The Psychedelic Furs is the debut album by the English rock

Rock music

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 band The Psychedelic Furs. It was released in 1980 on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. It was reissued with bonus tracks in 2002 by Columbia/Legacy.
The first UK pressing comes with an orange sleeve color, the pink one is from the second to latest editions.

Track listing

All songs written by The Psychedelic Furs, except as indicated. All tracks produced by Steve Lillywhite

Steve Lillywhite

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, except as indicated.

Side one

1. "India" – 6:21
2. "Sister Europe
   Sister Europe
   "Sister Europe" is a song by English band The Psychedelic Furs from the band's 1980 self-titled debut album. Written by the band and produced by Steve Lillywhite, it was released in February 1980 as the album's second single.-Composition:...
   
   " – 5:38
3. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
4. "Fall" – 2:40
5. "Pulse" – 2:37 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs

Side two

1. "We Love You" – 3:26 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs
2. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
3. "Blacks/Radio"
4. "Flowers" – 4:10 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs

Side one

1. "India" – 6:21
2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
3. "Susan's Strange" – 3:13 produced by Martin Hannett
   Martin Hannett
   Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
   
   
4. "Fall" – 2:40
5. "We Love You" – 3:26 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs

Side two

1. "Soap Commercial" – 2:53 produced by Martin Hannett
   Martin Hannett
   Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
   
   
2. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
3. "Pulse" – 2:37 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs
4. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
5. "Flowers" – 4:10 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs

CD reissue

1. "India" – 6:21
2. "Sister Europe" – 5:38
3. "Imitation of Christ" – 5:28
4. "Fall" – 2:40
5. "Pulse" – 2:37 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs
6. "We Love You" – 3:26 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs
7. "Wedding Song" – 4:19
8. "Blacks/Radio" – 6:56
9. "Flowers" – 4:10 produced by Howard Thompson, Ian Taylor & The Psychedelic Furs
10. "Susan's Strange" – 3:13 produced by Martin Hannett
    Martin Hannett
    Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
    
    
11. "Soap Commercial" – 2:53 produced by Martin Hannett
    Martin Hannett
    Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
    
    
12. "Mack the Knife
    Mack the Knife
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    " (Kurt Weill
    Kurt Weill
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    , Bertolt Brecht
    Bertolt Brecht
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    , Marc Blitzstein
    Marc Blitzstein
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    ) – 4:18 produced by The Psychedelic Furs
13. "Flowers" (Demo) – 5:36 produced by The Psychedelic Furs

Personnel

• Richard Butler
  Richard Butler (singer)
  Richard Lofthouse Butler is the lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the founder and vocalist for the disbanded Love Spit Love.-Musical career:...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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• John Ashton
  John Ashton (guitarist)
  John Ashton , is a British musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a guitarist for and founding member of the Psychedelic Furs along with brothers Tim and Richard Butler...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Tim Butler
  Tim Butler
  Tim Butler is an English songwriter and musician. He is the bass player, and co-founder of the Psychedelic Furs. He is also the youngest of three brothers....
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Vince Ely – drums
  Drum kit
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• Roger Morris – guitar
• Duncan Kilburn – saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
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Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Pop Albums	140

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1980	"India/Pulse/We Love You/Flowers"	Billboard Club Play Singles	36
1980	"We Love You"	Billboard Club Play Singles	77