Midnight to Midnight

Midnight to Midnight
Studio album by The Psychedelic Furs
Released	February 1987[1]
Studio	Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin, Germany
Genre	Pop rock new wave
Length	42:40
Label	Columbia
Producer	Chris Kimsey
The Psychedelic Furs chronology
Mirror Moves (1984) Midnight to Midnight (1987) All of This and Nothing (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B[3]
Rolling Stone	Unrated[4]

Midnight to Midnight is the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs. It was originally released in early 1987, on the label Columbia. Richard Butler later claimed that the success of "Pretty in Pink" caused the band to be pressured into entering the recording studio to record a follow-up release before they were ready. The result was Midnight to Midnight, their biggest Top 40 success to date, but an album Richard Butler later characterized as "hollow, vapid and weak".^[5] A more overtly commercial effort than the Furs had ever recorded before, the album also featured the single "Heartbreak Beat", which proved to be the Furs' biggest Top 40 entry in the US at that time. The album also featured drummer Paul Garisto and saxophonist Mars Williams, both of whom continue to tour with the band.

Track listing

All tracks composed 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" (86 version) – 4:12 (Butler, Ashton, Butler, Roger Morris, Duncan Kilburn, Vince Ely)

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

Original US LP Release

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

• Richard Butler – vocals
• John Ashton – guitar
• Tim Butler – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Mars Williams – horns; saxophone
• Paul Garisto – drums
• Marty Williamson – second guitar
• Jon Carin – keyboards
• Ed Buller – additional keyboards
• Steve Scales – percussion
• Frank Simms – backing vocals
• Pete Hewlett – backing vocals

Production team

• Chris Kimsey – producing; mixing
• Michael Barbiero – mixing

References

1. "Midnight to Midnight by The Psychedelic Furs". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
2. "Midnight to Midnight - The Psychedelic Furs". Allmusic.
3. Christgau, Robert (31 March 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 28 April 2013.
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20090617232233/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/thepsychedelicfurs/albums/album/133674/review/5940848/midnight_to_midnight. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "From forever to a cosmic joke". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2015.