Fur (Jane Wiedlin album)

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Fur
Studio album by Jane Wiedlin
Released	1988
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI-Manhattan Records
Producer	Stephen Hague
Jane Wiedlin chronology
Jane Wiedlin (1985) Fur (1988) Tangled (1990)

Fur is the second album by Jane Wiedlin, released in 1988. The songs "Rush Hour" and "Inside a Dream" were released as singles and both charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The album has a slick, contemporary production, with mainly programmed music complemented by electric guitar and some horns.

Contents 1 Songs 2 Track listing 3 Credits 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Songs

Despite the title track addressing the fur trade ("I don't wear fur/Won't do it/Fur's for fools"), most of the songs deal with fidelity ("Homeboy"), blossoming love ("One Heart One Way", "Lover's Night") and the fulfilment of ambitions ("Inside a Dream").

"Song of the Factory" differs from these themes with insistent synth lines and a more abstract lyric ("It is cold/But it is warm/It is one/But not alone"). Wiedlin's favourite song from the album,^{[citation needed]} it includes a dig at producer Shep Pettibone in morse code,^{[citation needed]} in reference to a feud between the renowned remixer and Fur producer Stephen Hague.^{[citation needed]}

Both sides of the original vinyl record were bookmarked by slower love songs; "The End of Love" (which was the B-side to "Rush Hour") and "Whatever It Takes". "Rush Hour" was the first single from the album and reached #9 in the United States^[1] and #12 in Britain. Fur and the next single "Inside a Dream" were more modest successes, reaching #105^[2] and #57^[1] respectively in the USA. Fur spent 21 weeks on The Billboard 200.^[3]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Inside a Dream" (3:36)
   • Wiedlin, Cole
2. "Rush Hour" (4:03)
   • Wiedlin, Rafelson
3. "One Heart One Way" (3:49)
   • Wiedlin, Rafelson
4. "Homeboy" (3:58)
   • Wiedlin, Lundt, Swirsky
5. "The End of Love" (3:17)
   • Wiedlin, Hague
6. "Lover's Night" (3:26)
   • Wiedlin, Rafelson
7. "Fur" (3:12)
   • Wiedlin, Cole
8. "Give!" (3:13)
   • Wiedlin, Rafelson
9. "Song of the Factory" (4:54)
   • Wiedlin, Hague, Woolley
10. "Whatever It Takes" (3:55)
    • Wiedlin, Kessler, Simms

[edit] Credits

Produced by Stephen Hague
Co-produced by David Jacob

Backing vocals - Simon Climie, Tessa Niles
Guitar - Neil Taylor
Horns - The Kick Horns
Keyboards - Robert Fisher
Percussion - Bruce Smith

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official web site