A New Form of Beauty

A New Form of Beauty Parts 1-4 is a 1983 compilation album by Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes.[2][3] It collected parts 1 through 4 of the A New Form of Beauty project, which were issued by Rough Trade Records during 1981 and 1982.[4][5][6][7][2]

A New Form of Beauty
Compilation album by
Virgin Prunes
Released1983
RecordedJuly – November 8, 1981
GenrePost-punk, gothic rock
Length92:10
LabelRough Trade
ProducerVirgin Prunes
Virgin Prunes chronology
Hérésie
(1982)		 A New Form of Beauty
(1983)		 Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

History

A New Form of Beauty 1 (1981), issued as a 7" single, featured the songs "Sandpaper Lullaby" and "Sleep / Fantasy Dreams".[8][2] It was followed by the 10" single A New Form of Beauty 2 (1981), which featured "Come to Daddy" and two other tracks.[9][2] A New Form of Beauty 3 (1981) was a four-song 12" EP consisting of "Beast (Seven Bastard Suck)" on one side, and three tracks on the other side, subtitled "The Slow Children".[10][2]

The final musical installment in the series, A New Form of Beauty 4 (1982), was a cassette release consisting of "Din Glorious", a mixture of previous A New Form of Beauty tracks and taped sounds recorded at the A New Form of Beauty 5 exhibition at the Douglas Hyde Gallery at Trinity College Dublin on 8 November 1981.[11][2]

The project also included two additional pieces, the unpublished book A New Form of Beauty 6 and the unreleased film A New Form of Beauty 7.[2]

In 1993, an abridged remastered version was issued by French label New Rose Records that omitted part 4 of the series.[12] This abridged version was later issued in 2004 in the United States by Mute Records.[13] That same year, The Grey Area reissued the complete version in the U.K.[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Virgin Prunes

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Sandpaper Lullaby" (from A New Form of Beauty 1, 1981)3:05
2."Sleep / Fantasy Dreams" (from A New Form of Beauty 1, 1981)2:45
3."Come to Daddy" (from A New Form of Beauty 2, 1981)9:55
4."Sweet Home (Under White Clouds)" (from A New Form of Beauty 2, 1981)7:00
5."Sad World" (from A New Form of Beauty 2, 1981)5:36
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Beast (Seven Bastard Suck)" (from A New Form of Beauty 3, 1981)4:17
2."Abbágall" (from A New Form of Beauty 3, 1981)3:56
3."Brain Damage" (from A New Form of Beauty 3, 1981)3:52
4."No Birds to Fly" (from A New Form of Beauty 3, 1981)4:06
Side 3
No.TitleLength
1."Come to Daddy" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)4:17
2."Delay Box" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:56
3."Suck Me Baby" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:52
4."Bodhran" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)4:06
5."The Forest" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:21
6."Theme for Thought" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:56
7."The Slow Child" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:52
8."Come to Daddy" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)4:06
Side 4
No.TitleLength
1."Dave-Id Performance" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)4:17
2."Children Are Crying" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:56
3."Sandpaper Lullaby" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)3:52
4."Pig Children" (from A New Form of Beauty 4, 1982)4:06

Personnel

Charts
Year Title UK Indie
[15]
1981 A New Form of Beauty 1 44
1982 A New Form of Beauty 2 47

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
Italy 1981 Italian LP EX 41L2
France 1993 New Rose CD, LP 451042
United Kingdom 2004 The Grey Area CD YEO1CD
United States 2004 Mute CD MUTE 9264-2

References
  1. Jurek, Thom. "A New Form of Beauty, Pts. 1-4". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. "About". Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. "MUTE • Virgin Prunes • Virgin Prunes: A Short History". March 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. ISBN 9781841953359. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. "Virgin Prunes / Discography". virginprunes.com. 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  6. "Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty". 27 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  7. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty Parts 1-4". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  8. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty 1". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  9. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty 2". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  10. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty 3". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  11. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty 4". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  12. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  13. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  14. "Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty". Discogs. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  15. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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