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Based on 71 ratings
1989 Ratings: #189
December 19, 1989 / Release Date
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firegold763
81

Very solid album by the former Bauhaus lead singer, surely his best from his solo career, which has a more "90s" edge to it by shifting away from his post-punk roots and going for a more alternative rock sound. It contains his most famous songs like "Cuts You Up" and "A Strange Kind Of Love" but the other songs are nice too, shoutout to "Crystal Wrists" which was my favourite from the non singles.

Solid, like I already said.

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TheBricker
76

Peter Murphy's solo career has always called on me more than Bauhaus, the original and arguably more popular band that he inhabited. Some of his hits I had heard before clicked a whole lot better, and so it's Murphy's third studio album Deep, that I have chosen to try out first, with "Cuts You Up" being the only familiar track. The rest wasn't disappointing, though, even with the fact that the album does take a while to properly set in. When the light gothic tone ... read more

dustymoth
73

Cuts You Up is wonderful the rest simply doesn't have enough bite!

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