butlers nasal vocals. That makes it sound worse than it is, but it did give me a bit of a Proustian rush for the early 80s. By far the best track on here is Pretty in Pink, which inspired the John Hughes teen rom-com pic a few years later and must have been a nice little payday for the band. The rest of the album is fairly so-so, and I’m still not entirely sure whether Into You Like A Train is rude or not. There’s also an odd bonus track which is an advert for the album itself.
For me the Psychedelic Furs have the same problem as their peers Echo & the Bunnymen. They each have a wonderful, unique sound, and their hits are absolutely EPIC. But most of their albums have so much mediocre filler that they're hard to get through. Pretty in Pink is an incredible track. But the rest of the songs here are pretty forgettable. They also come across like a band who hasn’t quite figured out what they sound like, or, maybe, like a group of musicians who aren't quite confident in how to blend their individual styles. There’s a ton of promise, but it comes together and becomes transcendent too sporadically. Similarly, their next album Forever Now delivers one incredible track, Love My Way, and they all sound super confident on that album. But it also slogs along from the fact that there just aren't enough quality songs. By Mirror Moves, the urgency of this album's sound is, sadly, sanded down; but they finally deliver an albums' worth of songs. Ultimately, they deserve to have one album on this list. Which belongs is a probably just a matter of preference. Frankly, I'm worried that, because Richard Butler models his sound on Bowie, we're going to get all three.
Wow. I just looked at other reviews for this. I was a little surprised. Because I really like it. Beyond Pretty in Pink. I don’t think it all sounds the same. I think it has a fairly unique perspective, actually, both musically and lyrically. I almost want to give it a 5. But… it’s not honestly at a 5, but the lack of love, you know, makes me want to be more expressive. Anyway, it’s far more musically astute than Public Image and John Lydon, who as far as I can tell, was having a laugh and little else. 4 Boolean: TRUE
As a child and devotee of 80s music, while this album is fine, it's not going to drive me wild despite featuring the omnipresent, overplayed second track, Pretty in Pink. Give me Heartbreak Beat, Heaven, the Ghost in You, and many other Psychedelic Furs singles and they have some great singles and songs in their catalogue for sure. But in my opinion they were never quite on the same level as Echo & the Bunnymen, New Order, the Cure, the Smiths. Sorry, this album is fine but it's pretty mid TBH. It's on the lower side of 3.5 for me and as an 80s child it hurts me to give it that rating but I call balls and strikes like I see 'em.
Yep, I liked it, gravel voice, I remember “Pretty in Pink”, I did like a lot of the lesser known songs as well, good British band
There was one song I kinda liked, rest was annoying
Sort of feels like punk but wrapped up in a very new wave outfit. I ended up listening to it a few times and liked it a fair bit, but I don't see myself really seeking it out in future. Mr Jones and Into You Like A Train are both brilliant. The rest is mostly just good.
It's pretty good, never blows my mind
I’ve always loved this side of the ’80s—I was growing up (as a teenager) and starting to get seriously into music! In other words, I was developing my own tastes; I’d exchange opinions with my friends, and we’d lend each other cassettes and records (back in the good old days of sharing in person, without streams or the cloud or any of that crap! Who even knows what a cassette is these days, or what it was like to record songs from the radio on our cassette decks?). It’s so great to relive those times—it’s so great to remember so many good things. A 5, of course :-)
There are parts I don't like that much, but it is a good album overall. 4 stars or B-.
Just some classic English post punk
One of those bands I always hear about, never have any reason to give them a go But a great early post punky sound, nice and consistent all the way through, great guitar tone giving a sort of wall of sound, going to stick with this…probably
Probably the punk album I have enjoyed the most off of this list, the singers voice is a little odd but theres a funkiness/jazziness to this I like 3.5
Lacked a bit of variation
I was daydreaming imagining what The Psychedelic Furs would sound like as a new band in the 2020s. A producer might be tempted to add a little pitch correction to the vocals, alter the tuning of the saxophones, bring the band more in time with each other, buff out some of the roughness. And you know… in this instance I don’t think that’s such a bad thing! The band are charmingly frayed at the edges, and I suspect fans find that appealing, but for me these catchy compositions are ripe for a high fidelity, more “produced” presentation. When I see through the aesthetic I can hear a dynamic, exciting group who know how to write a good tune.
Solid 3 for the Furs for me, pretty in pink is a huge single i’ve always loved but the album doesn’t pop much beyond this, all sounds good though
I really liked this album! 80’s British rock/kinda groovy rock, it was a great listen. In the same class as pulp from a few days ago, this was made before, and a ton better. Also similarly to pulp, it had some overtly sexual themes that didn’t seem as off putting as pulp, described in a poppy chant or over a fun riff. there also was a ton of instrumental moments in this album I really enjoyed. The last minutes of “all of this and nothing” really stood out and made me stop and listen. As for favorites, the before mentioned “all of this and nothing”, “Mr jones”,(no relation) and “no tears” All in all, exactly what I want out of this list. Something I’d never heard and would never hear if not for this, that truly I enjoy. 4.3/5
Richard's voice is not for the faint of heart but a deeper listening and patience is rewarded. one of the better albums to endure coming out of the 80's.
