World Outside

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This article is about the Psychedelic Furs album. For other uses, see The World Outside.

World Outside
Studio album by
the Psychedelic Furs
Released1 July 1991[1]
Recorded1990−91
GenreAlternative rock, art rock, pop
LabelColumbia
ProducerStephen 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)
Singles from World Outside
  1. "Until She Comes"
    Released: 1991
  2. "Don't Be a Girl"
    Released: 1991

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]

Production

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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

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2]
Calgary HeraldD[15]
Chicago TribuneStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[16]
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St. Petersburg TimesStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[20]
Spin Alternative Record Guide3/10[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

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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

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The Psychedelic Furs

Additional personnel

Charts

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

References

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