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Forever Now

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This album was a high school graduation gift from a good friend and fellow music nut when it was new. I'll never forget the mood of exhileration this lent to my new 'life' outside the confines of school, and looking back, it seems as if the new producer (Todd Rundgren) gave them new breath as well.

"Forever Now" just beams with mirth and shimmering joy in places, transposing a lot of the personal angst of former albums to political targets("President Gas") and blossoming into melancholic or ecstatic love songs. "Love my Way" was the hit-that-should-have-been in the U.S. and I don't think they ever topped the soaring guitar-fueled you-and-me-against-the-world feeling of "Run and Run." Although softer around the edges, this album explores new spaces and the instruments (horn sections AND cello) never smother one another in this rich masterpiece that takes on new textures and themes with each listening.

If you ask them, I'm sure this is the work they want to be remembered for.

I still own the vinyl import version of this record, but no working turntable. So I was thrilled to see this remastered on CD, until I got it and listened to it. The mastering engineer had to have been nearly deaf or amateur - compared to any other CD I own, recent or older, the sound of this CD is unbearably harsh, peaky in the upper midrange, and completely lacking any bass. Not only that, but it isn't even consistent from song to song. The bonus live tracks in particular are unlistenable without breaking out a graphic EQ.

Now, perhaps the original master shared some of these characteristics, but here was the label's chance to fix everything and bring this classic recording up to modern standards, and they failed. I absolutely recommend the music on this CD, but not this pressing. I just wish I could compare it to the vinyl, and to other CD pressings.

Forever Now reflects the bands formative years on the punk rock circuit while finding a new sound in an environment dominated by new wave. The result is an album which delivers surperb lyrics, catchy melodies and a hard rock beat. Before sliding into a more commercial sound this album delivers everything that was good about the eighties.

Just about a perfect record from Richard Butler and company. The chaotic sound of the early Psychedelic Furs records is finally distilled into a punk/pop fusion that really works well for mass listening enjoyment. This was the first Furs record I owned (actually, I had the cassette version first), and I was thrilled to see a remastered CD with so many prime bonus tracks from the era added. There are many great tunes here, but the whole thing needs to be listened to as a whole to truly appreciate the genius of this album. Standout tracks include: "Run and Run", "Forever Now", "Goodbye", and the ubiquitous "Love My Way". Classic!

Saw them live last weekend at the Reno Hilton w/the B-52's & the GoGos. They sang just a few of the songs off this great album & it was great! This is there best album in my opinion, but there othere songs were good too."President Gas" live was awesome! I would highly recommend this album & they still sound great live!

The only negative thing I can say about this Remastered version is that it does not contain the "Yes I Do" from the original US release. Other than that, it is stacked. Ever since the E.P. came out on vinyl that had "Aeroplane", I wanted it on cd. Now I have it, and it's remastered to boot. This is an awesome cd. You will not be disappointed.

I never got this CD I ordered with the 2 others....where is it?
First time I've had a problem with Amazon....Please send CD,
and I'll review it....please Don Prevost

Still a decent album. It just does not match their first two. UK version (green cover with band in lake or some other puddle) has a slightly more "atmospheric" rendering of Yes I Do (Merry Go Round). Even so Forever Now, Prez Gas and Run & Run stack up with the best the Furs ever did. I just find the slower tracks (esp. Sleep Comes Down) veering towards their overproduced and too slick '80s sound. Never should have axed the sax player as this band was headed to greatness along Velvets' line.

What a great album! I've always liked singers with deeper voices: Jim Morrison, Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, John Wetton from mid-70s King Crimson. Richard Butler is up there with them all! With the background of the Furs' "wall of sound" this is a rich and intense album. "Love My Way" has a title that says it all - "...it's a new road...I follow where my mind goes..." And how about those rock-n-roll cellos on "Only You and I", "Sleep Comes Down", "Yes I Do", and my favorite, "President Gas"! Play it LOUD during any election year - it says it all about politics. "He comes in from the Left sometimes, he comes in from the Right, it's so heavily advertised that he wants you and I..." A classic from the early Eighties when New Wave was still young and vital.

I own the original LP vinyl record, but I wanted the CD as well. When this album was released it was right on time for the atmosphere within the U.S. during Ronald Reagon's administration. Actually, the tune "President Gas" is equally relevant today. In terms of the lyric in reference to the "Banker". All tunes on the album are enjoyable. "Run, Run, Run" is a very hip tune. Richard Butler's cynical voice is perfect for the presentaion of every tune on the CD.