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
Robert Christgau	(A)[1]
AllMusic	[2]

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.

Upon release the album received mostly positive reviews. It was chosen as the 4th greatest album of the decade by prominent critic Robert Christgau^[3]

In 2015, SPIN ranked Funeral Dress #252 on their list of the 300 best albums of the last 30 years.^[4]

Track listing

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

Live album

Wussy released a live version of the album, titled Funeral Dress II for Record Store Day on April 16, 2011 at Shake It Records in Northside, Cincinnati.^[5]

References

1. Robert Christgau review
2. Luerssen, John D. "Funeral Dress Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
3. "Rolling Stone Ballot: The 00's Best Songs & Albums". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
4. "The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years (1985-2014) | SPIN". 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
5. The Many Reasons to Love Wussy