Standing Up Straight
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{{Infobox album
| name = Standing Up Straight
| type = studio
| artist = The Wolfgang Press
| cover = Standing Up Straight cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 May 1986
| recorded = January and March 1986 at Blackwing Studios, London, England
| venue =
| studio =
| length =
| label = 4AD{{Cite web|url=http://4ad.com/|title=The official website for independent record label 4AD.|website=4AD}}
| producer = John Fryer{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&dq=Standing+Up+Straight+wolfgang+press&pg=PA771|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=February 15, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|via=Google Books}}
| prev_title = The Burden of Mules
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Bird Wood Cage
| next_year = 1988
}}
{{album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/standing-up-straight-mw0000840305 |title=Standing Up Straight – The Wolfgang Press : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |work=AllMusic |accessdate=13 March 2013}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=749}}
|rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=1242}}
}}
Standing Up Straight is the second studio album by English post-punk band The Wolfgang Press.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-wolfgang-press-mn0000576978/biography|title=The Wolfgang Press | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&dq=Standing+Up+Straight+wolfgang+press&pg=PA1182|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=February 15, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|via=Google Books}} It was released on 1 May 1986, through record label 4AD.
Background
"I Am the Crime" features vocals by Cocteau Twins vocalist and label-mate Elizabeth Fraser.{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/wolfgangpress-everything-2496110329.html|title=Wolfgang Press: Everything Is Beautiful|date=August 6, 2001|website=PopMatters}}
Critical reception
AllMusic called Standing Up Straight "a challenging, even punishing album, but a rewarding one as well." Trouser Press wrote that "musically, Standing Up Straight is as challenging and inventive as the band’s other work, adding industrial and classical instrumentation to the creative arsenal."{{cite web |title=Wolfgang Press |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/wolfgang-press/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=15 February 2021}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| all_writing = Andrew Gray, Mark Cox and Michael Allen
| title1 = Dig a Hole
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = My Life
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Hammer the Halo
| length3 = 5:10
| title4 = Bless My Brother
| length4 = 1:22
| title5 = Fire-Fly
| length5 = 4:17
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Ghost
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Rotten Fodder
| length2 = 6:12
| title3 = Forty Days, Thirty Nights
| length3 = 3:24
| title4 = I Am the Crime
| length4 = 6:03
}}
Personnel
- The Wolfgang Press – production, sleeve art direction
; Additional personnel
- Gini Ball – violin on "Dig a Hole" and "I Am the Crime", viola on "I Am the Crime"
- John Fryer – marimba on "Ghost", percussion on "Rotten Fodder", production, programming, engineering
- Elizabeth Fraser – vocals (additional) on "I Am the Crime"
- Martin McGarrick – cello on "I Am the Crime"
; Technical
- 23 Envelope – sleeve design, typography and photography
- Chris Bigg – sleeve typography
- Ruth Rowland – sleeve typography
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|16314}}
{{The Wolfgang Press}}
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