the album cover for The Mountain Goats - Beat The Champ [Vinyl]

The Mountain Goats - Beat The Champ [Vinyl]

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Barcode: 673855051611
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Description

Beat the Champ is about professional wrestling, which was an avenue of escape for me when I was a kid. Wrestling was low-budget working class entertainment back then, strictly UHF material. It was cheap theater. You had to bring your imagination to the proceedings and you got paid back double. I wrote these songs to re-immerse myself in the blood and fire of the visions that spoke to me as a child, and to see what more there might be in them now that I'm grown. — John Darnielle, Durham, NC

Tracklist:

  1. Southwestern Territory 04:14
  2. he Legend of Chavo Guerrero 03:00
  3. Foreign Object 02:52
  4. Animal Mask 02:55
  5. Choked Out 01:43
  6. Heel Turn 2 05:58
  7. Fire Editorial 03:23
  8. Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan 03:49
  9. Werewolf Gimmick 02:35 1
  10. Luna 03:28 1
  11. Unmasked! 03:29 1
  12. The Ballad of Bull Ramos 02:53 1
  13. Hair Match 05:41

UPC: 673855051611
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 4.7.15
Format: Vinyl