See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens


See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens is the debut album by American alternative country band the Walkabouts, released in 1988 through PopLlama Records.

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
  2. "Linda Evans" – 4:12
  3. "Mai Tai Time" – 2:02
  4. "Cyclone" – 3:51
  5. "Gather Round" – 4:40
  6. "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. "Certain Gift" appeared originally on the compilation Sounds of Young Seattle, Vol. II on cassette only. The re-release was released on September 17, 1993.

Personnel

Additional musicians
The Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes also mention a "cast of Belltown drunks" 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