Funny Valentine
Studio album by
Massacre
Released1998 (1998)
RecordedJanuary 1998
StudioOrange Music, West Orange, New Jersey
GenreExperimental rock
Length61:17
LabelTzadik (United States)
ProducerMassacre
Massacre chronology
Killing Time
(1981)		 Funny Valentine
(1998)		 Meltdown
(2001)

Funny Valentine is the second studio album by avant-rock, experimental trio Massacre, recorded 17 years after the first. For this album guitarist Fred Frith and bass guitarist Bill Laswell were joined by English drummer Charles Hayward, who replaced original drummer Fred Maher.

Funny Valentine was recorded at Laswell's studio, Orange Music, in West Orange, New Jersey in January of 1998.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

In a review at AllMusic, Rick Anderson stated that Funny Valentine is a little "weak" at the beginning but improves as the album progresses.[2] He said some of the tracks display "the sense of humor that animated so much of Killing Time". Anderson opined that Funny Valentine is "great", but not "quite as great" as Massacre's first album. He felt that it needs "a little more discipline and a little less length, but not much more discipline and not too much less length".[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Massacre

No.TitleLength
1."Leaf Violence"4:43
2."Down to Five a Day"4:42
3."Lizard-skin Junk-mail"5:26
4."Ladder"11:30
5."South Orange Sunset"4:13
6."Six-cylinder Sinister"5:21
7."300 Days in the Vacant Lot"7:34
8."Say Hey Willie"2:14
9."Talk Radio"3:48
10."Well-dressed Ripping up Wood"4:22
11."Further Conversations With White Arc"6:24

Source: AllMusic,[2] Discogs.[1]

Personnel

Massacre

Sound and artwork

Source: Discogs.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Funny Valentine at Discogs.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Anderson, Rick. "Funny Valentine". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
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