Peter Murphy

The Last And Only Star is an album of rarities curated by Andrew Brooksbank and Stephen Webbon with Peter Murphy’s guidance. It contains 10 rare tracks that are demo versions, remixes and edits.

Peter Murphy - Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (1986)
Alternative | EAC Rip / FLAC / LOG, CUE, covers | 306 MB | MP3 320kbps / 44100Hz | 51:05 | 117 MB
Peter Murphy - Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (1986)

Despite having a successful solo career as a cult artist, vocalist Peter Murphy remains best known as the lead vocalist for Bauhaus, the pioneering post-punk goth rock band of the early '80s.
After disbanding Bauhaus in 1983, Murphy formed Dali's Car with former Japan member Mick Karn. Dali's Car only released one album, The Waking Hour, in 1984. Following its release, the duo broke up and Murphy hesitatingly began a solo career with a cover of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me," which was featured on a 1985 Beggars Banquet compilation called The State of Things. In 1986, he released his first full-fledged solo album, Should the World Fail to Fall Apart, which featured a number of guest artists, including former Bauhaus member Daniel Ash.

Peter Murphy - Love Hysteria (1988)
Alternative | EAC Rip / FLAC / LOG, CUE, covers | 311 MB | MP3 320kbps / 44100Hz | 49:53 | 114 MB
Peter Murphy - Love Hysteria (1988)

Love Hysteria is the second album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy, formerly of the gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was released in 1988. Like its predecessor, Love Hysteria received lukewarm reviews but sold well to his dedicated fan base.

Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)
Alternative | EAC Rip / FLAC / LOG, CUE, covers | 350 MB | MP3 320kbps / 44100Hz | 53:59 | 123 MB
Peter Murphy - Deep (1989)

Deep is the third album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy. With 1990's Deep, Murphy had a surprise hit – the first single from the record, the Bowie-esque "Cuts You Up," became the American modern rock hit of the year, spending seven weeks at the top of the U.S. charts and crossing over to AOR radio and the pop charts, where it peaked at number 55. Following its success, Deep reached number 44 on the album charts.

Hopes for another surprise American success from Peter Murphy with Deep's follow-up went unfulfilled, as success proved not to be the case; released in the initial craze of the grunge/alternative mega-crossover, Smoke's elegant ballads and angular, arty rockers simply didn't fit in. Taken on its own merits, though, Smoke is quite a strong release…

Compiled by Murphy himself, Wild Birds is a well-timed collection spanning the five albums he recorded for Beggars Banquet between 1985 and 1995.