Everything Is Beautiful (A Retrospective 1983-1995)

by The Wolfgang Press

Everything Is Beautiful (A Retrospective 1983-1995) cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 7 August 2001
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:09:45
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Randy Newman, Annie Anxiety Bandez, Trevor Gray, Leslie Langston, Mark Cox, Howard Gray, Richard Thomas, Steven Young, Dave Curtis, Otis Redding, Drostan Madden, Chris Karan, Robin Guthrie, Martin McCarrick, Andrew Gray, Mark Harwood, Elizabeth Fraser, Michelle Levi, Chris Pitsillides, Rew, Kevin Westenberg, Martyn Young, Dominic Davies, Chris Bigg, Sandra Moussempes, Stephen Gray, Stephen Blake, Barry Adamson, Jeff Veitch, Craig Vear, Eddie Thriller, Claudia Fontaine, Sonia Slany, Segs, Danny Greenspoon, Glass, Polly Borland, Cathy Irving, Robin Brown, Manuela Zwingman, Gini Ball, Flood, Ruby James, Audrey Riley, Michael Allen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'A Retrospective 1983-1995', this 4AD collection surveys The Wolfgang Press from their earliest post-punk recordings through the funk-inflected later albums. It traces Mick Allen and Mark Cox's path from abrasive guitar music toward the sample-based sound of 'Funky Little Demons'.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, guitars, distorted, retro, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Birdie Song (1:21)
  2. Dreams And Light (2:51)
  3. Going South (7" Version) (3:37)
  4. Sweatbox (Remix) (5:11)
  5. Chains (4:56)
  6. Heavens Gate (2:29)
  7. Kansas (Flood Mix) (4:02)
  8. Honey Tree (2:51)
  9. Sucker (Young Mix) (6:04)
  10. Executioner (Adamson Mix) (6:31)
  11. Slowtime (4:51)
  12. A Girl Like You (7" Mix) (3:37)
  13. Respect (2:17)
  14. Mama Told Me Not To Come (3:12)
  15. Shut That Door (5:20)
  16. I Am The Crime (6:03)
  17. People Say (Live) (4:32)

Credits

  • Leslie Langston - bass, vocals, arranged by, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Rew - drums, guitar, keyboards, programmed by
  • Robin Brown - drums, drum programming [percussion], programmed by
  • Alberto Ricci - painting
  • Annie Anxiety Bandez - voice, written-by
  • Dave Curtis - bass, guitar, keyboards
  • Noko - guitar [dobro]
  • Trevor Gray - keyboards, drum programming [percussion], bass, drum programming [percussion]
  • John Fryer - engineer, engineer [remix], producer
  • Flood - producer
  • John Madden - engineer
  • Howard Gray - remix, mixed by, producer [additional], remix, producer [additional]
  • Chris Bigg - art direction, design, design [toilet collage]
  • Barry Adamson - remix, producer [additional]
  • Lincoln Fong - engineer
  • Nigel Hine - engineer
  • Dominic Davies - photography by
  • Jeff Veitch - photography by
  • Kevin Westenberg - photography by
  • Mark Harwood - photography by
  • Polly Borland - photography by
  • Stephen Gray - photography by
  • Keith Mitchell - engineer
  • Allan Jenkins - engineer
  • Hugo Nicolson - engineer
  • Ian Caple - engineer
  • Simon Van Zwanenberg - engineer
  • Paul Tipler - engineer
  • Otis Redding - written-by
  • Randy Newman - written-by
  • Todd Fraracci - engineer
  • Chris Rayghley - engineer [sound]
  • Cathy Irving - producer
  • Danny Greenspoon - producer
  • Kathy Von Bezold - producer [assistant]

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