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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Christgau’s Consumer Guide(choice cut)[3]
Los Angeles TimesStarStarHalf star[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar[5]
Pitchfork7.5/10[6]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[7]
Spin6/10[8]

About to Choke is a 1996 album by Vic Chesnutt, an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was known for his raw, expressive vocals. It was his fifth album overall and his first for a major label. It was released by Capitol Records, and was reissued, in 2010, by Plain Recordings.[9][10][11][12] In 2019, Discogs included About to Choke on its list of the 35 Saddest Albums of All Time.[13][14]

Track listing

All songs written by Vic Chesnutt

  1. “Myrtle” – 3:09
  2. “New Town” – 4:09
  3. “Ladle” – 4:06
  4. “Tarragon” – 2:00
  5. “Swelters” – 3:51
  6. “(It’s No Secret) Satisfaction” – 1:02
  7. “Little Vacation” – 3:43
  8. “Degenerate” – 4:23
  9. “Hot Seat” – 3:39
  10. “Giant Sands” – 3:40
  11. “Threads” – 4:23
  12. “See You Around” – 7:19

Personnel

  • Vic Chesnutt: vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and classical), keyboards, piano, synthesizers, harmonica
  • Tina Chesnutt: bass guitar
  • Jimmy Davidson: acoustic guitar
  • John DeVries: lead guitar, bass guitar
  • Alex McManus: acoustic and lead guitar
  • Mark La Falce: guitars, drums, percussion, vocals

References

  1. ^ Owens, Thom. “About to Choke”. AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (6 December 1996). “Vic Chesnutt About to Choke (Capitol)”. Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (15 October 2000). “Vic Chesnutt”. Christgau’s Consumer Guide: Albums of the ’90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. ^ Cromelin, Richard (30 November 1996). “Vic Chesnutt, “About to Choke,” Capitol”. Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 160. ISBN 9780743201698.
  6. ^ Deusner, Stephen (21 June 2010). “About to Choke [Reissue]”. Pitchfork.
  7. ^ Robbins, Ira (21 November 1996). “About to Choke Review”. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009.
  8. ^ Miles, Milo (December 1996). “Records”. Spin. 12 (9): 144.
  9. ^ Kreps, Daniel (19 May 2010). “Vic Chesnutt’s ‘About to Choke’ Returns as June Reissue”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
    – Nelson, Chris (4 November 1998). “On About to Choke, Vic Chesnutt Doesn’t”. MTV News. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ “Vic Chesnutt”. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ^ “Vic Chesnutt: About to Choke [Reissue]”. Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  12. ^ Nelson, Chris (11 November 1996). “ATN Preview: Vic Chesnutt’s About To Choke”. MTV News. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  13. ^ “The 35 Saddest Albums Of All Time”. Discogs. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  14. ^ “Os 35 álbuns mais tristes de todos os tempos”. Blitz Expresso (in European Portuguese). 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.