Fur (Jane Wiedlin album)
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| Studio album by Jane Wiedlin | ||||
| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987-1988 | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | EMI-Manhattan Records | |||
| Producer | Stephen Hague | |||
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Fur is the second album by American singer Jane Wiedlin, released in 1988. The songs "Rush Hour" and "Inside a Dream" were released as singles and both charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The album has a slick, contemporary production, with mainly programmed music complemented by electric guitar and some horns.
The album was written over a period of two years, following the lukewarm response to previous album Jane Wiedlin and her subsequent foray into acting.
Fur reached No. 105 on the US Billboard 200 and spent 21 weeks on the chart.
Despite the title track addressing the fur trade ("I don't wear fur/Won't do it/Fur's for fools"), most of the songs deal with fidelity ("Homeboy"), blossoming love ("One Heart One Way", "Lover's Night") and the fulfilment of ambitions ("Inside a Dream").
"Song of the Factory" differs from these themes with insistent synth lines and a more abstract lyric ("It is cold/But it is warm/It is one/But not alone"). Wiedlin's favourite song from the album, it includes a dig at producer Shep Pettibone in morse code, in reference to a feud between the renowned remixer and Fur producer Stephen Hague.
Both sides of the original vinyl record closed with slower love songs: "The End of Love" (which was the B-side to "Rush Hour") and "Whatever It Takes". "Rush Hour" was the first single from the album and reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart. The next single, "Inside a Dream", was a more modest success, reaching No. 57 in the US and No. 64 in the UK.
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