Cheat the Gallows

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Cheat the Gallows is the third studio album by American progressive rock/progressive metal band Bigelf.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damon Fox, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Gravest Show On Earth"5:00
2."Blackball"7:02
3."Money, It's Pure Evil"3:18
4."The Evils of Rock & Roll" (Fox, Steve Frothingham, John Salvatore Scaglione)6:37
5."No Parachute"3:43
6."The Game"5:11
7."Superstar"3:46
8."Race With Time" (Fox, Frothingham)4:28
9."Hydra"6:23
10."Counting Sheep"11:20
Total length:56:53

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Japanese edition bonus tracks[4][5]
No.TitleLength
1."Demon Queen of Spiders"5:06
2."Don't Blow It" 
3."Snake Eyes" 

Personnel

Bigelf

Guest appearances

  • Linda Perry - backing vocals (on tracks 7 & 8)
  • Danny "Lord Weatherby" Martin - ring leader (on track 1)
  • Eric Gorfain - string arrangements
The Counting Sheep Orchestra (on tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)
  • Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli - conductor
  • Daphne Chen, Terrence Glenny, Marisa Kuney, Ami Levy, Calabria McChesney, Cameron Patrick, Radu Pieptea, Melissa Reiner, Isabelle Senger, Marcy Vaj & Alwyn Wright - violins
  • Caroline Buckman, Alma Fernandez, Leah Katz & David Sage - violas
  • Peggy Baldwin, Matt Cooker, Richard Dodd & John Krovoza - cellos
The Section Quartet (on tracks 5 & 7)
  • Eric Gorfain & Daphne Chen - violins
  • Leah Katz - viola
  • Richard Dodd - cello
The Kung-Pao Horns (on tracks 1, 2 & 10)
  • Stewart Cole - trumpet
  • James King - tenor sax, flute, piccolo
  • Dan Ostermann - trombone
  • Tracy Wannomae - alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute

Production

  • Produced by Damon Fox
  • Engineered by Ian Lehrfeld
  • Mixed by Ian Lehrfeld with Damon Fox
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen

References

  1. ^ Lee, Cosmo. "Cheat the Gallows". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  2. ^ Begrand, Adrien. "Bigelf:Cheat the Gallows". Popmatters. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Cheat the Gallows: Bigelf: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  4. ^ from liner notes.
  5. ^ "Cheat the Gallows – Bigelf – Listen and discover music at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-09.