Natural Rhythm: Chris Packham's Favourite Albums | Page 13 of 14 | The Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

12. Psychedelic FursTalk Talk Talk

I think it’s more complete, though the first album is fantastic. This has got ‘Into You Like A Train’, ‘All Of This And Nothing’, ‘Dumb Waiters’, which I liked. ‘Pretty In Pink’, of course, before it was stolen for the ghastly film. I bought that when it came out as a single, I wore it flat on my Dancette, very poppy but really good. They went a bit American rocky for a bit before they came back with Book Of Days, which was more miserable and I liked that. There was a cynical twang in their music that again I quite liked. They’re a bit dour aren’t they? There’s a lot of minor keys kicking about. His voice is quite whiny. It’s not very comfortable, is it? I still play the ‘Furs quite a lot.

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