Full Force Galesburg

Full Force Galesburg
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	June 10, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	40:34
Label	Emperor Jones
Producer	John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats chronology
Nothing for Juice (1996) Full Force Galesburg (1997) The Coroner's Gambit (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Fretplay	[2]

Full Force Galesburg is the fourth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released in 1997. ^[3]

It consists of songs written and recorded by John Darnielle. Darnielle has stated that most, if not all, of the album was written in Grinnell, Iowa. Most of the songs were performed by Darnielle singing and playing guitar solo, and recorded on his Panasonic RX-FT500 boom box; however, several songs also feature stringed instrumentation from Alastair Galbraith. Nothing Painted Blue's Peter Hughes adds backing vocals and guitar work on a few tracks as well.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Britain"	2:36
2.	"Snow Owl"	2:17
3.	"West Country Dream"	2:03
4.	"Masher"	3:21
5.	"Chinese House Flowers"	2:57
6.	"Ontario"	2:30
7.	"Down Here"	1:35
8.	"Twin Human Highway Flares"	2:42
9.	"Weekend in Western Illinois"	2:43
10.	"US Mill"	2:27
11.	"Song for the Julian Calendar"	2:17
12.	"Maize Stalk Drinking Blood"	2:26
13.	"Evening in Stalingrad"	2:31
14.	"Minnesota"	3:57
15.	"Original Air-Blue Gown"	2:51
16.	"It's All Here in Brownsville"	1:53
Total length:		40:34

Personnel

• John Darnielle - vocals, guitar
• Alastair Galbraith - violin (13, 15)
• Peter Hughes - vocals, electric guitar
• Bob Durkee - electric guitar

Notes

The image on the top left of the album cover features the Hindu goddess Durga riding a tiger, along with Hanuman (left) and Bhairav (right).

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Fretplay review
3. Brian Howard (July 3–10, 1997). "Review of Full Force Galesburg". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on February 19, 2005. Retrieved December 7, 2008.

External links

• Complete lyrics to the album