Arch Stanton | ||||
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Released | August 18, 2014 | |||
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Length | 37:36 | |||
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopaedia Metallum | 83/100 [1] |
Metal Injection | 7/10 [2] |
Punk Rock Theory | 7/10 [3] |
Sea of Tranquility | [4] |
The Signal | 7/10 [5] |
Sputnikmusic | 3.7/5 [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]
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]
Standard release
All tracks are written by Karma to Burn
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
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