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Released
  
1988

See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens (1988)
  
Cataract (1989)

Release date
  
1988

Label
  
PopLlama Records

Length
  
35:42

Artist
  
The Walkabouts

Genre
  
Rock

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Producer
  
The Walkabouts, Tony Kroes, Ed Brooks

Similar
  
New West Motel, Trail of Stars, Satisfied Mind, Cataract, Setting the Woods on Fire

See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens is the debut album by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released 1988 through PopLlama Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by The Walkabouts, except were noted.

  1. "Jumping Off" – 2:59
  2. "Breakneck Speed" – 3:07
  3. "The Wellspring" – 3:44
  4. "John Reilly" – 3:38
  5. "Robert McFarlane Blues" – 0:54
  6. "This Rotten Tree" – 2:06
  7. "Laughingstock" – 3:34
  8. "Glass Palace" – 3:01
  9. "Feast or Famine" – 4:22
  10. "Ballad of Moss Head" – 2:47
  11. "Who-Knows-What" – 4:15
  12. "Rattlesnake Theme" – 1:15
Weights and Rivers (the bonus tracks) (Glitterhouse re-release (1993))
  1. "Linda Evans" – 4:12
  2. "Mai Tai Time" – 2:02
  3. "Cyclone" – 3:51
  4. "Gather Round" (Arthur Lee) – 4:40
  5. "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.

Personnel

  • 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 personnel
  • 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"

    • Songs

    1Jumping Off2:59
    2Breakneck Speed3:08
    3The Wellspring3:44

    References

    See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens Wikipedia
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