Black Earth Tiger
| Black Earth Tiger | ||||
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| Studio album by Emanuel | ||||
| Released | August 28, 2007 | |||
| Genre |
Emo Post-hardcore Melodic hardcore | |||
| Length | 43:03 | |||
| Label | Vagrant | |||
| Producer | Terry Date | |||
| Emanuel chronology | ||||
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Black Earth Tiger is the second and final album by the post-hardcore band Emanuel. It was released on August 28, 2007, by Vagrant Records. The track list was confirmed on Vagrant Records' official site.[1]
The band debuted the first track from the album, "Cottonmouth", on their Myspace on 24 May, and removed it less than two weeks later on 6 June. It was re-added in August in the form of a banner. On 27 June, they uploaded another track from the album, "Scenotaph", to their Myspace page, which was removed just under a month later on 23 July. A new track, "Phobos", was added to Alternative Press' website on 23 July; on 31 July 2007 the song was also added to the band's MySpace profile. The song "My Antapex" is currently streaming on some radio stations.
On August 21, 2007, the band premiered the album via a full album stream on MySpace.com, with featured placement on the front page of MySpace, as well as the music section.
The band recently released the video for the track "Cottonmouth".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whiteflag" (Intro) | 2:00 |
| 2. | "Cottonmouth" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Anathamatics" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "My Antapex" | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Scenotaph" | 4:17 |
| 6. | "Phobos" | 4:20 |
| 7. | "Abandonment Star" | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Let Them Die" | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Year Of The Pig" | 4:40 |
| 10. | "Forever" | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Whiteflag" (Reprise) | 7:13 |
Personnel
- Mat Barber – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Anthony Brock – drums
- Matt Breen – vocals
- Bryan Whiteman – bass guitar
- Devin Triplett - rhythm guitar
- Sons of Nero - artwork
Trivia
- There is a small error in the lyrics booklet that comes with the CD. It states that "Let Them Die" is track 7 and "Abandonment Star" is track 8; it is actually the other way round.