''Cheat the Gallows'' is the third studio album by American

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band

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Track listing

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 Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, including their 1993 hit " What's Up?". She has since founded two record label ...

– backing vocals (on tracks 7 & 8) * Danny "Lord Weatherby" Martin – ring leader (on track 1) *

Eric Gorfain Eric Gorfain is an American violinist and founder of The Section Quartet, a string quartet that plays cover versions of rock songs. He is married to singer-songwriter Sam Phillips, with whom he has toured and recorded. Gorfain studied music at U ...

– 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 Richard Dodd (born April 25, 1965) is an English cellist, recording artist and musician. He has appeared on numerous records beginning from The Three O'Clock's Album Sixteen Tambourines, and spanning different musical genres in Pop, with acts ...

& John Krovoza – cellos ;The Section Quartet (on tracks 5 & 7) *

& Daphne Chen – violins * Leah Katz – viola *

– 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

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References

2008 albums Bigelf albums Custard Records albums {{2000s-progressive-rock-album-stub