Cataract
(Note: 'Cataract' was originally a separate album, but for later CD release it was paired with 1990's 'Rag & Bone' EP. The cover art for 'Rag & Bone' was used. The image on the left is the CD cover, and the image on the right is the original vinyl cover of 'Cataract.')
[LP, SubPop, SP 31, 1989] & [LP, Glitterhouse, GR 0073, 1989] [CD, SubPop, 56b] & [CD, Glitterhouse,
Whiskey XXX
Hell's Soup Kitchen
Whereabouts Unknown
End-In-Tow
Bones Of Contention
Home as Found
Smokestack
The Wicked Skipper
Drille Terriers
Specimen Days
Long Black Veil
Goodbye (To All That)
On the CD,the above tracks are preceded by the 'Rag & Bone' tracks:
The Anvil Song
Ahead of the Storm
Medicine Hat
Wreck of the Old #9
Mr. Clancy
Last Ditch
Credits
Michael Wells - bass, harmonicaCarla Torgerson - vocals, guitar, keyboards, cello, percussion
Grant Eckman - drums, percussion
Chris Eckman - vocals, guitar, mountain dulcimer, tapes
With:
Jonathan Segal - violin on 'Whereabouts Unknown' (appears courtesy of Camper Van Beethoven)
Terry Lee Hale - slide guitar on 'Home as Found'
Carl Miller - trombone on 'Smokestack' (appears courtesy of Prudence Dredge)
Liv Torgerson - backup vocals on 'Drille Terriers'
All songs by the Walkabouts
Produced by Ed Brooks, Tony Kroes and the Walkabouts, August-October 1988
Engineered by Ed Brooks with Tony Kroes
Vinyl-release cover design and back cover photo by Ben Thompson
Inner sleeve art by Chris Peters
CD cover design: Jane Higgins
Cover photo: Anonymous, Western Montana
Lyrics
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