World Outside

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World Outside
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Studio album by
the Psychedelic Furs
Released1 July 1991 [1]
Recorded1990−91
Genre Alternative rock, art rock, pop
Label Columbia
Producer Stephen Street, the Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs chronology
Book of Days
(1989)		World Outside
(1991)		Here Came the Psychedelic Furs: B Sides and Lost Grooves
(1994)

World Outside is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released 1 July 1991 by Columbia Records in the US. [2] It includes the single "Until She Comes", which hit No. 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart in September 1991. [3] [4] "Don't Be a Girl" was the second single. [5]

Contents

Production

Completed in seven weeks, the album was produced by Stephen Street and the band. [6] [7] Knox Chandler contributed on guitar. [8] The three core band members tried to be more open to collaborating with the additional musicians, rather than always directing how songs should be played. [9] The band started recording a week after their tour for Book of Days ended, and used few overdubs. [10] [11] Singer Richard Butler constructed lyrics that were more personal than on previous albums. [12] He decided to use cello on some tracks after growing tired of employing a saxophone. [13] "All About You" was edited down from two jams that totaled 30 minutes. [14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Calgary Herald D [15]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]
St. Petersburg Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 3/10 [21]

The Los Angeles Times wrote that "there is once more the bracing tension of understated melodic elegance scraping against understated musical discord." [17] The Ottawa Citizen determined that the band "maintains the most irresistible aspects of its art-rock sound including the melancholy underbelly, but it also focuses them into a commanding pop songs." [22] The Calgary Herald opined that "Richard sings wearily of romance in ruins... It's all so shoulder-shrugging boring." [15]

The Globe and Mail deemed the album "a crafty return to the edgy, intelligent rock of its earliest incarnation." [23] The Boston Globe called it "B-level pop songs." [24] The Vancouver Sun panned the "sameness in synth sounds, sameness in melodies, sameness in meter." [25] The Times concluded that "the album is leavened by a significantly keener sense of melody and somehow pulled into focus by the context of the times." [26]

The Wisconsin State Journal listed the album as one of the 10 best of 1991. [27]

Track listing

All songs written by the Psychedelic Furs.

  1. "Valentine" – 4:47
  2. "In My Head" – 3:30
  3. "Until She Comes" – 3:50
  4. "Don't Be a Girl" – 3:46
  5. "Sometimes" – 4:14
  6. "Tearing Down" – 5:22
  7. "There's a World" – 4:45
  8. "Get a Room" – 3:45
  9. "Better Days" – 4:32
  10. "All About You" – 4:01

Personnel

The Psychedelic Furs

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [28] 108
UK Albums Chart [29] 68

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