| Watusi | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Wedding Present |
| Cover: | Watusi (album).jpg |
| Released: | 12 September 1994 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, indie rock |
| Length: | 41:40 |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | Steve Fisk |
| Prev Title: | Hit Parade 2 |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Saturnalia |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Watusi is a studio album by The Wedding Present.[1] [2] It was released in 1994 on Island Records.[3] It peaked at No. 47 on the UK Albums chart.[4]
Watusi was re-issued by Edsel Records in 2014; the band played the album in its entirety during their autumn 2014 UK tour.[5]
Watusi was re-issued once again in 2024 by Island / Universal Music in a deluxe edition which featured the b-sides from the two singles plus the Versions 10" outtakes EP. The band played the album in its entirety during several of their 2024 concerts.
The album was produced by Steve Fisk.[6] Beat Happening's Heather Lewis guested on two tracks.
Trouser Press wrote: "Frequently slow and spare, letting small-scale instrumental restraint release Gedge’s most luminous melodies and performances, the album is a surprising charmer — except in the lyrics of songs that shrug off guilt while acknowledging its validity."[7] Clash deemed it "a curiously 1960s-flecked, garage-pop album."[8] Spin called Watusi "a dream-pop album that obsesses instead of dreams."[9]
All songs written by Belk/Dorrington/Gedge/Smith, except tracks 1 and 11 written by Belk/Dorrington/Gedge/Gregory/Smith and track 4 written by Dorrington/Gedge/Gregory/Smith.