All Hail West Texas is a Alt/Indie album by The Mountain Goats, originally released in 2002. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- lo-fi
- earnest
- heartland
About
All Hail West Texas is an album by The Mountain Goats. After the slight increase in production values on 2000's The Coroner's Gambit, All Hail West Texas is the last Mountain Goats album on which all the songs were recorded on John Darnielle's trademark Panasonic RX-FT500 boombox. The album is loosely a concept album, with the cover stating that the album consists of "fourteen songs about seven people, two houses, a motorcycle, and a locked treatment facility for adolescent boys". Many of the songs explicitly reference places in Texas, and evoke a lifestyle ethos born of the vast expanses of .
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Tracklist
- 1The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton2:36
- 2Fall of the Star High School Running Back1:49
- 3Color in Your Cheeks2:40
- 4Jenny2:51
- 5Fault Lines2:38
- 6Balance2:02
- 7Pink and Blue2:29
- 8Riches and Wonders3:58
- 9The Mess Inside3:35
- 10Jeff Davis County Blues3:14
- 11Distant Stations3:04
- 12Blues in Dallas4:15
- 13Source Decay3:47
- 14Absolute Lithops Effect4:08
- 15Hardpan Song* (Bonus Track)2:00
- 16Answering the Phone* (Bonus Track)2:28
- 17Indonesia* (Bonus Track)2:16
- 18Midland* (Bonus Track)3:15
- 19Jenny (alt. take)* (Bonus Track)2:52
- 20Tape Travel Is Lonely* (Bonus Track)2:35
- 21Waco* (Bonus Track)3:07
Credits
Production & Engineering
- John DarnielleMIXED BY [SEQUENCED BY]
- Alex NewportMIXED BY [SEQUENCED WITH]
- John VandersliceMIXED BY [SEQUENCED WITH]
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold