The album contained five singles, three of which were top 20 hits in the UK. It remains the band's most successful studio album, peaking at number five on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for 100,000 copies sold. The release continued frontman Green Gartside's embrace of commercial pop music stylings and state-of-the-art studio production, while its lyrics reflect his preoccupation with issues of language and politics. ' Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)'Ĭupid & Psyche 85 is the second studio album by the British pop band Scritti Politti, released in the UK on 10 June 1985 by Virgin Records.
