Funny Looking Angels

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Funny Looking Angels
File:Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels cover.jpg
Studio album by Smith & Burrows
Released 25 November 2011 (2011-11-25)
Length 34:47
Label Kitchenware
Singles from Funny Looking Angels
  1. "Funny Looking Angels"
    Released: 2011
  2. "When the Thames Froze"
    Released: 12 December 2011

Funny Looking Angels is a collaborative Christmas album recorded by English musicians Tom Smith (Editors) and Andy Burrows (I Am Arrows, We Are Scientists, ex-Razorlight). It was released on 25 November 2011 through Kitchenware Records.

The album contains three covers: "Only You" by Yazoo, Black's "Wonderful Life", and "On and On" by Longpigs.[1]

Promotion

"Funny Looking Angels" was released as the lead single to promote the album.[1]

The second single, "When the Thames Froze", was released on 12 December 2011.[2] It has peaked at number 32 on the UK Indie Chart,[3] and entered national charts in Belgium and the Netherlands.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 63/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[6]
Clash 7/10[7]
Drowned in Sound 7/10[8]
The Independent 4/5 stars[9]
NME 1/10[10]

Funny Looking Angels received generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 9 reviews.[5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "In the Bleak Midwinter"   2:12
2. "When the Thames Froze"   5:04
3. "As the Snowflakes Fall"   3:31
4. "Funny Looking Angels"   3:35
5. "Wonderful Life"   4:22
6. "Only You"   3:16
7. "On and On"   4:06
8. "Rosslyn"   1:42
9. "This Ain't New Jersey"   4:50
10. "The Christmas Song" (featuring Agnes Obel) 2:14

Charts

Charts (2011) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 81
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[13] 32
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 87
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[15] 22
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[16] 8

References

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  11. "Ultratop.be – Smith & Burrows – Funny Looking Angels" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Smith & Burrows – Funny Looking Angels" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Smith & Burrows – Funny Looking Angels" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  14. "Officialcharts.de – Smith & Burrows – Funny Looking Angels". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  15. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  16. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

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