Curses (Future of the Left album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Curses!

| type = Album

| artist = Future of the Left

| cover =Curses (Future of the Left album).jpg

|border=yes

| alt =

| released = September 24, 2007

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Post-hardcore, noise rock

| length =

| label = Too Pure

| producer = Richard Jackson

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Curses!

| type = studio

| single1 = Fingers Become Thumbs / The Lord Hates A Coward

| single1date = 29 January 2007

| single2 = Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood

| single2date = 4 June 2007

| single3 = Small Bones Small Bodies

| single3date = 10 September 2007

| single4 = Manchasm

| single4date = 8 April 2008

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1208153}}

| rev2 = Crawdaddy!

| rev2Score = (favorable)[http://www.crawdaddyarchive.com/Article.aspx?id=5266 Crawdaddy review]

| rev4 = Pitchfork Media

| rev4Score = (8.0/10)[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10698-curses/ Pitchfork Media review]

| rev3 = NME

| rev3Score = (8/10)[https://www.nme.com/reviews/future-of-the-left/8996 NME review]

}}

Curses! is the debut release of Welsh band Future of the Left, released by Too Pure in 2007.

Track listing

"The Lord Hates a Coward" – 3:34
"Plague of Onces" – 3:03
"Fingers Become Thumbs!" – 1:50
"Manchasm" – 3:54
"Fuck the Countryside Alliance" – 2:06
"My Gymnastic Past" – 2:30
"Suddenly It's a Folk Song" – 2:55
"Kept by Bees" – 1:54
"Small Bones Small Bodies" – 2:22
"Wrigley Scott" – 2:06
"Real Men Hunt in Packs" – 3:27
"Team:Seed" – 1:19
"adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood" – 3:09
"The Contrarian" – 3:02

The iTunes version of the album contains the bonus track "I Need to Know How to Kill a Cat"
The Japanese version includes the above bonus track and "The Big Wide O".
Both tracks were previously released as B-sides on the Small Bones Small Bodies single.

Personnel

Andrew Falkous – Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Kelson Mathias - Bass, Vocals
Jack Egglestone - Drums
Sean McGee – Mastering
Richard Jackson - Engineering, Production
Jim 'Jim' Anderson - Engineering

References

Curses (Future of the Left album)

Category:Future of the Left albums