3.0 - Ok
Leuk album om te luisteren, maar ik vond het niet heel bijzonder. De muziek sprong er voor mij niet uit.
Super new wavey early 80’s I like it a lot. Reminds me of echo and the bunnymen but more of a driving straight beat. Pretty cool, the sax is nasty tho.
Overall: 6/10 Kind of generic but the songs become little ear worms after a certain point. I may not have had the greatest time listening to it but I was jamming along anyways. I think the vocals kept this interesting. Fav Song: Mr. Jones
Just ok.
Furs are ok, was just never a big enough fan to seek out their work.
Middle of the road and probably forgettable
Wildly underwhelming. His voice sucks, the music is kinda bland especially when I was expecting something intriguing. Lyrics were whatever. Really struck me as a band more concerned with their image and seeming cool and deep and thereby achieving neither. Also it’s just another British band. Yuck.
I prob won’t seek it out to listen to again, but would be fine if others around me did. Much better than lot of the other boring nu wave Brit pop on this list
some good songs but i can't bear to listen to this guy's voice unfortunately. 2.3/5
Pretty in pink is such a great song, and this album should not be slept on. They maintain their sound throughout the album but the guitar fills and tempo with incredible lyrics make it refreshing every track. So good
This was not particularly interesting, but it was pretty decent. There's a little bit of new wave, a little bit of pop and some textural intrigue, but nothing really to write home about. I remember liking the first few songs quite a bit, but everything else also isn't bad. I just don't feel that strongly about this, and I don't know that I liked it enough to give a 3.
Looking at the number of plays on Spotify for each track tells the story
This was just okay. The music was fine. The recording quality was not great. I wouldn't be in a hurry to listen to this again.
I don't completely hate new wave, but albums like this make me want to
On occasion, the singer has such an extremely off-putting voice, like one of the muppets all grown up, or possibly like Josh Widdecombe (who the singer also looks loads like). At others, it's a really lovely affair this, full of nice melody. It's quite forgettable, but absolutely something you could put on and not worry that anyone's going to hate it.
man i love duran duran
This was a fun song the first two or three times, but after the seventh time of hearing the same song it got boring. A little variety would help.
Jangly guitars and darkly gruff vocals abound, as good a slice of British post-punk meanderings as any of its contemporaries. I confess that before this I've only really ever heard the single Pretty In Pink and it transpires that the chart single was a later re-recorded version for the film soundtrack.
I normally really like new wave, but this was just so bland.
Not sure how another UK britpop band is on the list
4 5 First time hearing these guys, definitely will have to give more of their stuff a go
🤷🏿♀️ I got nothing
80's English rock with a bit of attitude, overall not really my cup o tea, mate. All of This and Nothing at the end was ok, Dumb Waiters was really fun and my favorite, cool use of horns. Also, "I'm into you like a train" as a line sticks with me and I find it very funny for some reason
Idk, not much to say on this one. It wasn't bad but also didn't stand out in any meaningful way.
Nothing stood out to me about this album. It was fine. I think maybe a second listen might be worthwhile to see if I just was missing something but for now, staying average
On Talk Talk Talk, The Psychedelic Furs' classic second, storytelling leads the way while noise is a vital tho subtle component. That adds up to damn good interpretation of post-punk, pop sensibilities & all. What sets it apart from other albums of that era is its gorgeousness & the profundities of its insights, lyrically, instrumentally, inventively: 'Here's another nine o'clock / & here's another day / Wonder how the weather is / & what the people say'; 'Talk about yourself again / Talk about the rain again'; 'She's making me a plastic wig / She's making me again.' Never maudlin, only appropriately & meaningfully sentimental, these blokes offer faith in the process that is life & its ordinariness. Painful even, but pain never gets the final word. Wisely.
Lo suficiente para decirle bueno
le tenía más fe
Просто ще один пост-панк альбом 80-х. Нічого такого. Оцінка: середня-висока 5
Meget klassisk 80'er-rocklyd.
Not interesting. Loud and aggressive, and the singer is almost intentionally atonal. Credit because it is artistic, creative, and influential. I just don’t like it. A 2. But could be a 1.
Richard Butler sure does have a distinctive voice and delivery.
