Arch Stanton

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Arch Stanton
Karma to Burn Arch Stanton Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 2014 (2014-08-18)
Genre
Length37:36
Label
  • FABA/Deepdive
  • Heavy Psych Sounds (2023 reissue)
Karma to Burn chronology
V
(2011)
Arch Stanton
(2014)
Mountain Czar
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopaedia Metallum 83/100 [1]
Metal Injection7/10 [2]
Punk Rock Theory7/10 [3]
Sea of TranquilityStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Signal 7/10 [5]
Sputnikmusic3.7/5 [6]

Arch Stanton is the sixth studio album by the instrumental stoner rock band Karma to Burn. The album was released on August 18, 2014, by FABA and Deepdive Records, [7] and was reissued in 2023 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. [8]

Contents

Unlike the band's two previous studio albums, Arch Stanton returns to their exclusively instrumental roots. This excludes the album's closing track which features dialogue snippets from the classic Spaghetti Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , from which the album title is derived. [2]

Track listing

Standard release

All tracks are written by Karma to Burn

No.TitleLength
1."Fifty Seven"4:26
2."Fifty Six"4:19
3."Fifty Three"4:11
4."Fifty Four"4:32
5."Fifty Five"4:09
6."Twenty Three"5:11
7."Fifty Eight"4:47
8."Fifty Nine"6:01
Total length:37:36

Personnel

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