About To Choke is an Alt/Indie album by Vic Chesnutt, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked.
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About to Choke is a 1996 album by Vic Chesnutt, an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was known for his raw, expressive vocals. It was his fifth album overall and his first for a major label. It was released by Capitol Records, and was reissued, in 2010, by Plain Recordings. In 2019, Discogs included About to Choke on its list of the 35 Saddest Albums of All Time.
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Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Lo-Fi
- lo-fi
- wistful
- confessional
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
"This album is dedicated to all good folks that sent me letters and never got a single response, like those that wrote me to say "don't die" and those that wanted to know who is Danny Carlisle, Steve Willoughby and Bill Lowery and those that wanted to know if Tina was my sister or if we just had the same last name, and those that wanted to know what "booted up" meant and those that could never find my old albums...
Some of the album may be a bit obsessed with the premise that through death, lif
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Vic ChesnuttGUITAR, PIANO, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS CLASSICAL GUITAR, VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- Alex McManusELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- Garrett James UhlenbrockGUITAR
- Jimmy DavidsonACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
- John DevriesBASS, GUITAR BASS, LEAD GUITAR GUITAR
- John KeaneGUITAR
- Mark LaFalceACOUSTIC GUITAR, DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS GUITAR, DRUMS
- Tina ChesnuttBASS BASS, VOCALS DRUMS
- Todd NanceDRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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