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The Burden of Mules is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Wolfgang Press. It was released on 1 August 1983, through record label 4AD.

The Burden of Mules
Studio album by The Wolfgang Press
Released	1 August 1983
Recorded	May 1982 – June 1983
Genre	Post-punk, gothic rock
Label	4AD
Producer	Mark Cox, Michael Allen
The Wolfgang Press chronology
The Burden of Mules (1983) Standing Up Straight (1986)

Track listing

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

AllMusic's review was negative, calling the album "impenetrable" and some tracks "so morose and vehement as to verge on self-parody".[1] Trouser Press called it "dark and cacophonous; an angry, intense slab of post-punk gloom that is best left to its own (de)vices."[2]

Personnel

The Wolfgang Press

• Andrew Gray – guitar (tracks A1, A4 and B2), percussion (tracks A1 and B2), drums (tracks A3 and B1), sleeve photography
• David Steiner – drums (track B1)
• Michael Allen – drums (tracks A1 and B1), percussion (tracks A1, A2, A4–A6 and B2), bass guitar (tracks A2–A6, B2 and B3), vocals (tracks A2–A5 and B1–B3), synthesizer (tracks A2 and A5), piano (tracks A6, B2 and B3), organ (track A6), drum loops (track B2), cymbal and saxophone (track B3), production
• Mark Cox – synthesizer (tracks A2 and A4–B3), percussion (tracks A1, A2, A4–A6), clarinet (tracks A2, A5 and B3), "noises" (tracks A3, B1 and B2), pixiephone and chimes (tracks A2 and A4), piano (tracks A2 and A5), organ (tracks A1 and B1), "scratches" and whistling (track A6), bass guitar (track A3), production
• Richard Thomas – drums (tracks A2, A4–A6 and B3), flute and piano (track B3)

Technical

• John Madden – engineering, production

References

External links

• The Burden of Mules at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Burden of Mules at the official 4AD Records website

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