• Artist: Cerberus Shoal
• Flags: Compilation (best of)
• Type: Compilation
• Rating:
• Styles: Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock

Review

The first album by Maine-based post-rockers Cerberus Shoal (following the lovely Lighthouse in Athens EP from 1996) may surprise fans of the group's better-known records. While later albums by the ever-shifting collective feature a greater emphasis on exotic instrumental textures, the arrangements of these five songs are quite simple, featuring subtle percussion, occasional horns, and layers of guitars and keyboards; comparisons to both past masters of space rock like Atom Heart Mother-era Pink Floyd and more contemporary figures like Flying Saucer Attack and Godspeed You Black Emperor! are inevitable. Several songs feature rambling spoken recitations by Chriss Sutherland, a rather pretentious element that the group wisely phased out on later records. Reissues of ...And Farewell to Hightide include a separate disc with the two-part "Lighthouse in Athens." ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Falling to Pieces, Pt. 1	...		Cerberus Shoal	(6:45)
Broken Springs Spring Forth from Broken Clocks	...		Cerberus Shoal	(9:50)
J.B.O. vs. Blin	...		Cerberus Shoal	(11:03)
Make Winter a Driving Song	...		Cerberus Shoal	(12:37)
Falling to Pieces, Pt. 2	...		Cerberus Shoal	(8:31)

CD 2

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Lighthouse in Athens, Pt. 1	...		Cerberus Shoal	(6:22)
Lighthouse in Athens, Pt. 2	...		Cerberus Shoal	(10:57)

Credits

Tom Rogers (Drums), Steve Drown (Producer), Steve Drown (Engineer), Steve Drown (Remastering), Cerberus Shoal (Main Performer), Caleb Mulkerin (Guitar), Chriss Sutherland (Bass), Chriss Sutherland (Vocals), David Mulder (Organ), David Mulder (Piano), David Mulder (Conga), Judd Mulkerin (Flute), Kristen Hedges (Guitar), Kristen Hedges (Vocals), Jeremy DeVine (Layout Design)