Cheat the Gallows
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cheat the Gallows
| type = studio
| artist = Bigelf
| cover = Bigelf - CheatTheGallows.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 12, 2008
| recorded = at Kung Fu Gardens, North Hollywood in 2006–2007
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, progressive metal
| length = 56:53
| label = Custard Records
| producer = Damon Fox
| prev_title = Hex
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Into the Maelstrom
| next_year = 2014
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1416021|pure_url=yes}}|title=Cheat the Gallows|last=Lee|first=Cosmo|work=Allmusic|accessdate=March 7, 2010}}
|rev2 = PopMatters
|rev2score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/bigelf-cheat-the-gallows/|title=Bigelf:Cheat the Gallows|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|work=Popmatters|accessdate=March 7, 2010}}
}}
Cheat the Gallows is the third studio album by American progressive rock/progressive metal band Bigelf.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Damon Fox, except where noted
| total_length = 56:53
| title1 = Gravest Show on Earth
| length1 =5:00
| title2 = Blackball
| length2 =7:02
| title3 = Money, It's Pure Evil
| length3 =3:18
| title4 = The Evils of Rock & Roll
| note4 = Fox, Steve Frothingham, John Salvatore Scaglione
| length4 =6:37
| title5 = No Parachute
| length5 =3:43
| title6 = The Game
| length6 =5:11
| title7 = Superstar
| length7 =3:46
| title8 = Race with Time
| note8 = Fox, Frothingham
| length8 =4:28
| title9 = Hydra
| length9 =6:23
| title10 = Counting Sheep
| length10 =11:20
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracksfrom liner notes.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Bigelf/Cheat+The+Gallows |title=Cheat the Gallows – Bigelf – Listen and discover music at |publisher=Last.fm |date=February 11, 2009 |accessdate=February 9, 2012}}
| title1 = Demon Queen of Spiders
| length1 = 5:06
| title2 = Don't Blow It
| title3 = Snake Eyes
}}
Personnel
= Bigelf =
- Damon Fox – vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
- Ace Mark – guitar
- Duffy Snowhill – bass
- Steve Frothingham a.k.a. Froth – drums
= 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
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