Friday, October 4, 2019

The Psychedelic Furs - Should God Forget: A Retrospective: 8 (A-)

Three listens for the extra tracks, that is, those not on the first four albums or All of This and Nothing (or live ones, which seemed terrible on single listen). Ie, three tracks each from Book of Days and World Outside, plus a single, all listed below. Bottom line, if you want a compilation, stick with the perfect All of This and Nothing. I am not cluttering up the shelves with this for 7 pretty good tracks. Or am I?

"I Don't Want to Be Your Shadow"
"Entertain Me"
"Should God Forget"
"Torch"
"Until She Comes"
"All About You"
"There's a World Outside"

Update: Of course, I eventually caved. It's the Furs after all, and a highly respectable retrospective. Upped from "liked" to 8 (A-). The "liked" was untenable anyway, and really only applied to the extra tracks, which are better than I had been giving them credit for being. In any event, the grade is somewhat tentative, and this is on the final listen shelf.

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