The Psychedelic Furs (album)


The Psychedelic Furs is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs. It was released on 7 March 1980 by Columbia Records. It was reissued with bonus tracks in 2002 by Columbia/Legacy.
The original UK LP had nine tracks. The US LP contained 10 tracks, deleting one track from the UK LP and adding two others, and changing the order of the tracks significantly. The CD reissue contained 13 tracks, beginning with the original nine UK LP tracks, then adding the two additional tracks from the US LP release, plus a version of "Mack the Knife" and a demo of the album track "Flowers".

Track listing

All songs were written and arranged by the Psychedelic Furs, with words by Richard Butler, and produced by Steve Lillywhite, except where noted.

Original UK LP

;Side 1
  1. "India" – 6:21
  2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
  3. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
  4. "Fall" – 2:40
  5. "Pulse" – 2:37
;Side 2
  1. "We Love You" – 3:26
  2. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
  3. "Blacks/Radio" – 6:56
  4. "Flowers" – 4:10

    Original US LP

;Side 1
  1. "India" – 6:21
  2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
  3. "Susan's Strange" – 3:13
  4. "Fall" – 2:40
  5. "We Love You" – 3:26
;Side 2
  1. "Soap Commercial" – 2:53
  2. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
  3. "Pulse" – 2:37
  4. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
  5. "Flowers" – 4:10

    CD reissue

  6. "India" – 6:21
  7. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
  8. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
  9. "Fall" – 2:40
  10. "Pulse" – 2:37
  11. "We Love You" – 3:26
  12. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
  13. "Blacks/Radio" – 6:56
  14. "Flowers" – 4:10
  15. "Susan's Strange" – 3:13
  16. "Soap Commercial" – 2:53
  17. "Mack the Knife" – 4:18
  18. "Flowers" – 5:36

    Personnel

;The Psychedelic Furs
;Technical
Album
YearChartPosition
1980Billboard Pop Albums140

Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1980"India/Pulse/We Love You/Flowers"Billboard Club Play Singles36
1980"We Love You"Billboard Club Play Singles77