Cheat the Gallows

Cheat the Gallows is the third studio album by American progressive rock/progressive metal band Bigelf.

Cheat The Gallows
Studio album by Bigelf
Released	August 12, 2008
Recorded	at Kung Fu Gardens, North Hollywood in 2006-2007
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, progressive metal
Length	56:53
Label	Custard Records
Producer	Damon Fox
Bigelf chronology
Hex (2003) Cheat The Gallows (2008) Into the Maelstrom (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damon Fox, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gravest Show On Earth"	5:00
2.	"Blackball"	7:02
3.	"Money, It's Pure Evil"	3:18
4.	"The Evils of Rock & Roll" (Fox, Steve Frothingham, John Salvatore Scaglione)	6:37
5.	"No Parachute"	3:43
6.	"The Game"	5:11
7.	"Superstar"	3:46
8.	"Race With Time" (Fox, Frothingham)	4:28
9.	"Hydra"	6:23
10.	"Counting Sheep"	11:20
Total length:		56:53

[3]

Japanese edition bonus tracks[4][5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Demon Queen of Spiders"	5:06
2.	"Don't Blow It"
3.	"Snake Eyes"

Personnel

Bigelf

• Damon Fox - vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
• Ace Mark - guitar
• Duffy Snowhill - bass
• Steve Frothingham a.k.a. Froth - drums

Guest appearances

• Linda Perry - backing vocals (on tracks 7 & 8)
• Danny "Lord Weatherby" Martin - ring leader (on track 1)
• Eric Gorfain - string arrangements

The Counting Sheep Orchestra (on tracks 1, 3, 6 & 10)

• Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli - conductor
• Daphne Chen, Terrence Glenny, Marisa Kuney, Ami Levy, Calabria McChesney, Cameron Patrick, Radu Pieptea, Melissa Reiner, Isabelle Senger, Marcy Vaj & Alwyn Wright - violins
• Caroline Buckman, Alma Fernandez, Leah Katz & David Sage - violas
• Peggy Baldwin, Matt Cooker, Richard Dodd & John Krovoza - cellos

The Section Quartet (on tracks 5 & 7)

• Eric Gorfain & Daphne Chen - violins
• Leah Katz - viola
• Richard Dodd - cello

The Kung-Pao Horns (on tracks 1, 2 & 10)

• Stewart Cole - trumpet
• James King - tenor sax, flute, piccolo
• Dan Ostermann - trombone
• Tracy Wannomae - alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute

Production

• Produced by Damon Fox
• Engineered by Ian Lehrfeld
• Mixed by Ian Lehrfeld with Damon Fox
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen

References

1. Lee, Cosmo. "Cheat the Gallows". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
2. Begrand, Adrien. "Bigelf:Cheat the Gallows". Popmatters. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
3. "Cheat the Gallows: Bigelf: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
4. from liner notes.
5. "Cheat the Gallows – Bigelf – Listen and discover music at". Last.fm. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2012-02-09.