Suego Faults

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Suego Faults
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Studio album by
Released25 July 2011 (2011-07-25)
Genre Pop [1] [2]
Length38:29
Label
Producer
Wolf Gang chronology
Suego Faults
(2011)
Alveron
(2014)

Suego Faults is the debut studio album by the British band Wolf Gang. It was released on 25 July 2011 in the United Kingdom and as a digital album on 20 December 2011 in the United States. [3] [4] The album included the singles "Lions in Cages", "The King and All of His Men" and "Dancing with the Devil".

Contents

Production history

All of the album's tracks were written by Wolf Gang's songwriter and lead vocalist, Max McElligott. Suego Faults was produced by Dave Fridmann. [3]

Reception

Suego Faults ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 5/10 [1]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Duncan Gillespie of NME gave the album 4 out of a possible 5 stars, calling it "a sparkling debut album with echoes of Byrne and Bowie". [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Max McElligott

Suego Faults track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Lions in Cages"4:27
2."Something Unusual"3:22
3."Stay and Defend"3:21
4."Suego Faults"2:59
5."The King and All of His Men"3:43
6."Back to Back"4:14
7."Midnight Dancers"4:10
8."Dancing with the Devil"3:42
9."Where Are You Now"3:16
10."Planets"5:15
Total length:38:29

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Suego Faults
Chart (2011)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 96

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