Funky Little Demons

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Funky Little Demons
File:Funky Little Demons.jpg
Studio album by
the Wolfgang Press
Released1995
Length47:51[1]
Label4AD[2]
ProducerDrostan Madden
The Wolfgang Press chronology
Queer
(1991) 		Funky Little Demons
(1995) 		Everything Is Beautiful (A Retrospective 1983-1995)
(2001)

Funky Little Demons is the fifth 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]

Production

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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]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[13]
Calgary HeraldB−[14]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[15]
Knoxville News SentinelStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[11]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[16]
The RecordStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[1]
The Tampa TribuneStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[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]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
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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