Man, it's kind of blowing me away how much I like this album. I'd only heard "Midnight to Midnight" before and, well, I was underwhelmed. Kind of just wrote off the whole band and never thought anything of it. This is album is phenomenal. Just consistently listenable post-punk new wave kind of stuff. I realize I've heard "Pretty in Pink" before, never put together it was Psychedelic Furs... again though the whole album rules.
It's 3.5
Pretty good! Still learning to have more and more love for post-punk through this endeavor. I liked how loud this got at times, although it kinda got a bit monotonous by the end. I definitely can hear its influence though, and I'll return to these songs over time. Favorites: Dumb Waiters, I Wanna Sleep With You, Mr. Jones
Sits uncomfortably on the edge of post punk and new wave in a good way. Love the noisier bits. Influence on college radio and the alt wave of the late 80s/early 90s is very apparent. This album is a bit one note, but it's a good note.
Maybe in 1981 this music was considered to be psychedelic by some, but listening to it now it’s rather generic rock. The last two tracks were the best in my opinion, while the remainder of the album was below average. This UK band was moderately successful back in those days, but I haven’t heard about them in a long while.
Wowee wow wow, I was just listening to 'Pretty in Pink' right before this popped up! Magic! That song is pretty good, but the rest of the tracks kinda feel like inferior versions of it. I didn't know the movie was based on the song and not the other way around. I enjoyed the 'Pretty in Pink' remix collection and would give it a 3.5, but one song does not an album make! Highlights: 'Pretty in Pink', 'No Tears'
need to re listen. i liked it.
This is pretty great
Probably one of the weaker new wave albums on the list, but there's still a few solid tracks. It amuses me that the version on spotify has a 4-second-long "Early Version" of one of the songs, I don't think that is intentional. Favorite track: "All of This and Nothing"
There are a handful of good songs on here but I never really dig deeper that those. I owned this able for decades and rarely listened to it and Imupon relisten ot still seems largely not as interesting beyond a few songs.
Fun punkish alt rock vibes. I think it's what I expected them to sound like
The beginning was off to a strong start but I felt the middle was too repetitive and samey most of the time. Thankfully, towards the end I think they got their groove back and got it back up, very very solid album I enjoyed this and saved more than a few songs from this as well. If the middle was just a tad bit better this would be rated much higher, nonetheless a good album!
This album is such a long and monotonous one. There are a few songs that sound slightly different, but, overall, it is a record that sounds all the time more or less the same. There is just bland music that has not much interest to it. It just sounds very 80's, in a very dated way, and in a bad sense too. Well, it has been, at least, listenable even though not much enjoyable, to be honest.
had zeker niet op de lijst gehoeven maar is best prima
If you made AI listen to all of these albums and come up with it's own... it would probably sound something like this. 4/10
Immediate album with hooks and musical flourishes. First half of the album is very strong. This is a better Roxy music, and shades of REM and Bowie. Really nice surprise.
I have a strange relationship with the Psychedelic Furs. I truly love much of their music and equally find some of it "meh." So an album listen is hot and cold for me. Always felt that way even with some close friends that shared much similar music tastes to mine putting the Furs on their top tiers. My thoughts do not detract from the fact that the Psychedelic Furs are a canon iconic new wave/ alt rock band that helped define the genre. They ARE that good! In closing, they have, including on this album, some of my all time favorite songs and are not even close to one hit wonders or anything like that. But to get my ultimate praise would require a bit more of their entire catalog to vault them to godlike status that some of my friends do.
All I knew of the band coming in was the song Pretty in Pink which I first heard in the movie which took its name from the song and although I always quite liked it, I never thought to seek out any more from the band. And so I'm glad to round out my knowledge a little more with an album that's a lovely blast of post-punk and new-wave whose underbelly has the hallmarks of Joy Division's melancholic despair, but on the surface it's the romanticism of The Cure and a little of the art-school cool of Bowie.
Good, but not as good as Talk Talk
Good album, and it flows very well, need to listen to it again, but it was great overall
Massive blind spot for me - early 80s post punk. Crusty aesthetic smashing into 80s pop. The vocals are an acquired taste, but I like the authenticity. I prefer the tracks where they let off the shackles and are not afraid to go off the tracks. A key example of this is the first track [Dumb Waiters] which is messy and all the best kinds of wild. Other stand out tracks are [Into you like a train] [It Goes On] where the rhythm section really gets it together, some distortion creeps in and the tempo shifts add a nice texture. Between these tracks there is some serviceable radio friendly tracks like [Pretty in Pink] and [All of This and Nothing] that are easy to listen to but don't wow me. I wouldn't turn them off if they came on the radio however. The rest of the tracks are just kind of there for me and have drawbacks like poor lyrics [I Wanna Sleep With You] or just forgettable [She is Mine]. **
I love the sax on Dumb Waiters, well really everywhere. It really makes this album stand out from other New Wave albums on here. All in all I liked it. Favorite tracks: Pretty In Pink, Dumb Waiters, & She Is Mine.
