- indie folk
- 42 min
- 14 tracks
- Emperor Jones Records
All Hail West Texas is the sixth studio album by the Mountain Goats. After the slight increase in production values on The Coroner's Gambit album of 2000, All Hail West Texas was the last Mountain Goats album recorded entirely on John Darnielle's trademark Panasonic RX-FT500 boombox until 2020's Songs for Pierre Chuvin.
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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton2:37
- 2Fall of the Star High School Running Back1:49
- 3Color in Your Cheeks2:40
- 4Jenny2:51
- 5Fault Lines2:38
- 6Balance2:03
- 7Pink and Blue2:29
- 8Riches and Wonders3:57
- 9The Mess Inside3:35
- 10Jeff Davis County Blues3:14
- 11Distant Stations3:04
- 12Blues in Dallas4:15
- 13Source Decay3:47
- 14Absolute Lithops Effect3:08
14 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Mountain Goats
- Label
- Emperor Jones Records
- Released
- February 19, 2002
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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