World Outside
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Production
Completed in seven weeks, the album was produced by Stephen Street and the band.[5][6] Knox Chandler contributed on guitar.[7] 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.[8] The band started recording a week after their tour for Book of Days ended, and used few overdubs.[9][10] Singer Richard Butler constructed lyrics that were more personal than on previous albums.[11] He decided to use cello on some tracks after growing tired of employing a saxophone.[12] "All About You" was edited down from two jams that totaled 30 minutes.[13]
Critical reception
Template:Album ratings The Los Angeles Times wrote that "there is once more the bracing tension of understated melodic elegance scraping against understated musical discord."[14] 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."[15] The Calgary Herald opined that "Richard sings wearily of romance in ruins... It's all so shoulder-shrugging boring."[16]
The Globe and Mail deemed the album "a crafty return to the edgy, intelligent rock of its earliest incarnation."[17] The Boston Globe called it "B-level pop songs."[18] The Vancouver Sun panned the "sameness in synth sounds, sameness in melodies, sameness in meter."[19] 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."[20]
The Wisconsin State Journal listed the album as one of the 10 best of 1991.[21]
Track listing
All songs written by the Psychedelic Furs.
- "Valentine" – 4:47
- "In My Head" – 3:30
- "Until She Comes" – 3:50
- "Don't Be a Girl" – 3:46
- "Sometimes" – 4:14
- "Tearing Down" – 5:22
- "There's a World" – 4:45
- "Get a Room" – 3:45
- "Better Days" – 4:32
- "All About You" – 4:01
Personnel
- The Psychedelic Furs
Additional personnel
- Don Yallech – drums
- Knox Chandler – guitar
- Joe McGinty – keyboards
Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[22] | 108 |
| UK Albums Chart[23] | 68 |
References
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