Great album that straddles a bunch of genres without firmly belonging to any one.
gillade pretty in pink resten meh
Fine album, though it feels inessential, a surprise inclusion on this list.
Checked multiple times to see if album was ending soon
Wanted to like it but just didn’t really do it for me
*Jurgen Klopp I’m Running Out Of Energy meme*
Meh … almost bleh
It's one of those weird situations where everything The Psychedelic Furs does is amazing and cool and is somehow three different genres of music all at the same time, but Richard Butler's voice just feels so out of place and almost comical at times. But his voice is also one of the defining features of the band's sound. I can't bring myself to give this a full 5 because of this weird clash, but it's still so iconic I have to give it a 4 (really, a 4.5 would be better).
Buen álbum post punk, cositas góticas. Piolas canciones. Tiene el hit pretty in pink. Va bien, se disfruta. 6/10
My 80s ish shit
It's fineeee. This is nothing that is too compelling to give much opinion on. Though the classic post-punk sound is always amazing to hear, it really does strike a chord with me. It's production is pretty good. The singer sounds like narrator on a show or a story book reader. I also found that a fair amount of the songs that end with 1-2 minutes of instrumental, which is peculiar (in a good way though.) This was alright, I suppose, nothing too exciting of course. Highlight Song/s: "Dumb Waiters"
19/06/2026 Nothing special here, nothing stood out. Sorry lads. Spotify listeners: 1.9 million
Cool sound. First time listening to this one. Sex Pistols vibes
3.5
This was boring and was a massive downer to my Friday afternoon.
Good nostalgia
It was just fine - nothing really to say because nothing really stood out in a positive or negative way to me.
Groupe inconnu. Rock/New Wave plutôt dynamique, avec quelques chorus de sax, mais globalement pas très original. L'album commence bien mais ne tient pas la distance. Et je ne suis pas fan du chant. Morceau préféré : "I Wanna Sleep With You", mais pas assez pour avoir envie d'écouter l'album une seconde fois. =>2/5
Engelsk tidlig 80-tall. Delvis veldig bra, men dog litt svak 4
I'm beginning to suspect that this list was made by brits who have a soft spot for 80s new wave and post punk... lol. This was fine, didn't really move the needle for me in any specific way. A bit brash. 2.5/5
Pretty cool, Dumb Waiters was my favorite I think.
I like the way that, w these guys, drum line is almost always its own riff that structures the song. Makes these songs work both on a melodic level and as grooves in their own right. The guys voice is distinctive and unusual without being 'too much' also. Same goes for the reverb and flange on the guitars. Not sure if this is an essential album to an American sensibility but I really liked it. One more hit and I woulda gone 5.
Edgy, but approachable and bright? Interesting to see Lillywhite on this I really liked Pretty In Pink, Mr Jones
Great song (you know), but just an okay album. I thought I would have liked it more.
Not for me
I don’t know if I hated this or just really disliked it. It’s very distinctly the eighties music that I never liked.
Buen disco, buena musica, un post punk británico, con muy buen ritmo
I normally don't like a ton of 80s British style punk, but I loved this album. I have never listened to them before, but this album will make me try some of their other albums.
Fun-ish
Some low lows and not high enough highs to balance it out for me.
Apart from Pretty in Pink pretty forgettable . Not quite a 3 .
Another first listen! I’ve really only been familiar with this band through their singles. This album has one of their best ones (Pretty in Pink) but I was nicely surprised to find some other gems deeper into the track list. I’m not sure if this would rank highly for me among the similar albums of the era, but I found it solid. Standout moment: Into You Like a Train is the deeper album cut that hit for me. Great chorus and melody that gels well with Richard Butler’s inimitable voice.
The most 3 star album I’ve listened to so far. Some good rock stuff, but nothing that stood out.
couple of nice instrumentals
Enjoyed this album. Appreciate the vocals especially. Solid 7/10.
I thought I'd enjoy this more than I did. It's really generic 80s pop and after a while I couldn't distinguish between the tracks because it's just the same thing over and over. Pretty in Pink is an ok song
Possibly the first British band I’ve liked, but I can’t define why….i need to be better :( this band encourages me not to though :)
Unremarkable. Replace this with Enya.
It was fun to give to, but overall sort of felt like one continuous song. Which I didn't mind for the first 45 mins, but 10 more mins of it didn't help.
I kind of didn't know who the Psychedelic Furs were when I stated to listen to this record. I was sort of afraid this was going to be another difficult early 80s English new wave garbage with moody lyrics over atonal synths. So this album came as a pleasant surprise. I'd be interested in hearing more from them at this point.
Nice album.
