Tallahassee

by The Mountain Goats

Tallahassee cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 November 2002
  • Label: 4AD
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:28
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: John Darnielle, Michael Ivins, Jon Wurster, Matt Douglas, Franklin Bruno, Peter Hughes

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking their first release for 4AD, 'Tallahassee' is a concept album detailing the bitter dissolution of a fictional couple known as the Alpha Couple. John Darnielle transitions away from his lo-fi boombox recordings to embrace polished, full-band indie folk arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, conceptual, literary, storytelling, narrative, acoustic, male-vocals, lo-fi, folk

Tracklist

  1. Tallahassee (04:43)
  2. First Few Desperate Hours (03:03)
  3. Southwood Plantation Road (02:45)
  4. Game Shows Touch Our Lives (03:48)
  5. The House That Dripped Blood (02:53)
  6. Idylls of the King (03:32)
  7. No Children (02:48)
  8. See America Right (01:52)
  9. Peacocks (03:43)
  10. International Small Arms Traffic Blues (02:50)
  11. Have to Explode (03:21)
  12. Old College Try (02:52)
  13. Oceanographer's Choice (04:08)
  14. Alpha Rats Nest (02:10)

Credits

  • John Darnielle - Member, guitar, vocals, bells, keyboards, xylophone, harmonica, written-by
  • Jon Wurster - Member
  • Matt Douglas - Member
  • Vaughan Oliver - art direction, design
  • Peter Hughes - bass, guitar, harmony vocals, drums, keyboards, shaker
  • Tony Doogan - co-producer, recorded by, mixed by
  • Charles Grant - design [design assistance]
  • Franklin Bruno - guitar, piano
  • Alun Woodward - instruments [additional], mixed by
  • Paul Savage - instruments [additional], mixed by
  • Michael Ivins - musical assistance, tambourine
  • Dominic Davies - photography by

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