Cheat the Gallows

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Cheat The Gallows
Bigelf - CheatTheGallows.jpg
Studio album by Bigelf
Released August 12, 2008
Recorded at Kung Fu Gardens, North Hollywood in 2006-2007
Genre Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, progressive metal
Length 56:53
Label Custard Records
Producer Damon Fox
Bigelf chronology
Hex
(2003)Hex2003
Cheat The Gallows
(2008)
Into the Maelstrom
(2014)Into the Maelstrom2014
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[2]

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

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Damon Fox, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
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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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

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