Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You

[link] 1984's "Mirror Moves" finds the Furs forging the smoothest and most sophisticated pop that they would probably ever make. The differences from their origins are on the same scale (to use an example from almost the same genre) as Bryan Ferry's Bete Noire era solo stuff compared to early Roxy Music. Instead of a xylophone, a synth provides the driving figure.  The vocals are more conventionally produced (but still signature Butler, the lyrics as well). The Furs of this era have an ability to evoke offbeat romantic desolation on a par with Ric Ocasek's best work the the Cars. Keith Forsey produces them here (after Todd Rundgren's trenchant production on the breakthrough Forever Now), placing them into the 80s pop Olympus alongside other Forsey Productions like Billy Idol and Simple Minds' "Don't You Forget About Me". I gotta say that Forsey certainly produced the soundtrack of my coming of age.