The Burden of Mules

The Burden of Mules
Studio album by The Wolfgang Press
Released 1 August 1983
Recorded May 1982 – June 1983
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Label 4AD
Producer Mark Cox, Michael Allen
The Wolfgang Press chronology
The Burden of Mules
(1983)
Scarecrow
(1984)

The Burden of Mules is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Wolfgang Press. It was released on 1 August 1983, through record label 4AD.

Track listing

Side A
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Lisa (The Passion)"  Andrew Gray, Mark Cox, Michael Allen 3:01
2. "Prostitute I"  Cox, Allen 3:01
3. "The Burden of Mules"  Gray, Cox, Allen 3:43
4. "Complete and Utter"  Cox, Allen 3:40
5. "Prostitute II"  Cox, Allen 3:26
6. "Slow as a Child"  Cox, Allen 6:36
Side B
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Journalists"  Gray, David Steiner, Cox, Allen 3:32
2. "Give It Back"  Cox, Allen 6:04
3. "On the Hill"  Cox, Allen 10:59

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

AllMusic's review was negative, calling the album "impenetrable" and some tracks "so morose and vehement as to verge on self-parody".[1] Trouser Press called it "dark and cacophonous; an angry, intense slab of post-punk gloom that is best left to its own (de)vices."[2]

Personnel

The Wolfgang Press
Technical

References

  1. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "The Burden of Mules – The Wolfgang Press : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. Gethers, Altricia; Frampton, Megan. "trouserpress.com :: Wolfgang Press". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 12 March 2013.

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