Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall

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Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 1999
RecordedMay 1998 (1998-05)–December 1998 (1998-12) at Sound Station Seven, Providence, Rhode Island
Genre Post-rock
Length72:54
Label Thirsty Ear
Producer Jon Williams
Cul de Sac chronology
The Epiphany of Glenn Jones
(1997)
Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall
(1999)
Immortality Lessons
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Pitchfork Media 7.5/10 [3]

Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall is the fourth album by Cul de Sac, released in 1999 through Thirsty Ear Recordings. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Glenn Jones, except "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Auf der Maur" by Cul de Sac.

No.TitleLength
1."Etaoin Shrdlu"8:55
2."K"6:20
3."A Voice Through a Cloud"9:23
4."Into the Cone of Cold"3:46
5."Far Off, the Fabulous Iron Serpent Whistles"6:04
6."Father Silence"9:25
7."Hagstrom"9:17
8."Sands of Iwo Jima"12:24
9."Auf der Maur"0:53
10."On the Roof of the World"6:27

Personnel

Cul de Sac
Production and additional personnel

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