Forever Now (The Psychedelic Furs album)

Forever Now
Studio album by The Psychedelic Furs
Released 25 September 1982 (1982-09-25)
Recorded 1982
Genre New wave
Length 40:57 (original)
Label CBS
Producer Todd Rundgren
The Psychedelic Furs chronology
Talk Talk Talk
(1981)		 Forever Now
(1982)		 Mirror Moves
(1984)
Alternative cover
1982 US release cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (A-)[2]
Rolling Stone [3]
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Forever Now is the third studio album by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs. The Furs were augmented by producer Todd Rundgren's house horn section and Flo & Eddie. The album was released in September 1982 on the CBS Records label. It included the hit single "Love My Way".

Forever Now was reissued with bonus tracks in 2002 by Columbia/Legacy. The reissue also used Barney Bubbles' original album cover design. When originally released in the U.S. in 1982, Columbia changed the UK album cover to a red-tinted design to imitate the design of the previous album, Talk Talk Talk. The song, "Love My Way" has appeared in several movies and videogames including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, The Wedding Singer, Valley Girl and as downloadable content for the Rock Band series. The album is scheduled for reissue on vinyl in the UK on 22 August 2011.

Contents

Track listing (2002 reissue)

All songs written by Richard Butler, John Ashton, Tim Butler and Vince Ely.

  1. "Forever Now" – 5:35
  2. "Love My Way" – 3:33
  3. "Goodbye" – 3:55
  4. "Only You and I" – 4:24
  5. "Sleep Comes Down" – 3:51
  6. "President Gas" – 5:35
  7. "Run and Run" – 3:48
  8. "Danger" – 2:37
  9. "No Easy Street" – 4:04
  10. "Yes I Do (Merry-Go-Round)" – 3:54

Bonus tracks (2002 reissue)

  1. "Alice's House" (early version) – 4:18
  2. "Aeroplane" (non-LP B-side) – 3:26
  3. "I Don't Want to Be Your Shadow" – 3:50
  4. "Mary Go Round" (previously unreleased version of "Yes I Do") – 3:53
  5. "President Gas" (Live) (non-LP B-side) – 5:15
  6. "No Easy Street" (Live) – 5:38

Original US LP release

Side one

  1. "Forever Now" – 5:35
  2. "Love My Way" – 3:33
  3. "Goodbye" – 3:55
  4. "Only You and I" – 4:24
  5. "Sleep Comes Down" – 3:51

Side two

  1. "President Gas" – 5:35
  2. "Run and Run" – 3:48
  3. "Danger" – 2:37
  4. "No Easy Street" – 4:04
  5. "Yes I Do" – 3:54

Original UK LP release

Side one

  1. "President Gas" – 5:09
  2. "Love My Way" – 3:26
  3. "Run and Run" – 3:43
  4. "Merry-Go-Round" – 3:44
  5. "Sleep Comes Down" – 3:43

Side two

  1. "Forever Now" – 5:25
  2. "Danger" – 2:32
  3. "You and I" – 4:15
  4. "Goodbye" – 3:47
  5. "No Easy Street" – 3:54

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1983 Billboard Pop Albums 61

Singles

Year Single Chart Peak Position
1982 "Love My Way" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 30
1983 "Love My Way" Billboard Pop Singles 44

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold May 28, 1991

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
The Psychedelic Furs
Richard Butler • Tim Butler
John Ashton • Vince Ely • Duncan Kilburn • Roger Morris • Paul Wilson
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