Midnight to Midnight

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{{Infobox album

| name = Midnight to Midnight

| type = Studio album

| artist = the Psychedelic Furs

| cover = Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight-cover.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 2 February 1987{{cite web |title=BRIT Certified Award – Psychedelic Furs – Midnight To Midnight |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4271-1356-2 |website=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=20 November 2022}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = {{duration|m=42|s=40}}

| label = Columbia

| producer = Chris Kimsey

| prev_title = Mirror Moves

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = All of This and Nothing

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Midnight to Midnight

| type = studio

| single1 = Heartbreak Beat

| single1date = 1987

| single2 = Angels Don't Cry

| single2date = 1987

| single3 = Shock

| single3date = 1987

}}}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15882|pure_url=yes}}|title=Midnight to Midnight – The Psychedelic Furs|publisher=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = B{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=31 March 1987|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv3-87.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|access-date=28 April 2013}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = Unrated{{cite web|title=Psychedelic Furs – 'Midnight to Midnight' album review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thepsychedelicfurs/albums/album/133674/review/5940848/midnight_to_midnight |access-date=24 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617232233/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thepsychedelicfurs/albums/album/133674/review/5940848/midnight_to_midnight |archive-date=17 June 2009 }}

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Midnight to Midnight is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released on 2 February 1987 by Columbia Records.

Midnight to Midnight was produced by Chris Kimsey, who was known for his work with the Rolling Stones and had recently produced Marillion's best-selling studio album Misplaced Childhood (1985). A more overtly commercial effort than the Psychedelic Furs had previously recorded, Midnight to Midnight was their highest-charting album in the UK, peaking at number 12, yet lead vocalist Richard Butler later characterized it as "hollow, vapid and weak", and the album has been described as "over-produced and underwhelming".{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/from-forever-to-a-cosmic-joke/2006/06/18/1150569205950.html?page=fullpage|title=From forever to a cosmic joke|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 June 2006|access-date=12 September 2015}} The album also featured the single "Heartbreak Beat", which proved to be the Furs' biggest Top 40 entry in the US at that time.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Richard Butler, John Ashton and Tim Butler, except where stated.

  1. "Heartbreak Beat" – 5:10
  2. "Shock" – 5:05
  3. "Shadow in My Heart" – 4:07
  4. "Angels Don't Cry" – 5:07
  5. "Midnight to Midnight" – 4:30
  6. "One More Word" – 5:17
  7. "All of the Law" – 4:46
  8. "Torture" – 3:50
  9. "No Release" – 4:52
  10. "Pretty in Pink" (1986 version) – 4:12 (Butler, Ashton, Butler, Morris, Kilburn, Ely)

The 1986 remake of "Pretty in Pink" only appears on the original UK/Euro cassette and CD issues.

=Original US LP release=

Side one

  1. "Heartbreak Beat" – 5:10
  2. "Shock" – 5:05
  3. "Shadow in My Heart" – 4:07
  4. "Angels Don't Cry" – 5:07

Side two

  1. "Midnight to Midnight" – 4:30
  2. "One More Word" – 5:17
  3. "All of the Law" – 4:46
  4. "Torture" – 3:50
  5. "No Release" – 4:52

Personnel

The Psychedelic Furs

Additional musicians

  • Marty Williamson – second guitar
  • Jon Carin – keyboards
  • Ed Buller – additional keyboards
  • Steve Scales – percussion
  • Frank Simms – backing vocals
  • Pete Hewlett – backing vocals

Production and artwork

Videos

Official music videos were produced for the singles "Heartbreak Beat", "Shock", and "Angels Don't Cry", with the latter directed by British filmmaker Tim Pope.{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Thompson (author) |year=2004 |title=Beautiful Chaos: The Psychedelic Furs |location=London |publisher=Helter Skelter |page=214 |isbn=978-1-900924-47-4 }}

Chart performance

Album

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Year

!align="left"|Country

!align="left"|Chart

!align="left"|Peak position

align="left"|1987

|align="left"|Australia

|align="left"|Kent Music Report

|align="center"|38{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|edition=illustrated|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=241|author-link=David Kent (historian)}}

align="left"|1987

|align="left"|United Kingdom

|align="left"|UK Albums Chart

|align="center"|12{{cite book|title=British Hit Singles and Albums|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|year=2006|isbn=978-1904994107|editor=David Roberts|page=441}}

align="left"|1987

|align="left"|United States

|align="left"|Billboard 200

|align="center"|29{{Cite web|date=2017|title=Billboard 200: Psychedelic Furs|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/418896/psychedelic-furs/chart?f=305|access-date=14 April 2017|work=Billboard}}

align="left"|1987

|align="left"|Spain

|align="left"|Promusicae

|align="center"|13{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos 1959–2012|date=2015|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|isbn=84-8048-866-2|edition=1st|location=Spain}}

align="left"|1987

|align="left"|New Zealand

|align="left"|NZ Album Chart

|align="center"|20{{Cite web|date=2017|title=Midnight to Midnight (album)|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Psychedelic+Furs&titel=Midnight+To+Midnight&cat=a|access-date=16 April 2017|work=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien}}

References

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