All Of This And Nothing

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ALBUM INFORMATION
  • Artist: The Psychedelic Furs (See All Albums by The Psychedelic Furs)
  • Date Released: Sep 6, 1988

  • Genre: Alternative/Punk, Style: Indie Rock, Rock, Alternative, Commercial Alternative

  • Label: Columbia

Total Tracks: 14   Total Length: 63:56

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Get The First Four Albums Instead

menaceto

The sequencing makes no sense and this group did two absolute classics (their first two albums) and two very good albums (the next two) that really should be in your collection if you like 80s alternative. In other words, this is good for a sample but the first four albums have at least as many good songs on them as this collection, so why not just dive in and buy the original albums?

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Excellent mix of New Wave and Post Punk

Neptuneman08

Consistant and solid collection of 80s rock from the cynical but catchy "Pretty in Pink" band. As the 80s progress, their music was more melodic but still well-crafted pop rock with original ideas. Simply a great compilation from a great band.

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THE P-Furs Album

Wavicle

There is simply none better than this. 3/4 of all The Furs' songs you've heard came off of this album. Definitely worth it to download the full album! "Love My Way," "Heartbreak Beat," "Pretty in Pink," and "All that Money Wants" are the tops (if you don't want the whole album, which you really should get!)

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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 same name. The Top-40 success of “Heartbreak Beat” a year later took the once enigmatic new wave band further into the mainstream. 1988′s All of This and Nothing is basically a tutorial for late Furs converts. The group’s original followers probably have most of the lyrics memorized, but the album is an accessible and enlightening introduction to the band. “Imitation of Christ” and “Sister Europe” are from the group’s self-titled 1980 debut, and their dark, ragged edges offer a glimpse of the band’s less commercial younger days. On the gorgeous “Love My Way” the Furs have more of a pop flavor, giving hints at the group’s subsequent transformation. It was on 1984′s Mirror Moves that the Psychedelic Furs completely softened their abrasiveness and began writing warm, keyboard-laden songs. Accused of selling out at the time by diehard aficionados, the Psychedelic Furs actually improved on Mirror Moves; their music became more pleasing to the ear, as exemplified on the hauntingly beautiful ballad “The Ghost in You” and the soaring “Heaven”. Richard Butler’s voice remained as raspy as ever, but it took on a more romantic tone that was very appealing. 1987′s ultra slick Midnight to Midnight is represented here by the aforementioned “Heartbreak Beat”. “Heartbreak Beat” has silly, clichéd lyrics (i.e. “There’s a heartbreak beat/And it feels like love”; nevertheless, its nonsense hooks are deliriously catchy. With ts swirling guitars and sarcastic lyrics, “All That Money Wants” was seen as a return to the Furs of old when it was included as a new track on All of This and Nothing. It’s not. The tune merely combines the dissonance of their first full-length with their stronger melodic sensibilities in the mid-’80s. All of This and Nothing effectively summarizes the Psychedelic Furs’ evolution from a left-of-center British rock band to a stylish alternative pop act. – Michael Sutton

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