Vinyl Distractions

Ramblings about My Records

Author: cjvinyl

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'80s / Punk / Rock

Public Image Ltd – Album

This album is evidence of the unreliability of memory, because in my mind I associate this with an apartment we had moved out of years before this album was even released. That’s probably because...

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'80s / New Wave / Pop

The Psychedelic Furs – Midnight to Midnight

Well, things have been chugging along just fine on the Psych Furs front. Even if I wasn’t overly enthused about Mirror Moves, it had some really good songs, and really stuck with me. In...

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'80s / Pop / Rock

The Psychedelic Furs – Mirror Moves

1984, and The Psychedelic Furs are down to a trio. They’ve moved on to a producer, Keith Forsey, who was having a bit of a moment, having just hit big with Billy Idol’s albums,...

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'80s / New Wave / Pop / Rock

The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now

So even though I was already aware of The Psychedelic Furs as a concept, having seen that first record hanging around at Desert Shore, it wasn’t until “Forever Now” was released in 1982 and...

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'80s / Pop / Punk / Rock

The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk

I’ve been struggling to remember – did I somehow get into Psych Furs before Forever Now, or was I one of those MTV-influenced johnny-come-latelies who first caught on to them when “Love My Way”...

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'80s / Funk / Live Album / Pop / Rock

Prince and the Revolution – Live

For those of us who haven’t lived in major cities, it’s pretty uncommon that our local venues get captured on vinyl by way of live albums. We didn’t have Fillmore East or places like...

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'80s / Funk / Pop

Prince – Lovesexy

Just a year after “Sign O’ The Times” came “Lovesexy.” It’s not nearly the revelation that the previous album was, at least for me, and while the tracks are strong, it never connected with...