The Wrong People

by Furniture

The Wrong People cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 November 1986
  • Label: Stiff
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:11:36
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Mick Glossop, Larry N'Azone, Charlie Buchanan, Phil Todd, Martin Drover, Tim Beaton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A masterful blend of melancholic synthesizer pop and cinematic atmospheres, highlighted by the breakout single 'Brilliant Mind'. Despite the lush arrangements and critical acclaim, the group was derailed by the sudden collapse of their record label, leaving this project as a tragic yet beautiful hidden gem of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, synth, electronic, theatrical, witty, sophisticated, literary, saxophone, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Shake Like Judy Says (4:38)
  2. Love Your Shoes (3:26)
  3. Brilliant Mind (3:44)
  4. She Gets Out The Scrapbook (5:58)
  5. I Miss You (4:35)
  6. Make Believe I'm Him (3:35)
  7. Let Me Feel Your Pulse (2:45)
  8. The Sound Of The Bell (3:12)
  9. Escape Into My Arms (3:38)
  10. Answer The Door (2:46)
  11. Pierre's Fight (3:07)
  12. Brilliant Fragment - Reprise (1:18)
  13. To Gus (2:46)
  14. Turnupspeed (5:03)
  15. Me, You And The Name (3:16)
  16. It Continues (5:28)
  17. Brilliant Mind - 12" Mix (7:03)
  18. Love Your Shoes - Extended Mix (5:12)

Credits

  • Furniture - primary artist
  • Calum Colvin - artwork
  • Hamilton Lee - performer, written-by
  • Maya Gilder - performer
  • Sally Still - performer, written-by
  • Jim Irvin - performer, written-by
  • Tim Whelan - performer, written-by
  • Martin Drover - trumpet, flugelhorn

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