Full Force Galesburg

Full Force Galesburg
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released June 10, 1997
Recorded 1996-1997
Genre Folk-rock, Rock
Length 40:34
Label Emperor Jones
Producer John Darnielle
the Mountain Goats chronology

Nothing for Juice
(1996)		 Full Force Galesburg
(1997)		 The Coroner's Gambit
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Fretplay [2]

Full Force Galesburg is the fourth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released in 1997.[3]

It consists of songs written and recorded by John Darnielle. Darnielle has stated that most, if not all, of the album was written in Grinnell, IA. Most of the songs were performed by Darnielle singing and playing guitar solo, and recorded on his Panasonic RX-FT500 boom box; however, several songs also feature stringed instrumentation from Alastair Galbraith. Nothing Painted Blue's Peter Hughes adds backing vocals and guitar work on a few tracks as well.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "New Britain"   2:36
2. "Snow Owl"   2:17
3. "West Country Dream"   2:03
4. "Masher"   3:21
5. "Chinese House Flowers"   2:57
6. "Ontario"   2:30
7. "Down Here"   1:35
8. "Twin Human Highway Flares"   2:42
9. "Weekend in Western Illinois"   2:43
10. "US Mill"   2:27
11. "Song for the Julian Calendar"   2:17
12. "Maize Stalk Drinking Blood"   2:26
13. "Evening in Stalingrad"   2:31
14. "Minnesota"   3:57
15. "Original Air-Blue Gown"   2:51
16. "It's All Here in Brownsville"   1:53
Total length:
 40:34

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Fretplay review
  3. ↑ Brian Howard (July 3–10, 1997). "Review of Full Force Galesburg". Philadelphia City Paper. Retrieved 2008-12-07.

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