The Harold Pig Memorial is the second studio album by the American psychedelic rock trio Circus Devils, released in 2002. Conceived as a concept album, each song depicts an episode in the life of biker Harold Pig as told by Harold's friends at his wake.
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Label | Rockathon Records /the Fading Captain Series | |||
| Producer | Todd Tobias | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Popmatters |  [2] |
| The Broken Face | |
Reception
editErasing Clouds's Dave Heaton wrote,
The album has an epic sweep to it which makes it feel like a journey. While the nonsequitors and genuinely creepy stretches make Circus Devils' music likely too odd for your average music fan, this isn't a hapless "side project" but an intricate, intoxicating epic showcasing a unique, hybrid form of rock.
On behalf of AllMusic, Karen E. Graves added,
Pollard's patented vocal hooks are sprinkled throughout and vicious guitar solos add to the Devils' sweeping sense of barely controlled chaos. The tone of the album remains dark and is again done on a grand soundtrack scale, but whereas Ringworm Interiors had a menacing, unsettling, perhaps David Lynchian feel, The Harold Pig Memorial has a more unifying, often suitably funereal (but still unsettling), musical theme woven throughout.[1]
Track listing
edit- Alaska to Burning Men
- Saved Herself, Shaved Herself
- Soldiers of June
- I Guess I Needed That
- Festival of Death
- Dirty World News
- May We See the Hostage
- Do You Feel Legal?
- A Birdcage Until Further Notice
- Injured?
- Foxhead Delivery
- Last Punk Standing
- Bull Spears
- Discussions in the Cave
- Recirculating Hearse
- Pigs Can't Hide (On Their Day Off)
- Exoskeleton Motorcade
- Real Trip No.3
- Vegas
- The Pilot's Crucifixion / Indian Oil
- Tulip Review
- The Harold Pig Memorial
References
edit- ^ a b Graves, Karen E. "The Harold Pig Memorial". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ "Circus Devils, The Harold Pig Memorial". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2023-10-05.