Good not great, listening to the entire album became repetitive.
love the jangle guitar, im sure the smiths liked these guys. cool like the cure, but maybe less talked about. big songs that have nerve. horn outta nowhere. really had a good time with these british dudes. it has early shoe gaze vibes and it knows how to rock. felt experimental and straight forward.
Not for me
Discordant post punk vibe with new wave melody.
Never taken much notice of this lot and no idea they were responsible for Pretty In Pink which is an excellent song and well worth the admission alone. The other stuff on the album is similar to that stand out track. It fits into the category of an album I like to shove on and play loud when having a shower before a night out or when I’m busy doing housework hoovering the carpets etc. Up beat music that you don’t need to think about at its best. 3/5 23/5/26
489/1089 - Why do British people have to turn every vowel into a diphthong??
I like this more than I admit.
Es un albúm de los ochenta. No está mal, no destaca. La copia de la copia de la copia del rapero español
Very average.
Peak 80’s. Like.
Favourite track(s): Mr. Jones; So Run Down Another British rock album from the 80s. I wish I had as much of a soft spot for this music as the curators of this list seem to have had. This one is at least bearable, albeit very uniform. Some of the tracks are so similar to one another, they become hard to distinguish even upon second listening. The instrumentals are defined by clean drumming with a little bit of variances and guitar riffs which are not striking enough to remember. Once or twice the instrumentals are supplemented by saxophone, e-piano, or the like, but do not stand out beyond that. Then there is the rough speak-singing on top of that, ever the same with this kind of rock. I honestly wonder who would call this one in particular their favourite album.
okay
Not sure how I feel about this album. The band was good, I enjoyed a good amount of the music, I just wasn't crazy about the lead singer at all. Reminded me of some early The Cure work, but Robert Smith is a much superior lead man. We've all heard Pretty In Pink, which was obviously received much broader play in the States when the movie of the same name came out. Personally, I liked Mr. Jones and All of This and Nothing better than that track though. The rest of the album was just average to me. 3 stars.
Ok,
Not my bag, but I have to applaud them for being different.
Mjög einfaldur tvistur, því ég sé ekkert aðlaðandi við þessa rödd, döll döll döll. Lögin eru ekki leiðinleg, en heldur ekki nógu eftirminnileg til að lyfta þessu upp yfir sönginn.
No thanks. 1
What is this list’s obsession with blannnnndddddddddd pop punk new wave it’s SO BORINNGGGG. I really see 0 value for this to be anywhere near the list, just leave it on the 2 dollar bargain CD bin haha
Seriously, such a boring post-punk new wave album. How many of these rubbish picks can end up on this list, because I swear I have heard of this album many times before. His voice is definitely the worst part, so soulless, monotone and blah. The book mentions how it "bridged the gap between underground art-rock scene and critical acclaim", but honestly, it should have stayed in the underground.
Hmmm.
That looks... interesting. Well its actually not interesting at all. The singer suck ass. His sinhing is so monotone and unernegetic, he fits the band sound like a piece of bacon on ice cream. Its just bland new wave/punk bullshit that the author of this book loves for some reason. I dont think there is anything this band does that is revolutionary or that is reinventing anything. Its just not very good. All the songs sounds the same, the lyrics are incoherent and stupid (im into you like a train), the hooks are forgetable at best and for some season they thought adding a 5 second cheesy saxophone solo in all of the songs would make them better (spoiler, it doesnt). Im tired of writting review that no one will ever read so ill stop rambling. Its bad.
Pretty cool record - dig the abundance of saxophone. Favourite tracks: Dumb Waiters, No Tears, Into You Like a Train.
Lil repetitive but fun still
thats a very charming album, similar to the cure id say, but a little more hypnotic
Much more guitar-based rock sound than I anticipated. I like them, they’re tight with an accessible poppy sound. I didn’t realize “Pretty in Pink” came out in 1981, 5 years before the movie made it a huge hit stateside. It’s a good, fun listen, nothing to write home about.
After the album finished, Spotify played better later-era Psychedelic Furs songs. I say, skip this one and start later in the discography.
Some very 80s music. Kinda fun but nothing here for me again.
1. dumb - 0 2. pink - 1 3. zleep - 1 4. tearz - 1 5. jonez - 2 6. train - 1 7. goez - 2 8. run - 1 9. nothing - 2 10. mine - 1
Primeira música do álbum é ótima
Another band I should be much more familiar with. Nice one.
