Mirror Moves

Mirror Moves
Studio album by
The Psychedelic Furs
ReleasedMay 1984
Recorded1983–1984
Studio
Genre
Length37:27
LabelColumbia
ProducerKeith Forsey
The Psychedelic Furs chronology
Forever Now
(1982) 		Mirror Moves
(1984) 		Midnight to Midnight
(1987)
Singles from Mirror Moves
  1. "Heaven"
    Released: 1984
  2. "The Ghost in You"
    Released: 1984
  3. "Here Come Cowboys"
    Released: 1984
  4. "Heartbeat"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
The Village VoiceB+[4]

Mirror Moves is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released in May 1984 by Columbia Records, two years after their previous studio album, Forever Now.

The album includes the dance hit "Heartbeat" and the chart hits "Heaven" and "The Ghost in You". "Here Come Cowboys" was also released as a single and received substantial airplay on MTV.

Furs drummer Vince Ely had left the band, leaving lead vocalist Richard Butler, bassist Tim Butler and guitarist John Ashton to work as a trio. Producer Keith Forsey handled the majority of the drumming on the album, with session musician Thommy Price playing on two tracks. The cover artwork and design was a tribute to artist Barney Bubbles, who had died the previous year. He was acknowledged in the credits with the words "after Barney Bubbles".

Mirror Moves became their second album to be certified gold in the US.

In 1985, during the promotion of The Head on the Door, Robert Smith of the Cure cited Mirror Moves as one of his five favorite albums.[5]

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Mirror Moves – The Psychedelic Furs". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ Connelly, Christopher (7 June 1984). "The Psychedelic Furs: Mirror Moves". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
  3. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Psychedelic Furs". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 660–61. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (26 June 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  5. ^ "The Cure on 4C+" Robert Smith interview. Canal plus. 11 December 1985. Retrieved 7 June 2015 on youtube.