''A New Form of Beauty Parts 1-4'' is a 1983 compilation album by Irish

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. 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.

History

''A New Form of Beauty 1'' (1981), issued as a 7" single, featured the songs "Sandpaper Lullaby" and "Sleep / Fantasy Dreams". It was followed by the 10" single ''A New Form of Beauty 2'' (1981), which featured "Come to Daddy" and two other tracks. ''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". 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

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on 8 November 1981. The project also included two additional pieces, the unpublished book ''A New Form of Beauty 6'' and the unreleased film ''A New Form of Beauty 7''. In 1993, an abridged remastered version was issued by French label New Rose Records that omitted part 4 of the series. This abridged version was later issued in 2004 in the United States by Mute Records. That same year, The Grey Area reissued the complete version in the U.K.

Track listing

Personnel

;Virgin Prunes * Dave-iD Busaras –

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* Mary D'Nellon – drums *

Dik Evans Richard G. "Dik" (also "Dick") Evans (born 1957) is an English-born Irish musician best known as a founder of the band Virgin Prunes and an early member of the band that would become U2. Dik and his younger brother David "the Edge" Evans, U2' ...

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Gavin Friday Gavin Friday (born Fionán Martin Hanvey, 8 October 1959) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes. Early life Friday was born in Dublin and attend ...

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Guggi Guggi (born Derek Rowen) is an avant-garde Irish artist, once a member of the goth/ post-punk band Virgin Prunes alongside his close friend Gavin Friday. Guggi was born in Dublin in 1959. He grew up with and remains best friends with U2's ...

– vocals * Strongman –

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Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Form of Beauty 1981 debut albums Virgin Prunes albums Rough Trade Records compilation albums