Nothing really stood out on here. Always thought Pretty in Pink was a bit cheesy. The rest on here just sound like inferior versions of the same thing
Didn't have high hopes as I judged by the name of the band. But I liked this, it was bop esque, chill lyrics and a good time
Very average, very generic 80s new wave indie landfill. Why is there so much boring 80s new wave on this list? None of it is as special as people remember it being. Anyway, back to this version of the exact same thing... Either it's a victim of everyone piggybacking off of it's style, making it seem boring in retrospect, or it was simply never interesting to begin with. Who can say? Not I. Jangly... by-numbers... average... there's just nothing special about this at all, the same thing they do is done better by so many others. It's perfectly servicable but nothing stands out. The guy's voice is annoying too, he sounds like he's doing an impression of somebody he doesn't like. None of the identical songs interested me. This album could not exist and the world would be unchanged. You put a blank CD in the stereo and this plays. If anything, albums like this on this list have given me a new appreciation and understanding of rap and hip hop. It had to emerge, because by this point, as evidenced by this album and genre, white kids had run out of ideas.
Time locked. Boring singer, boring lyrics. Pointless to have on the list.
Great album!
Cheerfully impure post-punk, the best songs - PiP, “Mr Jones” - are power pop bangers. There’s psychedelic whoosh and jangle here, motorik and dirge, it’s a pick ‘n’ mix record though every finger will grope for the one they named the film after.
Like The Cars, The Psychedelic Furs are best appreciated on a Greatest Hits. Unlike The Cars, TPF have but a single gear and that tempo gets samey fast. Can't shake how similar the big hit is to "Born To Run" thanks to a reviewer here. "Dumb Waiters" and "No Tears" are good though.
More of that terrible droning crap that I hate.
It was alright
Hard to listen to
Pretty good for a UK Post Punk album from the 80's... 3.5 stars
Never really got this lot. Some friends whose taste in music I trust think they are great, but I’ve never heard anything by them that has made me want to investigate further. This was an opportunity to give them a fair try which I duly took. Sadly though, I struggled to find much that wasn’t blatantly derivative. 1981 seems like a weird time to be taking so much influence from John Lydon. Why weren’t they lambasted instead of being clutched to the bosom of US teen movie directors? The voice has a passing resemblance to Lydon, but it’s more the phrasing and the melodic turns than the tone and timbre. The music isn’t like The Pistols or PiL, it’s fairy plain post-punk with a Roxy sax that oddly doesn’t clash too much. The production is reasonably solid and the album has a consistency that ties it together well, but I felt inspired far too infrequently. The songs just didn’t have enough pulling power.
Not mad at this Playlist add: "No Tears"
The distinct graveliness of the singers voice has always given the Psychedelic their signature sound and feel. I was familiar with Pretty in Pink (who isn't?) and this album has a similar vibe to it throughout. A good representation of 80's new wave and alternative.
fun
Eh, not my cup of tea
I really liked the songs pretty in pink and she is mine
Relatively uninspiring 80s indie-punk rock. The singer isn’t the easiest to listen to. 1
A perfect new wave album . I have this on vinyl already. Pretty in pink is a stone cold classic . No week tracks but some favourites including Dumb Waiters, into you like a train and no tears
Generic New Wave album. It passed the time but I've heard a lot of similar albums.
A cacophony of noise throughout the album. There didn't seem to be any quieter sections. I also didn't like his voice. It was a bit too gruff for me.
Solid.
20. 더 사이키델릭 퍼즈 - 톡 톡 톡 총 10곡 수록, 41분. 너무 베이직해요 너무 마일드해요 나는 이제 장르하나로는 만족할수없는 인디락 힙스터 홍대병이 되어버린거야~~ 지루함... 아쉽게도 한줄평: 인디락이 없는 시대에 태어났을 뿐인 범부여... 취향: ★★☆☆☆ 재방문: ★☆☆☆☆
Pretty generic and forgettable new wave record. Doesn't hurt, but also doesn't have a lot to distinguish itself from the pack.
More garage punk which still isnt my bag but I can appreciate that it works for some people.
En su camino hacia la obra maestra que para mí es “Mirror Moves”, The Psychedelic Furs nos dejaron este álbum, que ya contenía uno de sus mayores éxitos “Pretty In Pink”. Richard Butler le dio a la banda un toque personal e intransferible en pleno auge de la new wave pero manteniendo unos presupuestos post punk que elevaban su espíritu indie. Butler es un pedazo de compositor, como lo demuestra el single antes mencionado, pero no nos olvidemos de “It Goes on” o “Dumb Waiters”. Una banda que merece más reconocimiento.
Why’d I think the psychedelic furs were a 2000s indie band. Interesting as a new wave album because the vocals and that strained off putting synth really do highlight the punk roots. I really like how scuzzy this album is. It’s new wave but not the clean shiny new wave but a grimy uncomfortable kind. I guess maybe that’s why I thought they were later? I can imagine them being discussed as an influence in a lot of indie sleaze.
nice album. should listen to it more
Part of the Post-Punk New-Wave movement. This album contains the original 1981 version of the song "Pretty in Pink", (which the teen romantic comedy drama movie was named after). Apart from "Pretty in Pink", which I've always liked, the rest of the album is OK.
