Funeral Mariachi

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Funeral Mariachi
Sun City Girls - Funeral Mariachi.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)
Recorded2006 in Seattle, WA
Genre Avant-folk
Length37:13
Label Abduction
Producer Alan Bishop
Sun City Girls chronology
Singles Volume 2
(2009)
Funeral Mariachi
(2010)
Singles Volume 3
(2013)

Funeral Mariachi is the eleventh and final studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released on September 28, 2010 by Abduction Records. It comprises recording sessions created in the months prior to the passing of founding member Charles Gocher, who died of cancer on February 19, 2007. The music has been described as the trio's most relaxed and easily accessible.

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (82/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound (7/10) [4]
Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [5]
PopMatters (7/10) [6]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

The album was released to considerable critical acclaim and receiving high marks from established critics such as Robert Christgau, Spin and Pitchfork Media.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sun City Girls, except "Come Maddalena" by Ennio Morricone

No.TitleLength
1."Ben's Radio"3:04
2."The Imam"4:09
3."Black Orchid"3:05
4."This Is My Name"4:25
5."Vine Street Piano (Orchestral)"3:51
6."Blue West"3:02
7."Holy Ground"4:13
8."Mineral Wells"1:36
9."El Solo"2:48
10."Come Maddalena"3:21
11."Funeral Mariachi"3:39

Personnel

Adapted from the Funeral Mariachi liner notes. [9]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2010AbductionCD, LP ABDT045

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