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  • Peter Murphy - Wild Birds 1985-1995
    • 1. Cuts You Up
    2. Subway
    3. The Scarlet Thing In You
    4. Indigo Eyes
    5. Keep Me From Harm
    6. Final Solution
    7. Deep Ocean Vast Sea
    8. Strange Kind Of Love
    9. Hit Song
    10. Huuvola
    11. All Night Long
    12. Dragnet Drag
    13. I'll Fall With Your Knife
    14. The Sweetest Drop
    15. Roll Call
    16. Jemal

Peter Murphy

Wild Birds 1985-1995

Beggars Banquet
Released 22 February 2000
BBL2019

Compiled by Murphy himself, Wild Birds is a well-timed collection spanning the five albums he recorded for Beggars Banquet between 1985 and 1995. Quite naturally, it begins with his biggest hit, "Cuts You Up," and includes alternative standards like "All Night Long," "Indigo Eyes," and "Deep Ocean, Vast Sea." Wild Birds is an excellent compilation; though Murphy usually focused on making conceptual statements with his albums, the individual singles released from them were remarkably infectious, especially given the sublime nature of his musical style. - All Music Guide