PSYCHEDELIC FURS (THE) – The Psychedelic Furs – LP – 88985459951

The only thing pretty in pink on the Psychedelic Furs’ debut is the album sleeve. Before they became New Wave pinups, the Furs sounded more like experimental, noisy punks, and the album sounds like a grand art project — could they brood and play saxophone? They somehow managed both on “Sister Europe,” trying to out-Roxy Roxy Music, and they came off like a British Jonathan Richman on “We Love You,” as Richard Butler lists his loves (the BBC, Frank Sinatra, bodies that scream). They never sounded as dangerous again.

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