A New Form of Beauty

A New Form of Beauty
Studio album by Virgin Prunes
Released December 1981 (1981-12)
Recorded July – November 9, 1981
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Length 92:10
Label Rough Trade
Producer Virgin Prunes
Virgin Prunes chronology
"Twenty Tens"
(1981)		 A New Form of Beauty
(1981)		 Heresie
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

A New Form of Beauty is the debut studio album by Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes. It comprises parts one through four of the A New Form of Beauty singles project, which were issued by Rough Trade Records between September and December in 1981.[2][3] In 1993, An abridged remastered version was issued by New Rose Records that omitted part four of the series.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Virgin Prunes. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Sandpaper Lullaby"   3:05
2. "Sleep / Fantasy Dreams"   2:45
3. "Come to Daddy"   9:55
4. "Sweet Home (Under White Clouds)"   7:00
5. "Sad World"   5:36
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "'Beast' (Seven Bastard Suck)"   4:17
2. "Abbágall ('The Slow Children')"   3:56
3. "Brain Damage ('The Slow Children')"   3:52
4. "No Birds to Fly ('The Slow Children')"   4:06
Side three
No. Title Length
1. "Come to Daddy"   4:17
2. "Delay Box"   3:56
3. "Suck Me Baby"   3:52
4. "Bodhran"   4:06
5. "The Forest"   3:21
6. "Theme for Thought"   3:56
7. "The Slow Child"   3:52
8. "Come to Daddy"   4:06
Side four
No. Title Length
1. "Dave-Id Performance"   4:17
2. "Children Are Crying"   3:56
3. "Sandpaper Lullaby"   3:52
4. "Pig Children"   4:06

Personnel

Virgin Prunes
Technical personnel

Charts

Year Title UK Indie
[4]
1981 A New Form of Beauty 1 44
1982 A New Form of Beauty 2 47

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Italy 1981 Italian LP EX 41L2
France 1993 New Rose CD, LP 451042
United Kingdom 2004 The Grey Area CD YEO1CD
United States 2004 Mute CD MUTE 9264-2

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "A New Form of Beauty, Pts. 1-4". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Virgin Prunes / Discography". virginprunes.com. 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

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