A New Form of Beauty explained

A New Form of Beauty
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Virgin Prunes
Cover:	Virgin Prunes - A New Form of Beauty.jpeg
Released:	1983
Recorded:	July – November 8, 1981
Genre:	Post-punk, gothic rock
Length:	92:10
Label:	Rough Trade
Producer:	Virgin Prunes
Prev Title:	Hérésie
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)
Next Year:	1985

A New Form of Beauty Parts 1–4 is a 1983 compilation album by Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes.^{[1] [2]} 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.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [1]}

History

A New Form of Beauty 1 (1981), issued as a 7" single, featured the songs "Sandpaper Lullaby" and "Sleep / Fantasy Dreams".^{[7] [1]} It was followed by the 10" single A New Form of Beauty 2 (1981), which featured "Come to Daddy" and two other tracks.^{[8] [1]} 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".^{[9] [1]}

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.^{[10] [1]}

The project also included two additional pieces, the unpublished book A New Form of Beauty 6 and the unreleased film A New Form of Beauty 7.^[1]

In 1993, an abridged remastered version was issued by French label New Rose Records that omitted part 4 of the series.^[11] This abridged version was later issued in 2004 in the United States by Mute Records.^[12] That same year, The Grey Area reissued the complete version in the U.K.^[13]

Personnel

Virgin Prunes

• Dave-iD Busaras – vocals, production
• Mary D'Nellon – drums, production
• Dik Evans – guitar, production
• Gavin Friday – vocals, production
• Guggi – vocals, production
• Strongman – bass guitar, production

Charts

Year	Title	UK Indie ^[14]
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

Notes and References

1. Web site: About. 20 September 2017.
2. Web site: MUTE • Virgin Prunes • Virgin Prunes: A Short History. March 2011 . 20 September 2017.
3. Book: Strong, Martin Charles . The Great Indie Discography . . 2003 . 9781841953359 . 21 September 2014.
4. Web site: Virgin Prunes / Discography . virginprunes.com . 2011 . 21 September 2014.
5. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty. 27 October 2011. 20 September 2017.
6. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty Parts 1–4. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
7. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty 1. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
8. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty 2. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
9. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty 3. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
10. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty 4. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
11. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
12. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
13. Web site: Virgin Prunes – A New Form Of Beauty. Discogs. 20 September 2017.
14. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980–1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 21 September 2014 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509194831/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/v.htm . 9 May 2008 .