Gravelled & Green

Actual Tigers - Gravelled & Green

07/17/2001

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All Music Guide Review

The Actual Tigers watch their own reflection while plucking Americana stylings and indie pop on their debut, Gravelled and Green. It's quite reminiscent of the inquisitive adventures of Simon & Garfunkel, but offers charming soundscapes of early Wilco and the quirky funk of G. Love & Special Sauce. Frontman Tim Seely's boyish vocals swivel around his teasing guitar work, and tracks like "Standing By" and "Bad Day" spark a summery, laid-back feel calling out similar jaunty vocals of Elliott Smith. The Actual Tigers are rhythmically tight, offering eclectic instrumentation with a shiny brass section ("Time and Space") and easy acoustics ("End of May"). Their own musical convention is strictly theirs, and the Actual Tigers waltz into something interesting on "Gravelled & Green." It's refreshing thanks to its use of artistical beauty over rowdy riffing, avoiding dramatics and rock & roll chaos. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

Gravelled & Green Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Yardwork in November
  • 3:57
  • Sound Clip for Yardwork in November from Gravelled & Green


  • 2
  • Standing By
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Standing By from Gravelled & Green


  • 3
  • Time and Space
  • 5:23
  • Sound Clip for Time and Space from Gravelled & Green


  • 4
  • Bad Day
  • 4:29
  • Sound Clip for Bad Day from Gravelled & Green


  • 5
  • Halfway House
  • 4:34
  • Sound Clip for Halfway House from Gravelled & Green


  • 6
  • Interlude
  • 2:04
  • Sound Clip for Interlude from Gravelled & Green


  • 7
  • Bourgeois Blues
  • 3:27
  • Sound Clip for Bourgeois Blues from Gravelled & Green


  • 8
  • Testimony
  • 4:38
  • Sound Clip for Testimony from Gravelled & Green


  • 9
  • End of May
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for End of May from Gravelled & Green


  • 10
  • On a Roll
  • 4:15
  • Sound Clip for On a Roll from Gravelled & Green


  • 11
  • Shades of Brown
  • 4:19
  • Sound Clip for Shades of Brown from Gravelled & Green


  • 12
  • The One That Got Away
  • 5:17
  • Sound Clip for The One That Got Away from Gravelled & Green


    • Credits of Gravelled & Green

    • Tim Seely
    • Guitar, Handclapping, Music Box, Microcassette, Vibraphone, Vocals, Pedal Steel, Ukulele, Tambourine
    • John Low
    • Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Accordion, Vocals (Background), Handclapping, Sampling, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Vox Jaguar

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