| Funky Little Demons | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1995 | |||
| Length | 47:51 [1] | |||
| Label | 4AD [2] | |||
| Producer | Drostan Madden | |||
| The Wolfgang Press chronology | ||||
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Funky Little Demons is the fifth and final studio album by the English band the Wolfgang Press, released in 1995. [3] [4]
The album peaked at No. 75 on the UK Albums Chart. [5] The first single was "Going South". [6] The band supported the album by touring North America with Suddenly, Tammy! [7] [8]
The album was produced by Drostan Madden. It was recorded in the band's own studio, although founding member Mark Cox was often not present for sessions. [9]
The band split the album between songs that were written in a standard verse-chorus manner, and those that were built out of musical soundscapes. [10] "11 Years" is an autobiographical song; "New Glass" is an instrumental track. [11] [12]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [13] |
| Calgary Herald | B− [14] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [15] |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | [11] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [16] |
| The Record |  [1] |
| The Tampa Tribune | [6] |
Trouser Press wrote: "No longer enigmatic risk-takers, the Wolfgang Press have become just another white post-new wave soul band." [17] The Guardian thought that the album "contains enough elements from pop's more melodic spectrum to lift them squarely out of their old art-terrorism mode." [18] The Calgary Herald deemed it "funky without tryin'," likening it to "Joy Division goes uptown." [14]
The Irish Times determined that Funky Little Demons "sees the Wolfies change from dark, brooding neo industrialists to bright, ironic soul popsters." [19] The Ottawa Citizen stated that "Going South" "is positively contagious, resonating with gravelly lead vocals, piercing slide work and soul-touching background singers." [20] The New York Times noted that Wolfgang Press "has been letting its pop float to the surface of its dirges, ending up with a stylized soul music that sounds like a chunkier version of Roxy Music." [21] Joyce Jones, of The Washington Post , listed the album among the 10 best of 1995, writing that Allen "exudes a cantankerous charm, coming off like Nick Cave on Soul Train." [22]
AllMusic wrote that "the album is neither particularly funky nor at all demonic, and in these tamer surroundings, Michael Allen's formerly compelling baritone murmur sounds kind of mannered and pretentious." [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Going South" | |
| 2. | "11 Years" | |
| 3. | "Blood Satisfaction" | |
| 4. | "Chains" | |
| 5. | "Christianity" | |
| 6. | "Derek the Confessor" | |
| 7. | "So Long Dead" | |
| 8. | "Executioner" | |
| 9. | "She's So Soft" | |
| 10. | "New Glass" | |
| 11. | "Fallen Not Broken" | |
| 12. | "People Say" |
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