Funny Looking Angels

Funny Looking Angels is a collaborative Christmas album recorded by Smith & Burrows, a band made up of 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.

Funny Looking Angels
Studio album by
Smith & Burrows
Released25 November 2011 (2011-11-25)
Length34:47
LabelKitchenware
Singles from Funny Looking Angels
  1. "Funny Looking Angels"
    Released: 2011
  2. "When the Thames Froze"
    Released: 12 December 2011

The album contains four covers: "Only You" by Yazoo, Black's "Wonderful Life", "Funny Looking Angels" by Delta, 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
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Clash7/10[7]
Drowned in Sound7/10[8]
The Independent[9]
NME1/10[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.TitleLength
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
Total length:34:47

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

References
  1. "Smith & Burrows - When The Thames Froze". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. "When the Thames Froze - Single by Smith & Burrows". iTunes. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. "2011-12-24 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. "Smith & Burrows - When The Thames Froze" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  5. "Reviews for Funny Looking Angels by Smith & Burrows". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  6. O'Brien, Jon. "Funny Looking Angels - Smith & Burrows". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. Rhodes-Hodgkiss, Benjamin W. (21 November 2011). "Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels". Clash. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  8. Leedham, Robert (28 November 2011). "Album Review: Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  9. Montgomery, Hugh (11 December 2011). "Album: Smith & Burrows, Funny Looking Angels (B-Unique)". The Independent. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  10. Snapes, Laura (16 December 2011). "Album Review: Smith & Burrows - 'Funny Looking Angels'". NME. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  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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