Church Mouth

Church Mouth
Studio album by Portugal. The Man
Released	July 20, 2007 (Europe) July 24, 2007 (USA/UK)
Genre	Blues rock Experimental rock
Length	43:02
Label	Fearless
Producer	Casey Bates
Portugal. The Man chronology
Waiter: "You Vultures!" (2006) Church Mouth (2007) Censored Colors (2008)

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Allmusic	[1]
AbsolutePunk.net	(83%) [2]
Music Box	[3]

Church Mouth is the second full length album from Alaskan experimental rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released on July 20, 2007 in Europe and on July 24, 2007 in the UK and the USA. As of June 22, 2007, the album had leaked to p2p networks. Regarding the leak, the band posted the following message on their MySpace bulletins:

"Go download it. Give yourself the tastes. Feel free."

Track listing

All tracks by John Baldwin Gourley

1. "Church Mouth" – 3:13
2. "Sugar Cinnamon" – 3:04
3. "Telling Tellers Tell Me" – 3:10
4. "My Mind" – 3:50
5. "Shade" – 3:58
6. "Dawn" – 3:17
7. "Oh Lord" – 3:23
8. "Bellies Are Full" – 4:08
9. "Children" – 5:03
10. "The Bottom" – 3:46
11. "Sleeping Sleepers Sleep" – 3:59
12. "Sun Brother" (excerpt)* – 2:11
13. "Seventeen"* - 3:48

• A vinyl version of the album contains the full version of "Sun Brother," as well as a bonus track, "Seventeen," which was also featured on the "My Mind/Seventeen" EP.
• A limited edition of the album was released exclusively in Germany. It featured the It's Complicated Being a Wizard EP as a bonus disc.

Personnel

• John Baldwin Gourley - lead vocals, guitars, synthesizers, programming
• Zachary Scott Carothers - bass, vocals, percussion
• Jason Sechrist - drums, congas, percussion, vocals
• Kyle O'quin - assistant to the producer, organs, keys, and percussion
• Casey Bates - producer

References