Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live

by The Psychedelic Furs

Overview

The Psychedelic Furs will forever be one of the '80s' original bands, so their millennium re-formation was a defining success. Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live celebrates the Psychedelic Furs' classy, cool mix of Roxy Music and the Rolling Stones and the tour which boasted a monumental comeback. Recorded at Los Angeles' House of Blues, Beautiful Chaos is the band's first live album and a return to the basics. Richard Butler's campy swagger remains inviting and sensual, and the Furs' dreamy romance on cuts like "Heaven," "The Ghost in You," and "Love My Way" showcase an intimacy never lost. The dark aesthetic of "Sister Europe" blazes with Richard Fortus' cunning riffs and the glam licks on "President Gas" reiterate the Furs' confident nature; bass, guitar, and Butler's smoky, thick vocalic growl affirm the band's dramatic compositions. A studio track entitled "Alive" does show the band's age, but elegantly so. It shimmers with a comfort and warmth not found on the Furs' earlier albums. It's also proof that the Psychedelic Furs weren't just another pop band from the glossy new wave '80s. Beautiful Chaos suggests that their rawness was never gone, and the band, too, realizes that. ~ MacKenzie Wilson

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2001
Label:	Legacy / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0696998619128
Rank:	69701

Tracks

1. India
2. Mr. Jones
3. Heaven
4. The Ghost in You
5. Alive (For Once in My Lifetime)
6. Love My Way
7. Heartbreak Beat
8. Sister Europe
9. President Gas
10. Into You Like a Train
11. Pretty in Pink
12. Dumb Waiters
13. Alive (For Once in My Lifetime)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Psychedelic Furs   Primary Artist
Richard Fortus   Guitar
Richard Butler   Vocals
Tim Butler   Bass
John Ashton   Guitar
Earl Harvin   Drums

Technical Credits

Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
John Giblin   Composer
Roger Morris   Composer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Richard Fortus   Producer
Jim Kerr   Composer
Richard Bishop   Executive Producer
Richard Butler   Composer
Mel Gaynor   Composer
Tim Latham   Mixing,Engineer
Tim Butler   Composer
Bryan Patrick   Live Sound
Tim Palmer   Mixing
Tim Devine   Executive Producer
Mick MacNeil   Composer
Charlie Burchill   Composer
Steve Newman   Design
Joe Fiorello   Engineer
John Ashton   Composer
Vince Ely   Composer
Duncan Kilburn   Composer