Search - The Psychedelic Furs :: The Psychedelic Furs

Buy the CD - see them live

Blue Valkyrie | USA | 12/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I sought out the first Furs CD after seeing them live - and now can't stop playing it for its original raw edge. I went to see Death Cab for Cutie with the Furs on the bill and frankly the Furs blew away Death Cab - this was a big surprise. The final driving fist of a tune at the show - India - made me check out the eponymous first CD. If you like Interpol, Static Age, even Arcade Fire, you should check out this CD. Oh, and catch them live."

A top fifty all time debut...

Mark Enea | Allentown, PA | 12/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Amazing, ground-breaking album. A true "vinyl length" lp, it has been released in a few forms, but I find the Columbia release from 2002 to be the finest issue. The added demo version of "Flowers" is devastating.



This, to me, along with the second album, is the punk rock version of the Furs. Incidentally, it's also my favorite version of the Furs. Punk Rock in that it sounds so very terse, yet you can identify all of the atmosphere and melodicism that marks the later works. It just.....sounds more raw, like the best debut albums always do.



To me, an essential addition to any upstanding record collection. To you, this should be the first of their proper lps to buy. "Wedding Song/Blacks/Radio/Flowers" is 20 of the best minutes you'll ever spend in front of a pair of good speakers."