Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex

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Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex
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Studio album by
Neil Michael Hagerty
ReleasedMay 20, 2003
Recorded Soma Electronic Music Studios, Chicago; Sound of Music Studios, Richmond, Virginia; Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco
Genre Rock
Length65:40
Label Drag City [1]
Neil Michael Hagerty chronology
Weird War
(2002)		Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex
(2003)		 Introducing the Howling Hex
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg Aug. 2003, p. 95
Pitchfork Media 6.6/10 [3]

Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex is an album by Neil Michael Hagerty. [4] [5] It is the last album to be released under Hagerty's name; subsequent releases have been credited to The Howling Hex. The album was released as a CD and double LP by Drag City in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Hagerty except where noted

Side one

  1. "Firebase Ripcord" – 3:29
  2. "Out of Reach" – 2:27
  3. "Watching the Sands" – 2:23
  4. "Gray" (Hagerty/Carol Lewis) – 1:56
  5. "Rockslide (live)" – 6:04

Side two

  1. "Greasy Saint" – 2:07
  2. "Fat Street" – 2:52
  3. "Clermont Heights" (Tim Barnes/Dan Brown/Hagerty) – 1:05
  4. "I'm Your Son" – 3:05
  5. "Creature Catcher (live)" – 7:28

Side three

  1. "The Brooklyn Battery" – 2:03
  2. "Carrier Dog" – 1:54
  3. "Witch" (Hagerty/Phil Jenks) – 1:29
  4. "I Remember Old John Brown" – 1:24
  5. "She Drove a Rusted Sled" (Barnes/Brown/Hagerty) – 2:18
  6. "White Sex" – 1:43
  7. "Rckslyd Var." – 1:10
  8. "Car Commercial" – 4:10

Side four

  1. "AEP 1" – 1:41
  2. "AEP 11" – 2:33
  3. "Energy Plan" (Barnes/Brown/Hagerty) – 12:19

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References

  1. ↑ "The Howling Hex - Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex | Drag City". www.dragcity.com.
  2. ↑ "The Howling Hex - Neil Michael Hagerty | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Neil Michael Hagerty: The Howling Hex". Pitchfork.
  4. ↑ "Neil Michael Hagerty The Howling Hex". exclaim.ca.
  5. ↑ Pruett, Jon. "Neil Michael Hagerty and the Howling Hex". East Bay Express.


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