"The British pop band Furniture was founded in London in 1981 by vocalist Jim Irvin, guitarist/pianist Tim Whelan and drummer Hamilton Lee. A 1983 self-financed EP, The Boom Was On, won the trio a contract with the Survival label, and after swelling to a five-piece with the additions of bassist Sally Still and keyboardist Maya Gilder, they began issuing a string of singles, later collected as the LP The Lovemongers. After jumping to Stiff Records in 1986, Furniture released Brilliant Mind, which reached the Top 25 on the UK singles chart. The group's future appeared bright, but within weeks of issuing the follow-up, Love Your Shoes, Stiff went into liquidation; Furniture's 1986 album The Wrong People was picked up by ZTT, but after only 30,000 copies were pressed the record was abruptly deleted. After a three-year court battle, the band was finally able to remove themselves from ZTT's grip; signing to Arista, they resurfaced with 1989's Food, Sex and Paranoia, but the long hiatus destroyed any chart momentum they had accrued, and the record quickly vanished. Furniture dissolved in 1991".
(Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide)
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Slow Motion Kisses
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Tracklist:
01 One Step Behind You
02 Slow Motion Kisses
03 Swing Tender
04 A Taste of You
05 A Plot To Kill What Was
06 On a Slow Fuse
07 Subway To the Beach
08 Song For a Doberman
09 Love Me
10 Friend of a Friend
11 Hard To Say
A fabulous band. Went to see 'em at the Boardwalk(tiny yet great little venue)in Manchester in the late eighties and my friend Nick and I walked out shaking our heads in amazement, such was their magnificence.
This album was also pretty great and such a shame that it proved to be their swan song. Not a flat-out amazing album, but very, very good and has a really distinct, individual feel to it, pretty much like everything they did I suppose. Jesus, those really were the days.
Thanks for posting.
Random question.. apropos of nothing, really.. so many bands ; I'd be interested in just knowing if you'd heard of them.
have you heard: "Pinetop Seven?"
I think your followers would love "Rigging The Toplights" or any of the subsequent albums, like "Bringing Home The Last Great Strike".
just uncanny f-ing beauty.
truly .... forgotten gems of what they were calling "alt. Country" at the time.
Yeah, those really were the days... (God, we must be getting really old!).
Apropos Pinetop Seven: actually I don't have any of their records, but I do believe I must have some songs scattered somewhere (Glitterhouse sample CDs or generic alt-country compilations , probably). Anyway, since they only started recording mid-90s, looks like they kinda escape the admitedly tight criteria of this blog. Nevertheless, thanks Mike for bringing up their name - it feels like I should dig a little deeper in their recorded output...
Cheers and thanks for comments
On this album they revamped their sound and this generated some formidable lavish music that retains its flavor to this day.
And I'm particularly fond of the lyrics of "Love Me":
"love me, love me
take what you will
now, it's all about now
and it's all about losing control
what will you do to me?
what can you do for me?
love me, love me
take what you want
trust, it's all about trust
and i'll trust you as far as you'll go
what do you want to do?
what wouldn't i do for you?
since the time we first met
this night has been my goal
but i don't know where to go next
i want you to take control"
Maria Şerban
I think taht Furniture is a unique and brilliant band, and "Food..." is their best album! Especially the songs "Love Me" (a true masterpiece!) and "On A Slow Fuse"...I also recommend you the 1984 album "Hum..." by Liverpool singer Jeanette (alias Jeanette Dwyer, I believe she's Teardrop Explodes' Gary Dwyer's sister), for which the instruments are played by Furniture (the track "Like A Fool" is haunting and very Furniture-like!)
cheers
Mario
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