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Tigertown Pictures

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Tigertown Pictures
Studio album by
Released28 September 1999
GenreIndie pop
Length54:00
LabelUnited StatesKill Rock Stars[1]
United Kingdom Where It's At
Comet Gain chronology
Magnetic Poetry
(1997)
Tigertown Pictures
(1999)
Réalistes
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Pitchfork Media4.8/10[4]

Tigertown Pictures is an album by British indie pop band Comet Gain.[5][6] It followed a change of record label to Kill Rock Stars and introduced a new band line-up, with the exception of frontman/songwriter David Christian.[7]

Critical reception

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CMJ wrote: "Boy/girl lead vocals, astoundingly rough time changes and drunken yet still meaningful lyrics make this effort another interesting episode in this band's soap-operatic career."[7] The Detroit Metro Times wrote: "With tear/beer-stained sentiments and boy-girl vocals, this U.K. gang of four’s art-punky rickety rack explores why our most cherished music turns on us when relationships fail."[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Record Collection"4:23
2."Skinny Wolves"3:16
3."Jack Nance Rising"5:07
4."Deficient Love"1:41
5."Germ of Youth/Ghosts of Sulphate"2:05
6."Radar"2:27
7."Transmission Lost"4:43
8."Hate Soul"3:27
9."When You Come Back I'll Feel Like Jesus Coming Off The Cross"4:32
10."Dreaming Of Tigertown"7:20
11."Saturday Night Facts Of Life"2:01
12."Ballad Of The Arms Of Cable Hogue"3:24
13."Jasper Johns"4:18
14."The Final Anesthetic"5:16

Personnel

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  • David Christian - guitar

References

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  1. ^ "Comet Gain | Kill Rock Stars". www.killrockstars.com.
  2. ^ "Tigertown Pictures - Comet Gain | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 501.
  4. ^ "Comet Gain: Tigertown Pictures". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ "Comet Gain | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Comet Gain".
  7. ^ a b "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. 18 October 1999 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Draper, Jimmy. "Delight in deceit". Detroit Metro Times.