Wussy (album)

Wussy
Studio album by Wussy
Released May 2009
Recorded 2008–09
Genre Indie rock, folk rock, alternative rock
Length 42:14
Label Shake It Records
Producer Wussy
Wussy chronology
Left for Dead
(2007)Left for Dead2007		 Wussy
(2009)		 Strawberry
(2012)Strawberry2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NPR(positive)[1]
PopMatters[2]
Robert ChristgauA[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
SPIN Magazine8/10[5]
The Washington Post(favorable)[6]

Wussy, the third full-length album by the band of the same name, was released in May 2009. The label, Shake It Records, released the album in CD format only.

Upon release the album received mostly positive reviews, with NPR's Ken Tucker describing it as "a concept album propelled forward by the band's buzz saw guitar riffs and tight little rhythm section."[1] On October 1, 2009, "Happiness Bleeds" was named the NPR song of the day.

Track listing

  1. "Little Paper Birds" – 3:43
  2. "Gone Missing" – 3:30
  3. "Happiness Bleeds" – 3:22
  4. "Muscle Cars" – 4:49
  5. "Scream and Scream Again" – 3:14
  6. "All the Bugs are Growing" – 3:19
  7. "Dreadful Sorry" – 3:34
  8. "Magic Words" – 3:22
  9. "This Will Not End Well" – 3:21
  10. "Maglite" – 2:28
  11. "Death by Misadventure" – 3:48
  12. "Las Vegas" – 3:49

References

  1. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (22 June 2009). "Wussy: Strong Work, And Not Without Pain". NPR. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Haag, Stephen (2009-05-17). "Wussy: Wussy". PopMatters. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  5. ↑ Young, Jon (2009). "SPIN". Spin. Vol. 25 no. 6. SPIN Media LLC. p. 101.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (2009-06-12). "CD Review: Wussy - 'Wussy'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-31.


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