Solid stuff.
Good start
I enjoyed the one song I was already familiar with ("Pretty in Pink"), while the rest of the album was well-sung but repetitive
Don't love the rough vocals, instrumentals didn't feel particularly compelling
Fun to run to
No thank you. Not a fan of British
Not bad overall, but still feels dated in places (that sax really?). The early 80s production drives me crazy at times. I'd call it 2 stars but I'd be willing to invest a little more time in this band based on what I've heard so far.
Not my favorite, had to skip through so of the songs…
Overall Rating - 3.10/5 (6.20/10). Nothing spectacular, nothing awful. Overall a solid album.
This was better than I imagined. The sort of post punk that has probably had a bit of an effect on modern artists that I quite like, like Idles and Fontaines. Not quite impactful enough on me for 4+ but was edging there.
I’m very tired of new wave at this point in the albums journey, but I think I rather enjoyed this.
I looooove new wave and talk talk talk is required listening. Been very angsty this month and this album was just what I needed
it’s okay! I’m realizing I like this genre less than I thought I did
was alright for the listen Will I listen to again: 10%
The best Furs era before teeny bop MTV
I wanted to go with a 3 all day. But when I finished the last few songs and heard She is Mine it teetered into a 4. It’s ’why do we bother’ or ‘how does any of this matter?’ vibe and the small details of living … I really enjoyed it. Dumb Waiters is the highlight and I like this a lot more than later era Furs.
This band could easily be swapped with any of their contemporaries from the new wave/ post punk era of the 80s and I’d never know the difference. They all sound the same to me and not in a good way.
“A swing and a miss. And the Furs go down swinging in the bottom of the ninth.” When Pretty in Pink is the best track of the album it’s safe to say that this isn’t good music.
This is as early 80s as an album gets. Despite having different lyrics, notes and rhythms, every song basically ends up sounding the same by about the 2 minute mark … and that’s not a good thing.
Surprisingly strong start with Dumb Waiters. Leaning more post punk than new wave it definately caught my attention. Regrettably that was the highlight. Furs seem content to settle into pop flavored new wave and staying there for the rest of the album. It got a bit repetitive and boring, but not terrible.
A cool blend of new wave and punk.
Post punk/new wave/alt rock. Already know and like Pretty in Pink. Nothing mind-blowing here. Seems quite middle-of-the-road. Dumb Waiters was the only track of interest with that detuned riff. Best track - Dumb Waiters 3 stars
I really enjoyed this album! 7/10 Fav Tracks: Pretty In Pink Heard Before? ------ ❌ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? ------ ✅ Will Listen Again? --- ✅
Not a great album by any means. Single sucked and I never gave ot a real chance. Relisted to it now and its not as bad as I remember. Too many similar songs and like a mono tone all along the album. Not my thing
Pretty In Pink
very interesting start.. i kinda like how theres alotta false notes pip - good iwswy - very good no tears - good sry 4 lack of commentary im fucking tired mr jones - ive heard this b4 very nice album
Celkom príjemné počúvanie, ale nie vrchol 80` alternatívy...
Very cool album! With a touch o psychadelic pop/goth
Gold!
average
Mr Jones sounds like the Wipeout TV show theme, and the rest sounds about the same. It Goes On has a nice drum break, and that's about all that caught my ears.
itd be better if i enjoyed dudes voice but alas i do not
Very basic but not an unbearable listening experience
2/10 Pretty forgettable
When I think of the Psychedelic Furs, I put them in a similar category with other post punk rock groups of the early 80s like The Cure, New Order or The Smiths. I dated a girl in high school who was a big Furs fan and listening to this definitely brought me back to another time. That said, I don't know this album particularly well other than the song Pretty in Pink. It's their next album Forever Now and later releases that are more my speed. Listening to this felt like listening to a less polished version of the material I know. And I found a lot of sameness across many of the tracks. It occurred to me that the tempo of the songs didn't really change, so I pulled out a metronome and tested it. And as I suspected seven of the songs on the album clocked in at about 130 beats per minute, the other three at around 150. I also found the texture to be very similar across the album without a ton of variation. So when All of This and Nothing started with acoustic 12 string guitar, it was a very welcome change. Mr. Jones going into the next song Into You Like a Train sounds almost like two halves of the same song with the same tempo and same driving bass line. Additionally Richard Butler's voice doesn't sound great on this album -- he's doing this talking-singing hybrid that you don't really hear on later albums, which makes me wonder if he did that on purpose, or if he was sick during the sessions. I'm leaning toward the latter because Apple music includes the single version of Mr. Jones which sounds completely different -- the balance of the mix is much cleaner and his voice sounds markedly better. I like Pretty in Pink, and I feel like other songs could be growers for me, but I prefer the Furs later releases.
