So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight?

by A Minor Forest

So, Were They in Some Sort of Fight? cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 4 October 1999
  • Label: My Pal God
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:21:06
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Kurt Schlegel, Dave Cerf, Graham Goble, Bart Thurber, Jeff Tweedy, Dominique Davison, Pall Jenkins, John Trevor Benson, Andee Connors, Erik Hoversten, Jay Farrar, Andy Ernst

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of singles, EP tracks and unreleased material by A Minor Forest, a San Francisco math rock and post-hardcore band. The set collects their scattered 1990s output, music built on interlocking guitar figures, abrupt dynamics and long instrumental passages.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, complex, avant-garde, fast, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. No One Likes An Old Baby (4:15)
  2. Fatal Wound (6:40)
  3. Coctail Party (7:02)
  4. ...So, Were They In Some Sort Of Fight? (5:57)
  5. Three Long Piles (7:06)
  6. Putting The Gay Back In Reggae (1:04)
  7. Five Bucks On Pump Number Seven (8:55)
  8. Wussy (4:45)
  9. Inter-Continental Stalker (and so does the wolf whistle) (6:54)
  10. Disco Party (8:57)
  11. The Ball Window (6:45)
  12. John Gets Leftovers Again (2:21)
  13. Well Swayed (10:58)
  14. (Talking to the) Man From Lusk (7:16)
  15. Fuck The Hours (5:30)
  16. Fatal E's (3:29)
  17. Water Song (4:39)
  18. Armigh Is A Hovercraft (3:40)
  19. Speed For Gavin (6:04)
  20. Lady (2:49)
  21. The Convent (21:07)
  22. Shaggy Parasol (4:53)

Credits

  • John Trevor Benson - bass, vocals, clarinet, guitar, vocals, musical box
  • Andee Connors - drums, vocals, bass, slide guitar, sounds [wheels of steel]
  • Erik Hoversten - guitar, vocals, electric guitar [guitorgan], bass, vocals, bass [second]
  • Winni Wintermeyer - typography [abs of type]
  • Lesser - recorded by [assistant], mixed by, remix
  • Dave Cerf - recorded by, remix
  • Bart Thurber - recorded by, mixed by
  • Matt Anderson - recorded by, mixed by
  • Dave Franklin - photography by [photos]
  • Andy Ernst - mixed by
  • Keif San Augustin - recorded by [assistant]
  • Jay Farrar - written-by
  • Jeff Tweedy - written-by
  • Kurt Schlegel - recorded by
  • Graham Goble - written-by
  • Loren Chasse - remix

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