Waiter: "You Vultures!"

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Waiter: "You Vultures!"
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)
RecordedJohnny Cab Studios, Shoreline, WA
Genre
Length52:40
Label Fearless
Producer Casey Bates, John Gourley
Portugal. The Man chronology
Under Waves of the Brown Coat
(2005)
Waiter: "You Vultures!"
(2006)
Church Mouth
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 8.5/10 [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [3]

Waiter: "You Vultures!" is the debut studio album by American rock band Portugal. The Man. It is lead singer John Gourley and bassist Zach Carothers's first album released after leaving the band Anatomy of a Ghost. Unlike the band's later recorded material, the general style of their debut full-length veers closer to a progressive post-hardcore sound, with a marked influence of The Mars Volta in particular.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Baldwin Gourley

No.TitleLength
1."How the Leopard Got Its Spots"3:59
2."Gold Fronts"3:27
3."Stables & Chairs"3:16
4."AKA M80 the Wolf"3:56
5."Marching With 6"3:02
6."Elephants"4:03
7."Waiter"3:23
8."Chicago"4:13
9."Bad, Bad Levi Brown"3:29
10."Kill Me. The King"3:05
11."Tommy"4:27
12."Horse Warming Party"3:44
13."Guns. Guns...Guns"8:30

Personnel

Portugal. The Man
Additional personnel

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References

  1. Weber, Scott. "Review". AbsolutePunk . Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. DiGravina, Tim. Waiter: "You Vultures!" at AllMusic
  3. Noel, Murray (18 January 2006). "Portugal. The Man: Waiter: "You Vultures!"". The A.V. Club . Retrieved February 13, 2021.