She Gets Out the Scrapbook: The Best of Furniture

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She Gets Out the Scrapbook: The Best of Furniture
Furniture She Gets Out the Scrapbook - The Best of Furniture 1991 Album Cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Furniture
ReleasedSeptember 1991[1]
Length56:33
LabelSurvival Records
ProducerFurniture (tracks 3, 7, 9-10, 12)
Mick Glossop (tracks 1-2, 6, 14)
Mike Thorne (tracks 4, 8, 13)
Tim Parry (track 5)
Sid Wells (track 11)
Furniture chronology
Food, Sex & Paranoia
(1990) 		She Gets Out the Scrapbook: The Best of Furniture
(1991)

She Gets Out the Scrapbook: The Best of Furniture is a compilation album by the new wave band Furniture, released in 1991. The LP version features twelve tracks and the CD version fourteen with the addition of "Robert Nightman's Story" and "Bullet". The compilation features two new studio tracks: "Farewell" and "How I've Come to Hate the Moon".[2][3]

To promote the album, "Brilliant Mind" was given a re-issue by Survival Records on 7" and 12" vinyl. It featured the exclusive B-side "On a Bus with Peter Nero".[4][5]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[6]
Newcastle Evening Chroniclefavourable[7]
Select3/5 stars[8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music3/4 stars[9]

On its release, Gordon Barr of Newcastle Evening Chronicle commented, "This "best of" album is the definitive collection of Furniture tracks. Hits may not be the right word as the only real one they had was 'Brilliant Mind'. But one listen to this shows how unfair the pop world can be - there should have been more hits!"[10] Nick Duerden of Select wrote, "A lament-laden compilation from a mid-'80s band who were never rewarded with the recognition they so obviously deserved. Records like the poetic hit single 'Brilliant Mind' never date. They just improve with age."[8]

Peter Buckley, in his 2003 book The Rough Guide to Rock, described the compilation as "a posthumous summary of much-neglected talents".[11] AllMusic recommended the album by picking it as an AMG Album Pick.[12]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brilliant Mind"Jim Irvin, Tim Whelan, Hamilton Lee, Sally Still3:40
2."Make Believe I'm Him"Whelan, Irvin3:35
3."Farewell"Irvin, Whelan, Still, Lee3:40
4."Song for a Doberman"Whelan2:32
5."Dancing the Hard Bargain"Whelan, Irvin, Lee2:41
6."Love Your Shoes"Whelan, Irvin, Lee3:27
7."Robert Nightman's Story"Whelan, Irvin, Lee3:52
8."Slow Motion Kisses"Whelan, Irvin3:47
9."I Miss You"Whelan, Irvin, Lee4:33
10."How I've Come to Hate the Moon"Still, Irvin, Lee4:24
11."Bullet"Whelan, Irvin, Lee5:09
12."Turnupspeed"Whelan, Irvin, Lee, Still4:58
13."One Step Behind You"Whelan4:15
14."She Gets Out The Scrapbook"Whelan, Irvin6:00

Personnel[]

Furniture
  • Jim Irvin - vocals
  • Tim Whelan - guitar, vocals
  • Maya Gilder - keyboards
  • Sally Still - bass
  • Hamilton Lee - drums
Production
  • Furniture (tracks 3, 7, 9-10, 12)
  • Mick Glossop (tracks 1-2, 6, 14)
  • Mike Thorne (tracks 4, 8, 13)
  • Tim Parry (track 5)
  • Sid Wells (track 11)
Other
  • Ryan Art - sleeve
  • Becky Jones - cover illustration
  • Steve Double - photography

References[]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20010611160553/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~bigdog/Furniture/. Archived from the original on 2001-06-11. Retrieved 2018-04-04. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Furniture - She Gets Out The Scrapbook, The Best Of (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. ^ "Furniture - She Gets Out The Scrapbook - The Best Of (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. ^ "Furniture - Brilliant Mind (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  5. ^ "Furniture - Brilliant Mind (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  6. ^ "She Gets Out the Scrapbook: The Best of Furniture - Furniture | User Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  7. ^ Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Choices/Listings: Albums/Singles - Gordon Barr - 24 September 1991 - page 25
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Duerden, Nick (November 1991). "Reviews: Re-issues - Sound Bites". Select. p. 88.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music - Google Books. ISBN 9780753501597. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  10. ^ Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Choices/Listings: Albums/Singles - Gordon Barr - 24 September 1991 - page 25
  11. ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock - Google Books. ISBN 9781843531050. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  12. ^ "She Gets Out the Scrapbook: The Best of Furniture - Furniture | User Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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