Constellation (Alabama Thunderpussy album)

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Constellation
ConstellationBamaThunderpussy.jpg
Studio album by
Released2000
RecordedAugust 21–31, 1999
Genre
Length64:43
Label Man's Ruin [1]
Alabama Thunderpussy chronology
River City Revival
(1999)
Constellation
(2000)
Staring at the Divine
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 2.9/10 [4]
Rock Hard 7/10 [5]

Constellation is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Alabama Thunderpussy, released in 2000. [6] [7]

Contents

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle wrote that "thanks to the addition of acoustic guitars, piano, and organ, the tunes on Constellation are more diverse in character, more adventurous, than those on their previous, turn-up-more-with-each-listen River City Revival." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Crying Out Loud" - 4:06
  2. "Ambition" - 4:42
  3. "1/4 Mile" - 3:07
  4. "Middle Finger Salute/1271 3106" - 6:28
  5. "6 Shooter" - 4:43
  6. "Second Wind" - 2:29
  7. "Obsari" - 3:20
  8. "Foul Play" - 4:11
  9. "Negligence" - 3:39
  10. "15 Minute Drive'" - 5:16
  11. "Burden" - 5:17
  12. "Keepsake" - 5:34
  13. "Country Song'" - 11:51
  14. "All I Can Do Is Write About It" (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover; featured on the 2005 Relapse Records reissue)
  15. "Ambition (Live)" (featured on the 2005 Relapse Records reissue)

Personnel

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