''Funeral Dress'', the debut album by

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, was released on December 6, 2005. The label, Shake It Records, released the album on CD format only. The album received mostly positive reviews. It was chosen as the 4th greatest album of the decade by prominent critic

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. In 2015, ''SPIN'' ranked ''Funeral Dress'' #252 on their list of the 300 best albums of the last 30 years.

Track listing

#"Airborne" (Lisa Walker, Chuck Cleaver) – 3:17 #"Funeral Dress" (Walker, Cleaver, Mark Messerly) – 3:59 #"Soak It Up" (Walker) – 2:55 #"Shunt" (Cleaver) – 3:18 #"Conversation Lags" (Walker, Cleaver, Messerly) – 3:08 #"Crooked" (Walker) – 3:13 #"Humanbrained Horse" (Cleaver) – 3:46 #"Motorcycle" (Walker) – 3:56 #"Yellow Cotton Dress" (Cleaver) – 2:17 #"Bought It Again" (Walker, Cleaver) – 3:44 #"Don't Leave Just Now" (Walker, Cleaver) – 3:46

Acoustic album

Wussy released an acoustic version of the album, titled ''Funeral Dress II'', for

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on April 16, 2011, at Shake It Records in

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Personnel

* Lisa Walker - vocals, guitar, organ *

Chuck Cleaver Charles James Cleaver is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist, best known as a member of the Cincinnati-based bands Ass Ponys (formed in 1988, went on hiatus in 2005) and Wussy (formed in 2001). Biography Cleaver grew up in Clarksville, ...

- vocals, guitar * Mark Messerly - vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar,

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, bells * Dawn Burman - drums, percussion

References

External links

* 2006 debut albums Wussy albums {{2006-rock-album-stub