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And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are an established gonzoid rock band that scoff in the face of conventional measures and boldly go where no band has gone before so scrappily, so consistently, so loudly. A gaggle of Pearl-fueled Texans from Austin, these boys have steadily built an unthreatened reputation as America's most unapologetically destructive rock & roll experience, replete with the shameless disposal of musical machinery onstage and -- to the untrained ear -- in the studio as well. The have a system, and it does not fail. Their music is an ear-splitting sendup of feedback and crash-on-the-racetrack riffs, which draws heavily from the era of Sonic Youth's Sister, while their lyrics call to mind a marriage between horror-movie moments with op-ed-page cynicism; "Mark David Chapman" is an example of such campy outrage. At a point wherein Sonic Youth has achieved little more than short-curve hairpin experimentation, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead are fueled with a zestier and more intrusive desire to split instrumental hairs. The instruments are interestingly distinct, defining a need to listen to the individual contributions, furthering the contemplative nature of late-'90s hard rock and its idiosyncratically conservative send-ups. The Dead are a max-out outfit in the true hardcore tradition. ~ Becky Byrkit, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
And You Will Know Them... ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (:31)
Mistakes & Regrets ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (3:46)
Totally Natural ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (4:16)
Blight Takes All ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (4:43)
Clair de Lune ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (3:26)
Flood of Red ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (3:53)
Children of the Hydra's Teeth ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (1:22)
Mark David Chapman ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (4:10)
Up from Redemption ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (:22)
Aged Dolls ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (7:17)
The Day the Air Turned Blue ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (1:03)
A Perfect Teenhood ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (5:17)
Sigh Your Children ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (5:22)

Credits

Richard McIntosh (Cover Photo), Julie Pomerleau (Violin), ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (Main Performer), Steven Hall (Drums), Steven Hall (Engineer), Jimmy Burdine (Horn), Neil Busch (?), John Goldman (Mastering), Mike McCarthy (Producer), Mike McCarthy (Engineer)
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Madonna
Studio album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Released October 19, 1999
Genre Indie rock
Length 45:28
Label Merge Records
Producer Mike McCarthy
Professional reviews
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead chronology
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
(1998)
Madonna
(1999)
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(2002)

Madonna is the second studio album by the American band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. It was released on October 19, 1999 by Merge Records.[1] It expands upon the sound developed in the debut, with gigantic guitar-powered anthems.[original research?]

Contents

Background and production

The cover art features a Hindu goddess painting by Conrad Keely called Portrait of Kali. The back art is another painting, Tribute to Ed Wicklander by James Neslo, a nod to a Seattle-based sculptor.[2]

Track listing

  1. "And You Will Know Them..." – 0:31
  2. "Mistakes & Regrets" – 3:46
  3. "Totally Natural" – 4:16
  4. "Blight Takes All" – 4:43
  5. "Clair de Lune" – 3:26
  6. "Flood of Red" – 3:53
  7. "Children of the Hydra's Teeth" – 1:22
  8. "Mark David Chapman" – 4:10
  9. "Up from Redemption" – 0:22
  10. "Aged Dolls" – 7:17
  11. "The Day the Air Turned Blue" – 1:03
  12. "A Perfect Teenhood" – 5:17
  13. "Sigh Your Children"† – 5:22 (contains a hidden track)

† Sometimes named "Sigh Your Relief" on international releases

Track information

The first track is a sound collage that draws samples from radio noise to speak out the band's name.

"Totally Natural" is about Hollywood actors who also play in rock bands.[3]

The eight track on the album is titled "Mark David Chapman", the murderer of John Lennon.

Personnel

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