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See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Walkabouts
Cover:	See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens Cover Walkabouts album.jpg
Released:	1988
Genre:	Alternative rock, alternative country
Label:	PopLlama
Producer:	The Walkabouts, Tony Kroes, Ed Brooks
Prev Title:	Linda Evans / Cyclone
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Cataract
Next Year:	1989

See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens is the debut album by American alternative country band the Walkabouts, released in 1988 through PopLlama Records.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All tracks written by the Walkabouts, except where noted.

1. "Jumping Off" – 2:59
2. "Breakneck Speed" – 3:07
3. "The Wellspring" – 3:44
4. "John Reilly" – 3:38
5. "Robert McFarlane Blues" – 0:54
6. "This Rotten Tree" – 2:06
7. "Laughingstock" – 3:34
8. "Glass Palace" – 3:01
9. "Feast or Famine" – 4:22
10. "Ballad of Moss Head" – 2:47
11. "Who-Knows-What" – 4:15
12. "Rattlesnake Theme" – 1:15

Weights and Rivers (the bonus tracks) (Glitterhouse re-release, 1993)

13. "Linda Evans" – 4:12
14. "Mai Tai Time" – 2:02
15. "Cyclone" – 3:51
16. "Gather Round" (Arthur Lee) – 4:40
17. "Certain Gift" – 4:05

The length of the Glitterhouse re-release is 54:32 minutes. According to the Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes the tracks 13–16 were compiled from the unreleased "Weights & Rivers" album. "Linda Evans" b/ w "Cyclone" was originally released as a 7" single by Necessity Records (Spring 1987, S001). "Certain Gift" appeared originally on the compilation Sounds of Young Seattle, Vol. II (Dust Bunnie/Necessity, Spring 1986) on cassette only. The re-release was released on September 17, 1993.^[3]

Personnel

• Michael Wells – bass, harmonica, vocals
• Carla Torgerson – vocals, guitar, keyboard, cello
• Grant Eckman – drums, percussion
• Chris Eckman – vocals, guitar, moss organ

Additional musicians

• Terry Lee Hale – lead guitar on "This Rotten Tree", acoustic lead guitar on "Gather Round"
• Alan Goodman – lap steel guitar on "Jumping off"
• Nancy Clark – violin on "Breakneck Speed"
• Tony Kroes – noise and treatments (according to the Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes)
• Curt Eckman – bass on "Certain Gift"
• Dylan Thomas – voice over on "Certain Gift"

The Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes also mention a "cast of Belltown drunks" (including Gary Heffern) on backup vocals on "Gather Round".

Technical

• The Walkabouts – production
• Tony Kroes – production on all tracks, engineering on "Certain Gift"
• Ed Brooks – production & engineering on 1–12
• Bruce Calder – production & engineering on "Linda Evans", "Mai Tai Time", "Cyclone" "Gather Round"
• Ben Thompson – Cover design, lettering, and photography
• Chris Peters – Cover woodcut

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson . Dave . The Grunge Diaries: Seattle, 1990–1994 . 2021 . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . 30.
2. Web site: Walkabouts . Trouser Press . 15 September 2024.
3. Web site: Glitterhouse, The Walkabouts, See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens . 2012-11-13. Glitterhouse Records.