Everything Is Beautiful: A Retrospective 1983-95

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The Wolfgang Press: Andrew Gray (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Michael Allen (vocals, dobro, keyboards, bass, drums); Mark Cox (guitar, keyboards, programming). Additional personnel includes: Annie Anxiety (spoken vocals); Gini Ball, Sonia Slany (violin); Chris Pitsillides (viola); Audrey Riley (cello); Richard Thomas (programming); Ruby James, Leslie Langston (background vocals). Producers include: The Wolfgang Press, Drostan Madden, Flood, Barry Adamson, Robin Guthrie. Engineers include: Drostan Madden, John Fryer, Alan Jenkins. Recorded between 1983 and 1995. Personnel: The Wolfgang Press (drums, programming); Michael Allen (vocals, keyboards); Elizabeth Fraser (vocals, background vocals); Annie Anxiety, Sandra Moussempes (vocals); Andrew Gray (guitar, keyboards, drums, programming, percussion programming); Leslie Langston (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Dave Curtis (guitar, keyboards); Kimberley Rew (guitar, drums, programming); Robin Guthrie (guitar); Gini Ball (violin, viola); Sonia Slany (violin); Chris Pitsillides (viola); Martin McCarrick, Audrey Riley (cello); Drostan Madden, Trevor Gray (keyboards, programming, percussion programming); Mark Cox (keyboards, percussion programming, background vocals); Steve Young (keyboards); Segs (drums, percussion, programming); Craig Vear (drums, sampler); Robin Brown (programming, percussion programming); Martyn Young (programming); Claudia Fontaine, Glass, Ruby James (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Michael Allen . Audio Remixers: Martyn Young ; Barry Adamson. Liner Note Authors: Michael Allen ; Chris Bigg. Recording information: 1983-1995. Photographers: Andrew Gray; Polly Borland; Kevin Westenberg; Jeff Veitch. Arrangers: Drostan Madden; Leslie Langston; Steve Young; The Wolfgang Press. Always willfully inscrutable (and occasionally downright insufferable), the Wolfgang Press have had a long and colorful career, one which is nicely summarized in this retrospective compilation. Although the trio has always had something of a reputation as artsy iconoclasts, the simple fact is that the band has never stopped looking back at vintage American soul music; the massed horns and falsetto backing vocals on "Going South," the gospel overtones of "A Girl Like You," and the band's famously execrable cover of "Respect" (recorded with help from Cocteau Twins) are all evidence of a fairly single-minded musical sensibility. What has always made them unique is the skillful complexity of their beat-driven sound and the really pretty awful voice of singer and bandleader Michael Allen. Highlights here include the beautifully funky "Chains" and the just plain beautiful live version of "People Say." Fans will appreciate the remixes, and for everyone else, this is probably all the Wolfgang Press they need. ~ Rick Anderson
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