Wolfgang Press, The - Bird Wood Cage

Label:

4AD

Catalog#:

CAD 810 CD

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

07 Nov 1988

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Industrial, Future Jazz, Experimental

Tracklist

	Bird Wood Cage
1	King Of Soul	4:02
	Backing Vocals - Lorna Wright , Ruby James
2	Raintime	4:39
	Cello - Audrey Riley Viola - Chris Pitsillides Violin - Gini Ball , Sonia Slany
3	Bottom Drawer	4:42
4	Kansas	3:53
	Backing Vocals - Ruby James
5	Swing Like A Baby	4:06
	Percussion - Peter Ulrich
6	See My Wife	3:55
7	The Holey Man	4:16
8	Hang On Me (For Papa)	5:08
	Drum Programming - Steven Young Sampler [Sample Loop] - Simon Rodgers
9	Shut That Door	5:40
	Big Sex
10	The Wedding	3:51
	Backing Vocals - Ruby James Percussion - Peter Ulrich
11	The Great Leveller	4:31
12	That Heat	4:23
	Backing Vocals - Ruby James Trombone - Richard Avison
13	God's Number	4:39
	Backing Vocals - Ruby James

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - Chris Bigg
Engineer - Hugo Nicholson* (tracks: 4, 6 to 8) , Lincoln Fong (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9) , Nigel K. Hine* (tracks: 2, 3, 7 to 9)
Engineer [Assistant] - Michael Butterworth (tracks: 4, 6 to 8)
Mastered By - Kevin Metcalfe
Photography - Andrew Gray
Producer - Flood (tracks: 1 to 9)
Producer, Engineer - John Fryer (tracks: 10 to 13)
Producer, Performer [Instruments], Drums, Percussion, Artwork By [Design] - Wolfgang Press, The
Written-By - Gray* , Cox* , Allen*

Notes

This CD version of the album contains 4 extra tracks:
Tracks 1 to 9: from 'Bird Wood Cage' LP (CAD 809)
Tracks 10 to 13: from 'Big Sex' EP (BAD 702).

Mastered at the Townhouse. Thanks to Lasco Demolition Salvage Directors.

℗&© 1987 4AD
℗&© 1988 4AD

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 014436 810022

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Rated 5/5

Review by cvoltaire02 Nov 12, 2003

This is perhaps the Wolfgang Press' best release ever. The group's full potential is fully realized here, as well as Allen's highly expressive vocals (he could almost pass for Nick Cave!). Whereas previous releases like 'Standing Up Straight' and 'Burden Of Mules' might have sounded more gothic and a bit self-indulgent, 'Birdwood' shows a re-invented group of many moods and styles. They actually sound like they're having fun! The lead track 'King Of Soul', is twisted funk, complete with female backing vocals. 'Kansas' takes this even further wrapping itself up in a harder and funkier mid-tempo groove accented with loud strains of wah-wah guitar. 'Shut That Door' is even MORE extreme (think of Birthday Party getting it on with James Brown AND Funkadelic circa 1970 and you might get the idea). Other tracks like 'Bottom Drawer' and 'Holey Man' are cooler in delivery (the former is a nice dubby tune) but they still maintain that tension that seems to appear throughout this album from start to finish. This only serves to compliment the more upbeat tracks. Perfect balance. One of the most original releases I've ever owned.

The CD adds the contents of the previous 'Big Sex' EP release from 1987.