Summary
See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens is the debut album by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released in 1988 through PopLlama Records.
| See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, alternative country | |||
| Length | 35:42 | |||
| Label | PopLlama | |||
| Producer | The Walkabouts, Tony Kroes, Ed Brooks | |||
| The Walkabouts chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Track listing edit
All tracks written by The Walkabouts, except where noted.[1]
- "Jumping Off" – 2:59
- "Breakneck Speed" – 3:07
- "The Wellspring" – 3:44
- "John Reilly" – 3:38
- "Robert McFarlane Blues" – 0:54
- "This Rotten Tree" – 2:06
- "Laughingstock" – 3:34
- "Glass Palace" – 3:01
- "Feast or Famine" – 4:22
- "Ballad of Moss Head" – 2:47
- "Who-Knows-What" – 4:15
- "Rattlesnake Theme" – 1:15
Weights and Rivers (the bonus tracks) (Glitterhouse re-release, 1993)
- "Linda Evans" – 4:12
- "Mai Tai Time" – 2:02
- "Cyclone" – 3:51
- "Gather Round" (Arthur Lee) – 4:40
- "Certain Gift" – 4:05
The length of the Glitterhouse re-release is 54:32 minutes. According to the Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes the tracks 13–16 were compiled from the unreleased "Weights & Rivers" album. "Linda Evans" b/ w "Cyclone" was originally released as a 7" single by Necessity Records (Spring 1987, S001). "Certain Gift" appeared originally on the compilation Sounds of Young Seattle, Vol. II (Dust Bunnie/Necessity, Spring 1986) on cassette only. The re-release was released on September 17, 1993.[2]
Personnel edit
- Michael Wells – bass, harmonica, vocals
- Carla Torgerson – vocals, guitar, keyboard, cello
- Grant Eckman – drums, percussion
- Chris Eckman – vocals, guitar, moss organ
Additional musicians
- Terry Lee Hale – lead guitar on "This Rotten Tree", acoustic lead guitar on "Gather Round"
- Alan Goodman – lap steel guitar on "Jumping off"
- Nancy Clark – violin on "Breakneck Speed"
- Tony Kroes – noise and treatments (according to the Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes)
- Curt Eckman – bass on "Certain Gift"
- Dylan Thomas – voice over on "Certain Gift"
The Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes also mention a "cast of Belltown drunks" (including Gary Heffern) on backup vocals on "Gather Round".
Technical
- The Walkabouts – production
- Tony Kroes – production on all tracks, engineering on "Certain Gift"
- Ed Brooks – production & engineering on 1–12
- Bruce Calder – production & engineering on "Linda Evans", "Mai Tai Time", "Cyclone" "Gather Round"
- Ben Thompson – Cover design, lettering, and photography
- Chris Peters – Cover woodcut
References edit
- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. Beautiful Rattle Snake Gardens, The Walkabouts at AllMusic. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ^ "Glitterhouse, The Walkabouts, See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens". Glitterhouse Records. Retrieved November 13, 2012.