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Tiger and the Duke Studio album by The Sound of Animals Fighting Released February 15, 2005 Recorded Unknown Genre Experimental rock, art rock, ambient Length 34:08 (Original edition)
71:29 (reissue)Label Stars And Satellites Records (Original edition)
Equal Vision Records (reissue)Producer Rich Balling Professional reviews The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space.
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The Sound of Animals Fighting chronology Tiger and the Duke
(2005)Lover, the Lord Has Left Us...
(2006)Reissue cover The reissue cover of Tiger and The Duke.Tiger and the Duke is the debut album by the experimental rock band The Sound of Animals Fighting. Four songs from this album were released in demo form on a 2004 EP of the same title.
It is a concept album revolving around the title character, Duke, and the Captain who runs the ship they are sailing. The cargo of the ship are crazy animals who howl and fight below the deck. Eventually the Captain's sons start a mutiny in which the Captain jumps off the ship.
The album was reissued via Equal Vision Records on June 26, 2007. The reissue features all tracks remixed, with new interludes, and new artwork and packaging along with eight remixes from Lover, The Lord Has Left Us....[1] The album peaked at 35 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[2]
Contents
Track listing
- "Overture" – 1:29
- "Act I: Chasing Suns" – 5:13
- "Interlude" – 2:30
- "Act II: All Is Ash or the Light Shining through It" – 4:19
- "Interlude" – 2:39
- "Act III: Modulate Back to the Tonic" – 4:50
- "Interlude" – 1:53
- "Act IV: You Don't Need a Witness" – 5:21
- "Postlude" – 5:54
Re-issue track listing
- "Overture" – 3:26
- "Act 1: Chasing Suns" – 5:10
- "Interlude" – 2:22
- "Act 2: All Is Ash or the Light Shining through It" – 4:21
- "Interlude" – 3:12
- "Act 3: Modulate Back to the Tonic" – 4:50
- "Interlude" – 2:26
- "Act 4: You Don't Need a Witness" – 4:45
- Untitled – 0:04
- Untitled – 0:04
- Untitled – 0:04
- Untitled – 0:04
- "Un'aria Elettronica (Technology)" - 8:25
- "My Horse Must Lose (Portugal. The Man)" - 4:42
- "De-Ceit (Portugal. The Man)" - 3:12
- "This Heat in Dub (Technology)" - 5:01
- "Skullflower: Sorcerer's Mix (Portugal. The Man)" - 4:59
- "Horses in the Sky (Live Version)" - 5:46
- "St. Broadrick, His Mistress, and the Blacksmith (The Optimist)" - 3:59
- "The Heretic (Evol Intent)" - 4:47
Personnel
Position Name Animal Producer, Vocals Rich Balling (RX Bandits) Nightingale Lead Guitar Matt Embree (RX Bandits) Walrus Drums Chris Tsagakis (RX Bandits) Lynx Guitar Randy "R2K" Strohmeyer (Finch) Tiger Bass Derek Doherty (Finch) Tortoise Vocals Anthony Green (Circa Survive) Skunk Mixing & Programming Chris Fudurich Bear Artwork Marc Mcknight (Atreyu) Raven Public Relations Vanessa Chibba Swan Author Chris Haynie Dog Engineer Kyle Homme Ferret Patrone Charlie Adams Octopus Engineer, Vocals Rich Zahniser (The Hippos) Armadillo Vocals Matthew Kelly (The Autumns) Llama Recording, Mixing Ryan Baker Hyena References
- ^ "The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk.com. http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=146464. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ Billboard.com
Categories:- The Sound of Animals Fighting albums
- 2005 albums
- Debut albums
- Concept albums
- Rock operas
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