My first exposure to early post-punk, this project had me interested at first and then lost me a bit with the lack of risks or switch-ups, which I feel it was in need of. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Dumb Waiters, Pretty In Pink
Expectation: -> The band name is familiar but I do not know why. After listening: -> Love My Way…that's it (though not on this album). Whenever I'm having an 80s night, Love My Way is a must play. I do not recognize any of this album but playing it still transports me to a different time and place. Like the vibe, that 80s pop/rock feel, that familiar voice. I am not muiscally inclined/talented but it seems the lead singer has a limited range, too much monotony. Nothing problematic or offensive here, nor special. None of these songs are a home run for me, keeping this album at a 3. Track ranking: Run Down Pink All Tears Jones Goes On Mine Train Dumb Sleep
This was pretty decent, definitely better than I expected
A bit samey
This has the sound of a 70’s album
Brit Pop Punk oder wie man das nennt. Weg mit die Viecher
ganz ok/nett, mehr fällt mir nicht dazu ein.
Medium Sound, nichts was es ausmacht
Like a lot of these new wave albums, we've got one amazing single and a bunch of forgettable non-singles. Just add Pretty In Pink and Love My Way to your 80s playlist and you're good.
Only heard Pretty in Pink before which I love. I enjoyed this album and it sits firmly within the styles I like so looking forwards to exploring their discography more. 4/5
I'd heard "Pretty In Pink", never paid any attention to this band. It's labelled post-punk, but riffs, song structures and vocal tone sound a little bit punk pop (reckless, rude as though it's a virtue), a little bit pub rock (chugging along), generally pretty conventional. The lack of instrumental flourish made me wonder whether a lot of entertainment or merit might supposedly be coming from the vocals, but melody, lyrics and singing aren't that interesting or appealing ... Generally it's not totally bad but not at all special, I don't get why it belongs in 1001 anything (apart from 1001 whiny Brit 'hits'). A couple of songs are okay but overall for me it's Pretty Poor, 3/10.
First couple of tracks are the winners - then things get a bit samey I was never a fan of the voice or the writing, so this band was always a pass for me
Sorpresas que gustan mucho, la verdad que buen álbum, muy de mi gusto y quedo contento con este descubrimiento. Aunque es posible que no agregue ninguna canción a mi lista voy a tener muy presente esto.
decent
This album was a strange mixture of 80s pop rock and a harder punk sound. I didn’t much care for the pop tracks, they were a bit generic and uninteresting, but I did enjoy when they leaned more into a punk rock sound. Some stuff to like here, but I don’t think I’d ever return to this band unless they did an all-punk record. 3/5
"I Wanna Sleep With You" reminds me of Bob Mortimer's songs on Last One Laughing UK but I don't mean that in a bad way. Mostly speak singing but I like it. There's just so much music! I can't imagine seeking this out again.
A horny album if ever there was one!
I could listen to this again. I probably will.
Great sound, Pretty in Pink is a great track. Worth another listen
One of many of these isn’t it.
I like this. Yes, it does sound a bit samey but in a good way. I can hear that they have influenced others (hello Idlewild). Also, why did I think for years that they were American?
Quite a nice listen. Nothing earth shattering, but well produced and sounds a decade or two newer than it actually is. Good stuff.
Not bad
(4/7) another long (but largely synthesizer-free) 80s journey
So this album was described as new wave, and it's okay. Music from the 80s, to me, tends to overuse synthesizers and can sound kind of cheesy sometimes, but I appreciate that this album didn't do that (real instruments for the win here). The singing style, however, employs that brit-pop spoken singing, which I'm not really a fan of. I gave it a second listen and enjoyed it more than the first listen, however. I like songs with dark tones and this had a good handful of those.
It's pretty good. For some moments, it reminded me of REM or The Replacements. I particularly enjoyed Pretty in Pink, No tears, It goes on (really loved the guitar work on this one), All of This and Nothing... Many people seem to have issues with the saxophone. Not me. This is 3,5 stars for me.
I don't think you guys are listening hard enough
I have never seen the movie Pretty in Pink, so I don't associate the song by the Psychedelic Furs with that movie. This is another band I got into later in my life when I started to listen to more and more post-punk music. I found the UK listing being so different from the US listing to be interesting, as I think starting the album off with Pretty in Pink seems like the best idea. I'm not sure why the UK version did not do that. The influence this album had on modern music can be heard very easily. I hear some Strokes on Mr. Jones and quite a few of these songs just sound familiar to me even though I had never heard them before. I do love the Roxy Music-like sax on the songs though. It's jazz-lounge post-punk music. My favorite tracks are pretty much every song on here.
pastiche mode.
Bit of a weird creepy vibe.