Welcome to the Western Lodge

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Welcome to the Western Lodge
Mastersofreality cover westernlodge1999.jpg
Studio album by
Masters of Reality
Released1999
Genre Hard rock, alternative rock, stoner rock
Length38:39
Label Brownhouse [1]
Spitfire Records [2]
Producer Chris Goss
Masters of Reality chronology
How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room
(1997)
Welcome to the Western Lodge
(1999)
Deep in the Hole
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Welcome to the Western Lodge is the third studio album by the American rock band Masters of Reality, released in 1999. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Chris Goss at his Monkey Studios. Goss played all of the guitar parts. [5]

Critical reception

Sound & Vision wrote that the album "rides the buzz and fuzz that [Goss] gave Queens of the Stone Age as co-producer of Rated R." [6]

Track listing

  1. "It's Shit" - 2:56
  2. "Moriah" - 3:33
  3. "The Great Spelunker" - 3:10
  4. "Time to Burn" (Goss, John Leamy, Dave Catching) - 2:36
  5. "Take a Shot at the Clown" (Goss, Leamy, Catching) - 3:52
  6. "Baby Mae" - 3:14
  7. "Why the Fly?" - 4:00
  8. "Ember Day" - 0:54
  9. "Annihilation of the Spirit" - 2:32
  10. "Calling Dr. Carrion" - 3:22
  11. "Boymilk Waltz" - 2:36
  12. "Lover's Sky (Goss, John Russo) - 2:55
  13. "Also Ran Song (Goss, Leamy)" - 2:59

Credits

Additional personnel

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