Killingsworth (album)

Killingsworth is the eighth studio album by The Minus 5, released on Yep Roc Records in 2009. The album was a collaboration with Portland, Oregon-based indie rock band The Decemberists.

Killingsworth
Studio album by The Minus 5
Released	July 7, 2009
Recorded	2008
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	41:39
Language	English
Label	Yep Roc
The Minus 5 chronology
Sad Hasselhoff (2008) Killingsworth (2009) Butcher Covered (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Consequence of Sound	[2]
Filter	84%[3]
No Depression	Favorable[4]
Pitchfork Media	6.9/10[5]
PopMatters	[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Scott McCaughey, except where indicated

1. "Dark Hand of Contagion" (Timothy Bracy, McCaughey) – 3:23
2. "The Long Hall" – 3:04
3. "The Disembowlers" – 3:10
4. "The Lurking Barrister" – 3:05
5. "It Won't Do You Any Good" – 1:50
6. "Vintage Violet" – 2:40
7. "Scott Walker's Fault" – 3:08
8. "Big Beat Up Moon" (McCaughey, Willy Vlautin) – 3:11
9. "I Would Rather Sacrifice You" – 2:58
10. "Ambulance Dancehall" – 2:51
11. "Gash in the Cocoon" – 3:57
12. "Smoke On, Jerry" – 3:13
13. "Your Favorite Mess" – 2:18
14. "Tonight You're Buying Me a Drink, Bub" – 2:51

Personnel

The Minus 5

• Peter Buck – 12-string guitar, mandolin, Fender Bass 6
• Scott McCaughey – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, Farfisa, Mellotron
• John Moen – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Jenny Conlee – piano, pump organ, accordion, organ
• Chris Funk – banjo, autoharp, marxophone, dobro
• Tucker Jackson – pedal steel guitar
• Colin Meloy – lead vocals on 7
• Nate Query – upright bass, electric bass
• The She Bee Gees – backing vocals
• Little Sue – backing vocals
• Annalisa Tornfelt – fiddle
• Ken Stringfellow – backing vocals
• Ezra Holbrook – drums
• Steve Turner – electric guitar
• Rachael Blumberg – drums
• Mike Coykendall – bass, backing vocals
• Kurt Bloch – electric guitar
• Dave Depper
• Adam Selzer

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Consequence of Sound review
3. "Filter review". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22.
4. "No Depression review". 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
5. Pitchfork Media review
6. Hart, Ron (2009-07-23). "The Minus 5 / Young Fresh Fellows: Killingsworth / I Think This Is". PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links

• Yep Roc's release statement
• Killingsworth at Discogs (list of releases)
• Killingsworth at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Killingsworth at Rate Your Music