Funeral Dress (album)
Funeral Dress | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, country rock, alternative rock | |||
Length | 35:47 | |||
Label | Shake It Records | |||
Producer | Wussy | |||
Wussy chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | (A)[1] |
No Depression | (favorable)[3] |
Funeral Dress, the debut album by Wussy, was released on December 6, 2005.[2] The label, Shake It Records, released the album on CD format only.
The album received mostly positive reviews. It was chosen as the 4th greatest album of the decade by prominent critic Robert Christgau.[4]
In 2015, SPIN ranked Funeral Dress #252 on their list of the 300 best albums of the last 30 years.[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Airborne" (Lisa Walker, Chuck Cleaver) – 3:17
- "Funeral Dress" (Walker, Cleaver, Mark Messerly) – 3:59
- "Soak It Up" (Walker) – 2:55
- "Shunt" (Cleaver) – 3:18
- "Conversation Lags" (Walker, Cleaver, Messerly) – 3:08
- "Crooked" (Walker) – 3:13
- "Humanbrained Horse" (Cleaver) – 3:46
- "Motorcycle" (Walker) – 3:56
- "Yellow Cotton Dress" (Cleaver) – 2:17
- "Bought It Again" (Walker, Cleaver) – 3:44
- "Don't Leave Just Now" (Walker, Cleaver) – 3:46
Acoustic album
[edit]Wussy released an acoustic version[6] of the album, titled Funeral Dress II, for Record Store Day on April 16, 2011, at Shake It Records in Northside, Cincinnati.[7]
Personnel
[edit]- Lisa Walker - vocals, guitar, organ
- Chuck Cleaver - vocals, guitar
- Mark Messerly - vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, accordion, bells
- Dawn Burman - drums, percussion
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Wussy". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ a b Luerssen, John D. "Funeral Dress Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ Alden (31 October 2005). "Wussy – Funeral Dress". No Depression. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Ballot: The 00's Best Songs & Albums". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ^ "The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years (1985-2014) | SPIN". 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ Oliphint, Joel. "Wussy: Attica! Album Review". Pitchfork.
2011's Funeral Dress II, an acoustic reworking of 2005 debut Funeral Dress
- ^ "The Many Reasons to Love Wussy". 16 March 2012.
External links
[edit]