Funeral Dress (album)

Funeral Dress
Studio album by Wussy
Released	December 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Indie rock, country rock, alternative rock
Length	35:47
Label	Shake It Records
Producer	Wussy
Wussy chronology
Funeral Dress (2005) Left for Dead (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
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

1. "Airborne" (Lisa Walker, Chuck Cleaver) – 3:17
2. "Funeral Dress" (Walker, Cleaver, Mark Messerly) – 3:59
3. "Soak It Up" (Walker) – 2:55
4. "Shunt" (Cleaver) – 3:18
5. "Conversation Lags" (Walker, Cleaver, Messerly) – 3:08
6. "Crooked" (Walker) – 3:13
7. "Humanbrained Horse" (Cleaver) – 3:46
8. "Motorcycle" (Walker) – 3:56
9. "Yellow Cotton Dress" (Cleaver) – 2:17
10. "Bought It Again" (Walker, Cleaver) – 3:44
11. "Don't Leave Just Now" (Walker, Cleaver) – 3:46

Acoustic album

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

Wussy

• Lisa Walker - vocals, guitar, organ
• Chuck Cleaver - vocals, guitar
• Mark Messerly - vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, accordion, bells
• Dawn Burman - drums, percussion

References

1. "Robert Christgau: CG: Wussy". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
2. Luerssen, John D. "Funeral Dress Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
3. Alden (31 October 2005). "Wussy – Funeral Dress". No Depression. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
4. "Rolling Stone Ballot: The 00's Best Songs & Albums". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
5. "The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years (1985-2014) | SPIN". 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
6. Oliphint, Joel. "Wussy: Attica! Album Review". Pitchfork. 2011's Funeral Dress II, an acoustic reworking of 2005 debut Funeral Dress
7. "The Many Reasons to Love Wussy". 16 March 2012.

External links

• Funeral Dress (album) at Discogs