Released 1990 (1990) Release date 1990 Label Circa Records | Artist Associates Producer Julian Mendelsohn Genre Alternative rock | |
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Similar The Affectionate Punch, Fourth Drawer Down, Sulk, Perhaps, One Second |
Billy mackenzie the associates wild and lonely
Wild and Lonely is the fourth studio album by Scottish post-punk/new wave band The Associates, released in 1990 by record label Circa.
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Release
Wild and Lonely was released in 1990 by record label Circa. It reached number 71 in the UK Albums Chart.
Reception
Wild and Lonely was poorly received by critics.
Ira Robbins, writing for Entertainment Weekly, wrote "Scotland's Associates have ended a lengthy recording hiatus with a glossy, shallow album that sounds seriously out of step. Where most high-tech dance-pop now follows the soothing groove of Soul II Soul, the Associates — more precisely, singer-songwriter Billy Mackenzie plus a load of session players — cling to a dramatic delivery and chattering, generally overloaded arrangements." Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "There's some of the same relative musical ennui, where everything is perfectly pleasant but rarely striking. Even more distressing, more than once, said music is little more than late-'80s glossy yup-funk that is singularly unappealing in its boredom, often saved only by Mackenzie's performing bravura and nice production touches [...] Happily, the worse moments don't define the album, and when at its best, Wild and Lonely serves up a fine selection of new Mackenzie classics."
Songs
1Fire to Ice4:36
2Fever4:49
3People We Meet4:26